Autumn Adventure ~Apple Picking~

the adventure begins.....


we see red apples
hanging on the trees...........everywhere............
we are looking for green ones so the treasure hunt is on...




I found them.................comes a little voice calling



in here................

look at this....................


lots hiding in here...................


apples, apples, apples...............


we carry them back along the track.....................
words of can we always pick apples from now on
I don`t want to buy them from a shop..............

How exciting our adventure of apple picking
so alive, so fresh this is life..............

I stopped for a moment
and thanked the tree for her gift of fruit
before I picked a apple
a beautiful way to be close to my mum and ~Gaia~
MotherEarth on mothers day!!!!!!!



A beautiful bowl
full of fresh apples we hand picked
what a wonderful gift and reminder
of our autumn day adventure.

~Autumn Gardening~

poppies, sweet peas,
broccoli, peas
being in the fresh air
close to the earth
feeling the earth
caring for plants
little hands planting
preparing little beds for you to be
we will watch you grow
and one day laugh in delight
when you give us back gifts
of your surprises...................................................

~ Autumn Soul Fires ~

As the day ends
and night closes in
I light the fire and warm by your glow
burning bright with days of old
you glow so bright and warm my soul
keep my body warm
and give me hope in these dark times
of winter days ahead
an old friend you are I tell you my secrets
dreams and wishes~~
when something is troubling me
I release it into your sacred energy
fire fire burning bright
I am so glad you are here to share my days

~ Autumn Colours ~

Pumpkin Circletime

Picture books





Circletime Songs

pumpkin, pumpkin
big and round
I`m glad you grow
upon the ground
I`m glad you don`t
grow in a tree
for then you might
fall down on me.



It`s gathering time, gathering time
time to harvest the crops
sweet corn, pumpkins, apples
time to put awy
for the cold days ahead
It`s gathering time,gathering time.

Pumpkin Painting

One starry night
a magical pumpkin appeared
and within the pumpkin
lived a very special person
THE PUMPKIN KING ~)~

( the stars are done with beeswax crayon first)
then painted over with watercolour paint
the children were so excited when they appeared.







One Autumn Day
there came some grass
and on that grass grew a
great big pumpkin
so big and round
shinning orange bright
our pumpkin ~

Pumpkin Making

Lots of paper mache strips of paper on a balloon
let to dry then cut into shape
and painted...............

We created these beautiful lanterns together.............



~ Jack O Lantern ~




some careful cutting with a blunt knife.......
determination of a boy..............



Yummy pumpkin soup with farmers bread......
and now dinners with their special jack o lantern
until it gets old and then we put it back in the garden
we gathered the seeds and are drying them out
until next year and we will plant them.......................
so the cycle is whole............




Needle felted Pumpkins



take some magic wool and form a pumpkin shape
then needlefelt together.............................

take some orange wool
tease outward then wrap pumpkin shape
and needlefelt ends, then all over...................
add green top and....................



Autumn Pumpkins for the seasons altar
(they are really sweet).........................





Cardboard Pumpkins & Jack o lanterns






Tracing round and round......................

We glued kite paper behind features
and also glued orange cellophane on top
which created a beautiful effect......................
we painted jack o lanterns first with watercolour paint.

~Woodwork Creations~

ok
mum found this stove & sink at the op shop
now the idea is to turn it into a stove & oven
and make it clean so we will see what
happens in our woodwork time this week...........

~ Autumn NatureWalk ~

We were very excited
to find out "owls" lived at one of our favourite places.




I`m a tall tall tree
with my leaves falling
down
down
down









It feels so right to me
for my children to live this way
and their childhood to be full of magic and life
spending days in nature
being a family
and just being with life itself
I love you both so so much
and I am so happy to share life and each day with you.
Thankyou for teaching me to be happy!!!!!!!
and live each day with all my heart
like you both do so well***


A quick play at a playground
on the way home...................................




Heading for home
as day ends and night is coming.........