LIBRARY WEEK
at school kicked off with a bang.
Author Fifi Colston visited us.
http://www.bookcouncil.org.nz/writer/colston-fifi/
Pre-loved book swap.
Today (Friday)
Fairy dress-up.
First dressed up Before school care child was RAINBOW DASH(My little Pony)
Next was DOBBY THE HOUSE ELF
With MOANING MYRTLE
Spiderman, Hermionie Granger and Snow White
Good idea of entertaining children and make them read more.
Waiting for the rain to lift so that the Spring Festival in Upper Hutt could be dry this year. https://www.eventfinda.co.nz/2017/upper-hutt-spring-festival/wellington-region
It did not happen. Year after year we got rain and cold winds. Waiting for better weather did not help.
I had a Soroptimist business meeting 10 am Saturday morning. I took the photo from the window where we were sitting in the lounge. I thought that everybody was waiting for the sky to clear. It never did.
The Daily Post Photo Challenge says:
Share a snapshot that shows a sense of waiting.
Visit
https://dailypost.wordpress.com/photo-challenges/waiting-2017/
for more information.
Guest host Lignum Draco asks us to experiment with something unusual.
For extra information click the following link:
https://dailypost.wordpress.com/photo-challenges/unusual-ld/
UNUSUAL
Two months ago I held a very unusual object in my hand. I also had the opportunity to hang it around my neck to feel how it feels.
Mary Fisher our own Upper Hutt, New Zealand world champion Paralympic swimmer 2016, was the guest speaker at our monthly Soroptimist meeting.
https://www.facebook.com/MaryFisherNZ/
She told us about the excitement of winning a gold medal at Rio Paralympic games.
The medal has small balls in it. The gold one has the most in it. It is for the blind to hear the sound of it and recognise which one it is!
Mary’s gold medal
Two more medals.
We could all touch and hold it!
Unusual indeed.
I am just behind Mary Fisher in the purple coat with the gold medal around my neck!
It was such a lovely sunset on Friday, July 7, 2017.
Last day term two!
I work from three to five at Plateau School.
The room we use in the afternoons.
The office block at sunset.
Opposite classrooms.
Romantic silhouette of the flagpole and sky.
To my young friends out there: Life can be great, but not when you can’t see it. So, open your eyes to life: to see it in the vivid colors that God gave us as a precious gift to His children, to enjoy life to the fullest, and to make it count. Say yes to your life.
Nancy Reagan
Read more at: https://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/authors/n/nancy_reagan.html
Think about the things, places, or people that connect us. What’s your take?
Footbridge over railway, Lower Hutt
If you’re gonna let me down, let me down gently
Don’t pretend that you don’t want me
Our love ain’t water under the bridge
If you’re gonna let me down, let me down gently
Don’t pretend that you don’t want me
Our love ain’t water under the bridge
Say that our love ain’t water under the bridge
The staff of the school had a wonderful evening out on Saturday.
We went to an Azian cooking school.
Everything was ready for the cooking!
The session started 6:30 pm.
The instructor/tutor/chef demonstrated
what we had to do to make a perfect meal.
We first made spring rolls.
Then the main meal:
pork, lemon grass and chilli(which I did not use).
On the plate was a cup of rice and fresh lettuce.
It was very tasteful and delicious to eat.
May 13 we, as Soroptimists, came together to make stars.
In the two hours, we made 40 stars.
A view ladies took ribbon home to fold some more.
At that stage, we had 110 stars folded.
Up to date, we are at 200 and there are still in the making.
DANGER
There are dangers in New Zealand we can’t predict.
Nature works on its own.
Sea, wind, rain, storms, earthquakes, cyclones…
Today I went shopping in one of our supermarkets.
The entrance looked like this!
This looks dangerous!
Here the walls of the shop are strengthened to protect it against strong earthquakes.
Look out! This week’s challenge is about the unexpected thrill of danger: says Michelle W
at
https://dailypost.wordpress.com/photo-challenges/danger/
Earth Day is near! This week, let’s celebrate this planet on which we live.
https://dailypost.wordpress.com/photo-challenges/earth-2017/
NEW ZEALAND
On the way from Wellington to Nelson.
Nelson
Flying back to Wellington.
Windmills on the hills.
Mother earth has so much to give.
Do we really appreciate?
Autumn is upon us here in New Zealand.
Leaves are changing colour.
With the warm days and lots of rain,
toadstools came out
showing off their colourful heads.
Trompie had his last haircut before the cold is upon us!
This morning everything is foggy.
From my doorstep.
We are expecting
Cyclone Cook.
It is already battering the Northern part of the North Island
and is slowly moving down south to us.
We are warned to stay inside,
have our emergency bags ready.
The next 48 hours is going to be tricky to everyone.
Winds of up to 160km p hour are expected and Lots of rain.
