Recycled Tshirt Crochet Floor Rug

 What to do when some moths have had a feast on your old Tshirts, or you have ripped one, or stained one and they are just not good enough to send to the good will store?
Make a floor rug!
I have seen these on the web, I also have a crochet book that uses string and all sorts of materials, so I decided to try one.
I cut the strips out of my old Tshirts, rolled them (I did them loosely) and began to crochet around them with alternating wool. It is rustic but very warm to step on and I think the colours work well.
Quite happy overall with the finished product. It made good use of something that would otherwise turn into rags.

Mothers Day Treats

HAPPY MOTHERS DAY!

Today I was treated to some lovely handmade cards, some home magazines, some wool! and a relaxing day.

Dad made chocolate souffles, and the boys treated me to a home made foot scrub out on the deck chair (Recipe for that was... salt, sugar, oats, honey, coconut oil and olive oil and it works really well).

 I made a rocky road treat from our Venchi 75% dark chocolate bar melted with pure hazelnut butter, mixed in marshmallows, cherries, sugared almonds, shredded coconut. Yum.

Mothers Day

Art this Week - Chalk, ink and Book Paper

 This week we did a quick ink and chalk pastel activity.
We used old book pages, chalk pastels and ink pens.
Just draw whatever you like!

(by J, Nanny and H)

Science Club

 This term we joined a local science club/activity group and so far we have been learning about Botany and the scientific method.
We have looked at how to classify and the inner parts of different seed types and what their roles are, we used microscopes to draw what we saw and we planted the seeds and recorded what we observed.
We also made paper pots and replanted our seedlings.

This week we are looking at what the plants need to survive and comparing fertilised/unfertilised marigolds and growth rates.

 Speaking of growth rates...our passionfruit seedlings are growing toooo fast!

Activity Day May

 At activity day this month we looked at chess skills, robotics and science.

The view from Montville

Montville is up in the hills of the Sunshine Coast and delivers wonderful views to the coast on a platter.

You can find plenty of timber work in a rainforest setting, a restaurant and log cabins at Secrets on the Lake.

Dinner on Noosa Beach

It was Dads birthday and we decided on a dinner by the beach for a present this year.

Noosa Beach is one of my favourite beaches and at sunset on a still afternoon it is glorious. To top it off... a table only metres from the sand!

Flutter by Butterfly

Searching for a butterfly...the Richmond Birdwing actually, but these will do for now.

Art - Oil Pastels

Oil pastel flowers by H.

 Abstract turtle by J.

Oil pastels were used to create both of these (learning how to blend).

Remembering the ANZACS and Days Gone By

Spot the Critter

Lake Macdonald Botanical Gardens

 We visited the Noosa Shire Botanical gardens at Lake Macdonald as a part of our study of Monet.
It is a lovely spot, plenty to see, including birds and reptiles. 
The boys enjoyed the friendly turtles and ducks. They also liked listening for rustling in the trees or bushes, hoping to spot a new species of something!

(just needs a bridge and you could be in Monets garden)

 Collecting fallen leaves.

If you are wanting a lovely green walk with plenty of creatures to say hi to, then this garden will do just fine.

ANZAC DAY