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.

#rainyafternoon #waldorfishweeklyart #fun ☔️ #waldorfhomeschooling
We're extending the @oakmeadowschool #littlehouseinthebigwoods #classicliterature component for #oakmeadowthirdgrade with a deeper #bookstudy weaving in many traditional #waldorfthirdgrade lessons ✨ yesterday #chilliandmarlin made Ma's Willow Broom from the #littlehousecrafts book .... it was the perfect opportunity for Chilli to measure, mark and saw a yard stick - then measure out the string required for the project against this ❤ #waldorfmaths #waldorfhomeschooling ✨
What a great group of performers! A lovely morning for #chilliandmarlin watching the #bookreading of #diaryofawombat (including getting to meet 'Mothball') that preludes the stage production these very talented, entertaining and friendly #puppeteers #musicians and #performers from @monkeybaatheatreco are currently here to present in #tasmania ❄️ a wonderful little #waldorfhomeschooling #bookweek2017 activity
#waldorfearlychildhood #drawing ✨ alongside our #waldorfgradethree #waldorfishweeklyart #portraitdrawing #waldorfhomeschooling lesson #today ❤
We finally got around to our #winter #lanternmaking and #spiralwalk #lastweekend ✨ #waldorfhomeschooling #waldorffamily #waldorffestivals considering we officially became the owners of our new nest right on #wintersolstice and we knew that through #midwinter our life would be packed up into a million boxes ‍♀️ I opted for these super simple #masonjarlanterns from the @littleacornlearning #thanksgiving and #martinmas #festival e-book this year. Even with fairy light strings that went missing amongst the move ☹️ and stand in battery tea lights, they turned out quite special indeed #waldorflanterns #waldorflanternwalk #littleacornlearning
Chilli is quite fascinated by #entomology amongst many highlights and exciting activities/experiments on her #daddydaughterday #lastweekend at the #festivalofbrightideas I think getting to actually 'pin a bug' all by herself (if that's even what it's called!) was probably pretty close to the top of that highlights list #buddingentomologist #waldorfhomeschooling
#waldorfmumma #waldorfgeek post alert! we're all a little in love with these #wetonwetwatercolour drying racks Papa built in our new #waldorfhomeschooling #schoolroom shelves #wetonwetwatercolor #wetonwetwatercolorpainting #waldorfwatercolourpainting #waldorfwatercolorpainting
I love the #synchronicity that often surprises me in our #wholefoodskitchen ✨ like when the beans we've been soaking for 48hours with #tasmanianwakame and #cooking on a simmer since early this morning are ready to strain right into the #chickennoodlesoup I've just started putting together for dinner tonight, to use up the #leftover #homegrown #rooster from last night's baked dinner #wholefoods #wholefoodcooking #itsasoupkindofday
Her day #waldorfthirdgrade #waldorfhomeschooling :: #formdrawing - painting over the form and then drawing the form herself on the chalkboard :: #jumproperhymes :: surprise #claymodelling #sheep found on the mantle :: hand waving invention (C&M LOVE inventing!) :: working away at the title page for her #waldorfmainlessonbook for the #littlehouseinthebigwoods 'epic block' we're embarking on - this block will include a #bookstudy of Little House along with lots of the traditional grade 3 #waldorfmainlesson work like; farming, cooking and housebuilding/shelter studies - much of which I have drawn from @earthschooling monthly plans #earthschooling #earthschoolingthirdgrade
His day #waldorfearlychildhood #waldorfhomeschooling ✨ @earthschooling #earthschoolingpreschool #crayoning from today's #hibernatinganimal verse which we changed from a groundhog to the more local #pygmypossum :: #choppingveggies for tonight's casserole dinner :: "making a nesting box for the new baby chickens" #earthschooling
#babychickens are #indahouse
A slightly belated #southernhemisphere #midwinter #santalucia #waldorffestival celebration #thismorning conveniently enough, it's quite the mid-winter style day today ❄️ #waldorfhome #waldorffamily ✨ #waldorfwatercolourpainting from @earthschooling #earthschoolingpreschool program ✨ #waldorfhomeschooling