• Skip to primary navigation
  • Skip to main content
  • Skip to footer
  • Home
  • recipes
    • baking
    • mid-week meals
    • time-worn tucker
    • entertaining
    • kid-friendly feeds
  • Latest Posts
  • About Me
  • Shop
    • Cart
    • Checkout
    • My account

Cooker and a Looker - Australian Home Cooking

  • Home
  • recipes
    • baking
    • mid-week meals
    • time-worn tucker
    • entertaining
    • kid-friendly feeds
  • Latest Posts
  • About Me
  • Shop
    • Cart
    • Checkout
    • My account
menu icon
go to homepage
search icon
Homepage link
  • Home
  • Latest Post
  • Recipes
  • Shop
  • Work with me
  • About Me
    • Email
  • ×

    Home » farm life » Distanced Ed

    By Amanda Smyth Leave a Comment

    Day 32 of Distanced Ed

    Share
    Pin

    The school day started with an online violin lesson for the Little Sister. The Big Sister moved outside and I found a pressing job in the paddock.

    Bearhands phoned Dad and asked him for his help with something on the farm. (There are unconfirmed reports the “something” that needed tending was his daughter.)
    Mum and I agonised about the ethics of turning it into an overnight visit. Finally found some guidance on the Queensland Government website that gave the green light to visits from two members of your immediate family. Didn’t tell the kids.

    At Morning Tea the Big Sister used my phone to take part in a photography competition. She cheekily joked that her photo should be good enough to win a camera, but not good enough to warrant a visit from Costa.

    The Little Sister played lego during her lunchtime break, then we went back out to the office to get stuck into some more fractions.

    Final session involved writing an ANZAC acrostic poem. Considered day drinking while the Little Sister tried to think of something relevant that started with Z. Her final poem was a cracker:

    A remembering time
    New Zealaand and Australia came together to fight
    Zoom the bullets flew overhead
    A dawn service
    Commemoration

    Mum and Dad arrived just after school finished. The Big Sister cried when she realised who was here and that they were allowed to stay. I cried watching the girls wrap their Nan in a big hug. We haven’t seen my folks since Dad’s birthday on 18 March - they’re normally regulars at the farm. During their last visit I was stern with them about the risk that COVID19 posed to them and Australia but I didn’t realise that I wouldn’t see them for five weeks.

    Nan spent the afternoon playing lego and reading stories - things the girls had told me they missed doing with her. Dad sorted our recycling. ?

    Finished our ANZAC egg carton wreath and facetimed my Sister in law and nephews. Apparently my brother was out “getting a deer.” Quietly relieved that Bearhands just goes to the shops.

    We smoked salmon for dinner and mooted whether teaching the Little Sister to pour gin and tonics would count as a lesson in both fractions and chemistry.

    Share
    Pin
    « Day 31 of Distanced Ed
    Day 32 of Distanced Ed »

    NEVER MISS A RECIPE!

    Sign up and be the first to receive new recipes straight from my oven to your inbox.

    Reader Interactions

    Leave a Reply Cancel reply

    Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

    Footer

    • Facebook
    • Instagram
    • Pinterest
    • RSS
    • Twitter
    • YouTube
    • find new recipes
    • buy the book
    • download free printables

    Footer

    ↑ back to top

    About

    • Privacy Policy
    • Disclaimer
    • Terms & Conditions

    Contact

    • Contact
    • About Me
    • Latest Post
    • Shop

    Copyright © 2021 Cooker and a Looker

     

    Loading Comments...