Lou Sanders
Spring is in the air
It has been a long, cold winter for many reasons. We've been quietly holed up at home, like the rest of the world. As with everyone, it's...
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Lou Sanders
Jan 4, 20212 min read
And so it doesn't begin again...
We've enjoyed tonight's late night news watching with the teenage children of the house. It's odd that we gathered together to watch and...
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Lou Sanders
Nov 7, 20202 min read
Spending time connecting with nature
As we approach the impending changes in restrictions to our lives, we have been considering the importance of being in the woods for all....
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Lou Sanders
Aug 24, 20202 min read
Woodland Work
During lockdown we spent some of our time applying for funding towards installing running water to the woodland site and towards the cost...
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Lou Sanders
Jun 4, 20202 min read
Seemingly endless summer
The sun has just kept on shining, shining, shining through the cloudless skies of recent days, weeks and months. As we write this, we...
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sawpitwoods
May 22, 20204 min read
End of Term
So another week done and another whole term done. It's end of summer term Friday, on the cusp of a week of bank holiday summer fun. It's...
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sawpitwoods
May 16, 20205 min read
Lack of work and Lockdown parenting
We've had a quiet couple of weeks of ups (watching a Spitfire fly over the local hospital on VE Day from an idyllic picnic spot) and...
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sawpitwoods
May 5, 20203 min read
Groundhog May
Although it is way past the 2nd February, the traditional Groundhog Day in the States, it certainly feels like it here just now. The...
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sawpitwoods
May 2, 20201 min read
It's raining, it's pouring
Yesterday saw sun, drizzle rain, hail, thunder, lightning, rainbows, wind and sun again. We love a bit of weather, so hid inside and took...
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sawpitwoods
Apr 28, 20201 min read
April showers bring May flowers.
We are greatly missing the sessions in the woods and all of the fabulous children we usually share the space with every week. The small...
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sawpitwoods
Apr 19, 20201 min read
Online nature connections
We are physically distanced from each other, but we wanted to make sure we were still nurturing our social connections to each other....
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sawpitwoods
Apr 18, 20201 min read
new day, new plant
Today is another springtime classic. Who doesn't know and love the delicate primrose? One of our childhood favourites. It blooms along...
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sawpitwoods
Apr 7, 20201 min read
Busy doing nothing
I've mainly been busy doing nothing. I did spend time at school tidying, sorting and shredding old papers. It's not the same without the...
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sawpitwoods
Apr 3, 20203 min read
Friday flowers
It's been a changeable week. Small scale ups and downs of productivity and inaction. As a family we are slowly adjusting to the altered...
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sawpitwoods
Apr 1, 20202 min read
Starting a Forest Garden
As there is no Forest School sessions going on currently, there is time to spend starting a Forest garden. It has been inspired by family...
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sawpitwoods
Mar 31, 20203 min read
Week 2
So as we settle into a new week, a new routine emerges. I have a full morning of freedom and solitude. I manage to do the washing, unload...
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sawpitwoods
Mar 29, 20202 min read
We’ve lost an hour
It’s that clock changing time of year. It seems that it’s not really going to affect my daily schedule. But it does mean we’ve lost an...
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sawpitwoods
Mar 26, 20201 min read
School day
I spent a day in school today. All very peaceful and clam. Quite unlike a usual Thursday. We started with an hour of laptop work, spaced...
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sawpitwoods
Mar 25, 20202 min read
Week 1
So school is out... maybe for summer, but let’s hope not. That’s not something I’d expect a teacher to say, but there it is. Like the...
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sawpitwoods
Mar 22, 20203 min read
Social distancing
Distancing is distancing whether it is in the city or in the woods. Like the rest of the world this week I‘ve been information...
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Feb 132 min read
Tree tending Day
We had a wonderful day tending our sapling trees in our Children's Forest adjacent to Sawpit Woods this February. Together we mulched...
Dec 18, 20232 min read
Winter Gathering
We shared a lovely day, gathered in Sawpit Woods to celebrate the middle of winter, the turning of the light and to learn and connect...
Nov 1, 20231 min read
Seed, song and foraging day 24/10/23
We had a wonderful day walking the land and learning about the trees and their seeds. Gathering in the October sunshine, over the rising...
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