Another Day - a collection of thoughts, happenings, dreams and inspirations

In a little cottage on the side of a hill in Southern Tasmania is where the song of this story is sung. Once a place where sheep grazed, this home is now a retreat for pademelons, bandicoots, echidnas, and our family. Originally from the East Coast of New South Wales we traded hectic highways for a calmer, more meaningful pace of life.
I'm Elke and together with my husband Graham - we strive to live conscious, grounded and joyful lives as we share the privilege of walking along a parenting path with our two precious children; Chilli and Marlin.

Here's a moment to pause, remember and be appreciative for all the wonderful friendships in our lives, especially those that seem to go deeper than daily life. The friends that you might not see or even speak to for; weeks, months, sometimes even years - yet when you do reconnect and your paths cross again, it's like you spoke and hugged only just yesterday. All friendships are beautiful and special, yet there definitely is something wondrous and magical about those connections that seem to run deeper than daily life. These, I think are the 'gold' friendships ✨ "make new friends,…
We've been 'tying up loose ends' on work from lessons during our epic mid-year house move this wonderful @_artventure watercolour lesson made the perfect cover for Chilli to finish putting together her @oakmeadowschool G3 Cloud Journal, also using some aspects of the wonderful book binding project in the Oak Meadow G3 curriculum ☁️
I've been looking forward to working with these wonderful @_artventure 'food sources' drawings alongside our farming studies, ever since the lessons were published a few months ago. They're perfect companion pieces to our current Little House 'mega block' we're working through at the moment ✨drawings; Chilli (10) - Marlin (4) - Mumma ✨
This little one had the great privilege of not only meeting, but also cooking with - @danivalent last night! ❤ as soon as we got into the car she said "oh what a fantastic night! Did you have a good night Mumma? I can't BELIEVE I got to meet Dani Valent - that's like my dream! AND I got to COOK with her!!!! I would have never thought I'd ever get to do THAT!!!!" Thank you so much Dani for not only a wonderful evening demonstrating some delectable #ewdv recipes, but also being such a beautiful, kind, caring human being!…
Multi purpose #eggcups
That's a lot of bleeping #carrots #cabalajuice #healthyselftribe ✨
Had a few spare hours before needing to set off to a friend's house for cheesemaking yesterday morning. Took the opportunity to have one more attempt at creating some kind of half decent hair and make up style for the #knuddlesnuptials ✨ consequently I was WAY too over dressed in the head region for cheesemaking which totally didn't match with the 'at-home-homeschooling Mum attire' but on the upside @caragberg and @lisajagelberg - I think I may have finally come up with something suitable when G took the photos though I realised, I really must be sure to spread that top…
Today we're #mending (both literally and metaphorically!) ✨whenever I'm sewing, I find myself smiling at the echo of my female ancestors surrounding me - either with things like this thread that I inherited with its ancient Woolworths price sticker, back when a reel of cotton cost 42c and merchandise was still hand priced in grocery stores, or hearing my Oma's thick German accent frustratedly saying "vere ist mine clippa?" a little bowl of thread trimmings and a pair of clippers hiding somewhere under; the box of tissues, werther's packet or TV guide, were always close by on her side table…
Afternoon play ✨ #waldorfearlychildhood
At least one of our family members has their wedding hairstyle sorted @caragberg @lisajagelberg meanwhile, I still can't master anything short of something that looks like a disaster for my own hair ‍♀️
#latergram from last Friday - Friday the 13th which somehow through the years became known as 'Witch's Day' in our house Our celebrations on this day are our own unique fusion of various traditional American style Halloween festivities The day normally starts out with the children dressing into their favourite witch and wizard outfits from the fancy dress hamper - going outside to 'shop' at the 'wizard's larder' which involves walking around the garden picking bits and bobs that are given creative names like; 'frogs legs', 'the breath of one fairy', 'dragon toenails', 'unicorn horns', and whatever other weird and…
Emerging Independence :: over the recent term holiday, our little spring baby turned TEN its been such a privilege to watch her start to step so strongly and confidently into this new age in a way that just a few short months ago I would have never thought possible ❤seeing the beautiful blossoming of the person she is becoming in her own self really is the light at the end of the dark nine year change tunnel, that so many good friends promised me would come ✨over the past few weeks she participated in some lovely school holiday activities, two…