Photo Challenge June 17 to 30

Taking part in a photo challenge this month (first half can be seen here )

day 17 - centred

day 18 - street
When I first came to live here in Napier about 9 years ago I remember being amazed at the trees that grew on the street
with this in mind I took my photo this late afternoon
when I got to the right road I also rescued a rabbit
he was on the path and thinking about crossing the street
I followed him up a driveway where he got the fright of his life when a dog barked at him
I caught him
I door knocked several doors trying find out where he lived
no one was home
a lady and her daughter arrived home I asked her if she knew anyone with a pet rabbit, she didnt but we saw he had a collar and tag so she offered to phone the number on it
seems I had been door knocking in the wrong direction as the owners lived about 3 doors in the opposite direction
they came and got him 
Peanuts so big, fluffy and his poor little heart was beating so so fast
I know I should have gotten a photo of him
I did have a nice cuddle while I relocated his owners though 

day 19 
Im a bookworm I have many books on the go at once
I read to my older son for 1/2 an hour a day as part of our homeschooling, I read for myself, I read to my younger son at night before he goes to sleep, I read for ideas for Keas - Im a Kea leader, I read for my spiritual health 

day 20 - cute
my pet dog in my car, taken tonight  My older son brought me this several years ago. I wanted a dog, he has a cat end of story - yes I know they can coexist quite happily. This is one is cheaper to have thou and he sits on the dashboard of my car 

day 21 - lunch
made by my son whose taking home economics NCEA 1  as part of his home schooling.  Sushi and salad (with Spring rolls and left over rice)

day 22 - enjoying life
my daily walk
taking photos along the way
seeing God's nature all around me, and unusual and different sights, all while humming favourite tunes - todays - "Jesus Messiah"

day 23 - Last
last piece of pie - was on special at the supermarket this week :)  help yourself only youd better be quick . . .

with 2 growings in the house it wont last long!!

day 24 - negative space
This morning I was doing my part time job of delivering catalogues  not sure the 2nd one qualifies as negative space or not

day 25 - sharp
using these sharp scissors to cut up resources for a craft Im doing with Kea scouts tomorrow night

day 26 - empty
a yummy snack but alas all too soon the packet was empty

day 27 - into the sun
as good as it good

day 28 - red
my purse and favourite

day 29 - bag 
tonight as I made dinner I also prepared my lunch to put in my bag in preparation for tomorrow
Im a newish kea scout leader and there is some more training to do tomorrow 

day 30 - handwritingtoday I attended a Kea scout leader training day these are some of the notes which will form part of the assessment form that I have to send back :)

Ill be taking part in the photo challenge in July too

If youd like to join up to go over to Chantelles

Home schooling Trip this afternoon

This afternoon we went with our reader/writer (Jules) and the local homeschooling group to The National Aquarium of New Zealand.  They had a behind the scenes visit and the draw card for Billy was that they were going to do some lab work.  Recently Billy and his reader/writer have been doing (amongst other subjects)  ph levels in science for NCEA 1.

filter system and we also saw the quarantine tanks 

Jules pointed out to us that one of  them were pregnant  

this is above the shark and fish tank

croc skin

shark skin

testing ph levels

testing salinity levels

took temperatures of  the samples

filled in a form to identify  which of the mystery water samples came from which tank 

some sharks can rest on the bottom of the tank others can never stop moving

after seeing the sharks being feed by the diver we saw this 100 year old diving suit which required 2 men to pumped air into via the machine and an air tube and  if  they  didnt turn it the diver wouldnt get air 

Keas - Winter Weather

At Keas I talked about Winter weather and used science and art to do this.  I

made it rain using this blog post as a help

then showed them this video about lightning and thunder thanks to Billy for helping with

this - I had a science experiment planned but it wouldnt work (when I tested it before hand)

Lastly we made rain clouds

 Tomorrow after school my cub (Daniel) wants his own lesson :)

The continuing saga right outside our backyard

Today we witnessed a further development to this story and this story.  Which lead to this story :(  Might be good to read these first :)

Today the man who owes the land put a house back on the section.  This is up a STEEP driveway which is SLIPPERY in the winter.  We werent sure the house was going to make it to the top.  My neighbours and I had real reasons to believe they might have lost the lot into our backyards.  However s l o w l y inch by inch they got it up to the top, took 7 hours.

As I was watching this afternoon I thought I should go and get Daniel.  Its not everyday you see this happening up so close and personal.  This is a learning experience too :)  He missed one hour of school.

TAKE NOTE of the steep vertical climb that the house would need to make

All photo credits go to Jules Cunningham and Billy Hendry