On the Farm

This week Sunnyboy's favourite book has been On the Farm (illustrated by Constanza Droop). There's no text but the book unfolds to show wonderfully detailed illustrations on both sides.







Find out more about Book Sharing Monday at Serendipity.

Nature Adventures

25 Nature Adventures for Kids
Ideas for exploring the natural world - even in your own backyard.
by Jenni Frankenberg Veal
Click on the link above to read the article and find lots of ideas for nature adventures.


'To see a world in a grain of sand,
And a heaven in a wild flower,
Hold infinity in the palm of your hand,
An eternity in an hour.'
William Blake


'Let nature be your teacher.'
William Wordsworth

*Operation You is the home of Inspirational Monday. You can get more inspiration there and are invited to stop by and post your links of inspiration.

Car booting

Sunnyboy at the car boot sale.





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See more Make-Do Mondays at Ann Kroeker's blog
See more Frugal Fridays at Life as Mom

Shadows

Shadows at the cemetery.













See more shadows at Shadow Shot Sunday

Today's Flowers

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Babylegs

'Monkey' wearing rainbow babylegs* (picture taken by Sunnyboy last year)

See more colourful pictures at Color Carnival

*Note: I've featured this product because I liked it and wanted to tell others. I haven't been asked, or paid, to do so.

Whatever Happened to Mother

Whatever Happened to Mother?
A Primer For Those Who Care About Children
by James Kimmel, Ph.D.

'A society that is not responsible to its children, that does not provide them with what they need, will breed a population of asocial and anti-social individuals. Even more destructive to children, in terms of their individual mental health, is a society that pretends to be responsible to its children, when it is not. Its children will not even know what they need. They will be alienated from their human requirement of nurturing.'

Click on the text above to read the entire on-line version of this book at The Natural Child Project.

*The inspiration for Conscious Friday comes from Se'Lah at Necessary Room.

Summer

You Capture is a weekly photo challenge at I Should Be Folding Laundry. This week's challenge is Summer.

Music

Corner View is hosted by Spain Daily and we are invited to post pictures telling the stories of our different lives and cultures. This week's theme is Music.

Sunnyboy dancing to reggae music outside our neighbours' house.



See more Corner Views from around the world at Spain Daily

Also this week I'd like to say a huge thank you to Jane at Spain Daily for the wonderful gift we received through the post. The picture is beautiful and we are delighted with it!

GardenMama is having a giveaway too. Visit this beautiful blog to find out how to enter a giveaway to have a chance to win lovely mama and child size vintage aprons.

Throwing pebbles in the sea

Sunnyboy throwing pebbles in the sea during our work outing to Southend.







See more outdoor pictures at Outdoor Wednesday
See more watery pictures at Watery Wednesday

Wordless Wednesday

See more Wordless Wednesdays at 5 Minutes for Mom, Ordinary and Awesome, Momspective, The Mud Bug, Newlyweds!, Three Peas in a Pod, My Charmed Life, Healthy Moms, Green Mama's Pad, Dore's Diaries, Stay At Home Mom, At Home with Auntie E and Latina on a Mission

I am a Bunny

This week Sunnyboy's favourite book has been I am a Bunny by Ole Risom (with illustrations by Richard Scarry).




'I chase the butterflies,
and the butterflies chase me.'

Find out more about Book Sharing Monday at Serendipity.

Hadleigh Castle

Sunnyboy exploring Hadleigh Castle.







See more monochrome pictures at Monochrome

Today's Flowers

The allotment


At the park


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Shadows

Shadow shots from our work outing to Southend last week.















See more shadows at Shadow Shot Sunday

Sunnyboy's painting

See more colourful pictures at Color Carnival

Skywatch

Pictures of the sky taken during our work outing last Friday.

Hadleigh





Southend



















See more skies at Skywatch Friday