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.

Observation mapping her #waldorfthirdgrade #farming #garden with the #seedlingsecourse #permaculture program she attended a #biodynamic preparations #fieldday on the weekend and had a surprisingly good time amongst all the components of #biodynamicpreparations she came home talking so passionately about the putting together of various preparations, the 'life' in the garden/soil and the time until these preparations will be ready to dig up. I'm so proud of her for the way she is growing in herself through this wonderfully enriching and very important program of the Grade 3 year ❤
#happysaintpatricksday #today in our #waldorfhomeschooling we're studying #elder - the tree of good luck and making some elder #herbalrecipes with @herbalrootszine #herbalrootszine and #herbfairiesbookclub - along with all the regular #saintpatricksdayfun calamity and delicious Irish food! ☘️ the children have been working on their leprechaun traps all week and are excited to set them tonight
#excitingmailday #yesterday @oakmeadowschool #oakmeadowfourthgrade #boxday we're so excited to work with #oakmeadow again next year for the foundation of our #homeschooling program - Chilli and I were both really excited at the #gradefour program when we flicked through the books yesterday. Time to start; reading, dreaming and planning for GRADE FOUR!!!!! #homeschoolprogram
What's your #favourite #herbaltea for your #homeschoolday today we're making @pollentearoom #balancetea and we're looking forward to restocking our #teablends soon with the rebranded #pollentea @teatribe now that the weather is cooling again the #brevilleteamaker makes such easy work of infusing and keeping warm/easily reboiling our #dailyherbaltea #happytuesday friends ❤✨
Marlin's #waldorfearlychildhood #wetonwetwatercolour #wetonwetwatercolor #waldorfwatercolourpainting for #michaelmas does anyone else see the volcano? There's also a beautiful angel of light in the background and the battle of light and dark is incredible ✨ #babygenius I love seeing what magically emerges from the children's early childhood wet on wet abstracts ❤ it's also still wet in one corner after 18 hours of drying #allthepaint #waldorfmichaelmas #waldorffestival
#waldorfgradethree #handwork to accompany our recent sun, earth, moon studies - #crocheting a sun coaster ☀️ mine is on the left, Chilli's is on the right .... #waldorfhandwork #crochet @oakmeadowschool #oakmeadowthirdgrade #oakmeadowcurriculum #science #waldorfhomeschooling
#autumnal #easter anticipation #waldorfearlychildhood #waldorfchalkboard in our #waldorfhomeschool #thisweek #holyweek #blessings to our family and friends near and far may you all enjoy your Easter preparation week in spring or autumn wherever you happen to be in the world ✨(chalkboard is a combination of several Pinterest board inspirations)
#lentgarden #lent2017 #waldorfeaster #easterinautumn
#waldorfearlychildhood observation, awe and wonder alongside sister's #waldorfthirdgrade @earthschooling #wormfarm making #earthschooling #earthschoolingthirdgrade ✨
He found a #ladybug on the #windowsill and was so excited. He sat there watching it with total fascination #waldorfearlychildhood
#palmsunday #lent2017 #waldorffamily #waldorfhomeschooling #waldorffestival
#chilliandmarlin enjoying some #morning #herbfairies time; listening to the story of 'Cerulea', colouring her poster and listening to the #herbfairiesbookclub #audiostory ✨ #today we are finishing up working with @herbalrootszine #peach #herbalrootszine and moving onto #elder studies; hearing the folklore, singing the song and making various #elderberry recipes. I love the way both Herb Fairies and Herbal Roots Zine span multiple ages so well. Chilli used this program in such a sweet way when she was Marlin's age and we've gently continued with these #homeschoolinglessons through the years. Now that Chilli is working with #waldorfthirdgrade it's the perfect compliment to…