Yesterday, I managed to get most of the rest of the play structure together. Really all that’s left to do is the roof, but I can’t find the screws that snap the tarp down. I’m thinking I’ll try to find something that will work at the hardware store. The kids have already [...]
The ducklings at the pond nearby hatched! They are so cute!
We made an icosahedron today out of bamboo canes. An icosahedron, for those of us whose geometry is a bit rusty, is a 20 sided polygon. Gamers, think d20. Our icosahedron was of the regular variety. See wikipedia for some examples of other varieties and a more complete definition.
Anyway, it was [...]
I’ve been working on putting together the climbing, swinging thing. River has been very helpful.
When I was putting the hardware on for the climbing wall, I realized I’d put them all in the wrong side and knocked them back out. I lifted up the wall and picked up all the pieces, but one [...]
I got my guitar out last night. Here’s what came of my first experiment with garageband. Jam in Am
Yesterday, we were having a picnic near the Derby cathedral between swimming and a Viking program organized by the the local home ed group, when we saw a peregrine falcon sitting on the nest platform on the cathedral tower. We were inspired to check out the webcams that were placed in the tower this [...]
I love this video and these memories from our camping trip to Cape Cod this past summer. Singing around the campfire is one of my favorite things in the whole world. This was one of the songs we did with our family chorus. What a brilliant trip!
We’ve been in Derby more than a month now – maybe it’s almost six weeks – and we’re certainly feeling a little more acclimated. Our sea shipment, basically all the junk that we sent over here, arrived yesterday. We spent some happy time yesterday and this morning unpacking and organizing all the stuff. [...]
Molly’s aunt Marsha and her friends came to visit this afternoon. She is in the country for work and is our first visitor. We went to Calke Abbey, one of the historic homes managed by the Britain’s National Trust organization.
The house is pretty incredible. It fell into decline around the beginning of [...]
