Post Post And Other Things

Tuesday is Forest School day at the moment. I still have not quite finished all my course work and I have not been observed doing a session yet. This was due to be done next week but has been cancelled because my assessor has not been assessed to be an assessor yet! Nevertheless, Forest School is my favourite session of the week-the children love it and so do the adults. Today we planted some trees that one of the teaching assistants won. We were filthy-it was great! I think I could send that group out on their own to plant trees now and they would know what to do. My favourite thing was seeing them gently firming down the soil around the little trees-they were so careful. Fingers crossed that they grow! I got home about half six to find exciting post. Two packets of felting wool and a lovely sheep postcard from Anne of Frayed At The Edge-we met in the summer. I love surprises in the post so thank you Anne! I am thinking about what to make. The next piece of exciting post was this postcard-from myself via America. (Thanks Candace for the stamp!) It is the acknowledgement of receipt of Perdita by Art Doll Quarterly. At least I know she got there ok and I will get her back one day! Now fingers crossed that they like her!

This is the latest doll I have started. The idea comes from a couple of sources. Years ago I saw an article on this amazing artist who makes sculptures out of books by folding them. I had a go on an old copy of Sense and Sensibility-it is up on the book shelf. This one is a book I bought in Scotland recently on football coaching. I liked the illustrations and the cover. I like it even more now as the middle of the skirt. The other place I got the idea from was a picture of a doll with a folded paper underskirt. (Picture a long way down in this post)I am going to use papier mache to make the body and head. I used to do quite a lot of papier mache and feel like having another go.

The adult sized chair in the nursery garden. Ancient but quite comfy. I came upon this carefully placed collection of wooden bricks on it today and liked the effect. I don't know who put them there though!

C. in my class rushed over to get me this afternoon. She wanted to show me this. Bees are very attracted to our bright yellow slide, and often stop to clean themselves or soak up the sun. We watched this one for a while before it flew off.

One more thing-I have nearly finished my sketchbook for the sketchbook project-only three more pages to go!