Bartering over the fence.

Nothing better then sharing excess produce with the neighbours. Our fresh eggs for their eggplants and limes....yumm!!!

Homeschooling with the chickens

Literacy work from the chook run!

Not sure how much 'formal learning' got done, but it looks like heaps of fun.

We had our first chicken death last week. I was hanging out the washing and noticed all the hens in the corner of the coop..including the new ones. This was very unusual behaviour, normally they are out in the run scratching around and exploring.

I went down to the run and there was one of the older and much loved girls, dead in the corner. Dave thought it was a hawk and two hours later it was confirmed as it came back for another go the chickens.

Luckily we had them locked up in the coop. 

For a couple days, we took turn on guard duty.

The kids did their work form the run

I did my knitting / crocheting from the run

They have settled back into their old routine (a bit of a pecking after a re shuffle) and the hawk hasn't come back. We are lucky to have had them for 2 years without an incident.

Chickens are the most relaxing pets to have. I spend a good 40 minutes sitting and watching them. They are THE best pets.

The would come up for a pat, go and dust bath, have something to eat, lay an egg. All while I sat and watched them.

All is calm in the coop now, and we are still getting 4 -5 eggs a day.

Good girls :) 

A little update!

Our little corner of the blog world has been a little quiet. Why?

This ballerina has been enjoying the local eisteddfods 

We have been sewing some very special presents

A quilt

And a thankyou pressie!

Our first market!!

And we welcomed some new cuties into our flock...

We hand raised 4 chickies but ended up with two roosters. We rehomed the roosters to lovely family. The two hens are in with the girls and other than a little pecking, all is going well.

And some more news - next year is our year of travelling YAY!!

We are going on another big holiday overseas, so lots of planning, organsing, researching is happening here atm.

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I have been a little slacko in the blog department but I have heaps to share!!

Yet another craft - drawing!

Yep, portrait drawing, that I mostly do while the kids are doing their work. They are independant learners which leaves me free to do my own thing and drawing keeps me closeby for questions!

 

I have been studying portrait drawing from dvds, you tube, and books. I am still very much in the beginning stage.This is supposed to be my niece but no, it doesn't look anything like her lol.
Lucas reckons it is too good not to finish so he suggested calling her Elizabeth. (not my neices name lol).

I will finish Elizabeth, hair to go..scary!

 

Quote of the year!!

"Creativity is contagious, pass it on"

by Albert Eintein.

This quote is going on our wall!!

Lucas project: Minerals of the World

Here is Lucas'science project for this term. We works on it for 2 lessons a week. 

On completion, we will print it out and bind it as a resource for him to keep.

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Minerals of the World and their Metals

Pick 5 metals from the list below: 

* Coal (organic, non metal)                         
* Nickel

* Copper                                            

* Silver

* Aluminium                       

* Chromium

* Steel                              

* Uranium

* Lead

* Zinc
* Gold

Questions:

What is the mineral ?

Where is it found in Australia ?

What it is used for ?

What is the process of mining the mineral ?

Where is it found in the world ?

Any interesting facts about the mineral?

Answer the questions above using a variety of resources.

Note what resources you used on the conclusion of the project.

Include drawings and tables in your project to make it interesting

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