Nourish & Flow

Yesterday my little man celebrated his 10th birthday.  I honestly don't know where the time has gone, and how he got to double figures so quickly, but I did know that I wanted it to be really special. We always take a trip somewhere on their birthdays, and Luke always chooses somewhere with animals.  He decided he wanted to go to the safari park again, so that's what we did.  He loved seeing the animals, watching the sea lion and birds of prey shows and exploring in nature.  It's also a brilliant way to learn in a fun and relaxed environment. I got a bit carried away with my camera and took about 300 photos, mostly of deers, but these are a few of my favourites. We even had a visit from a gorgeous little squirrel who came up to the car and stared at us, probably waiting for food. We then had a lovely picnic in the sunshine, whilst Luke explored some rather big leaves. Then today we set off to the seaside for ...

Today we took another trip to the nature reserve.  It was a beautiful day, the sun was shining and we saw a lovely variety of birds and wildlife.  The boys also had a go at pond dipping which they really enjoyed, collecting fish, snails and insects and inspecting them.   As usual, I enjoyed taking lots of photographs so these are some of my favourites.   We had another lovely day outdoors and I felt so happy to be in nature again with my boys, learning about wildlife, getting lots of fresh air and feeling a sense of calm and happiness.

Today we had a lovely afternoon at our favourite nature reserve.  After lots of rain this morning, the sun came out and it was a beautiful afternoon.   We arrived and had a drink and snack in the cafe, before having a look at the nature table which included skulls of deer, mice, rats and moles, nests, bones from swans, honeycomb and feathers from chaffinches. Then we headed outside to feed the ducks. Next we went on a long nature walk.  We found beautiful flowers and wildlife including dragonflies, damselflies, bees pollinating flowers, a wide variety of birds, a slug eating a leaf and some beautiful scenery. And of course there's always time to practise a taekwondo pattern.   We learnt a lot of facts about different wildlife on this trip.  Luke enjoyed reading all the signs, which gave us information about how the recent floods had affected the re...