F words

Hermione and I made our first attempt at felt faeries yesterday. Long way to go there - they were trickier than we expected.

I messed online and found some great reading and comprehension exercises based on fables at the CurrClick site. It's certainly worth a look at that site. There are some good free downloads for home ed.

Feeling exceptionally fat and alarmingly unfit. It's payoff time for spending the last few weeks crafting by the open fire, munching cake and sipping ginger cordial. Craig said last night that these things have greater impact once you're closer to forty than thirty but I refuse to think about that.

I'm starting to feel fuddled and need to get out in the fresh air. I want the frost to pass so that I can start on my veg patch. I've had my fill of winter for this year. I want the wheel to turn.