Last week we made huge progress on our land with the help of our brother-in-law and his expertise with a digger. He rolled huge macrocarpa logs and piles of rotten timber into five big piles, and then we set them alight. And all it took was one small match. Samuel, my 8 year old son, couldn’t get over it. He said, “Look at the huge fires, Mummy! And all from… read more

Yesterday Sam, Jake and their friend , Aljoh, carried bamboo poles, an old tarpaulin and all sorts of tools onto Black Rabbit Island. I had been promising for a week to help them make a teepee. We had a great book from the library which gave us detailed instructions.
We had so much fun. It took all afternoon, but I didn’t even think about all the other things I had… read more