8 July. Happy Birthday.

Today one of the wonderful Mums from my class made these delicious cupcakes for the class to share on her daughter's birthday.

5 July Sunny Morning

When the frost thaws, the sunny day is welcome.

4 July. Suter Art Gallery Exhibit.

I took my class to the Suter Art Gallery today. One of the exhibits was a large collection of standard lamps decorated with hibiscus flowers. It was named "The Long White Cloud".

2 July. Happy Dog

My dog is happily fossicking along the track as we take our walk on this lovely sunny Saturday morning.

28 June. A Touch Of History.

A touch of history in the courtyard of the place where we had our ICT Lead Teacher lunch today.

25 June Rugby

Just getting the right clothes spruced up for the big game tonight here in Nelson. Go the Crusaders!

22 June. Memories.

When I saw this sign today I smiled. My late parents had a wooden "tuit" on the wall. It is really hand for those jobs you say you will do when you "get around to it!"

21 June. Bulbs.

This mild winter weather appears to be fooling the spring bulbs.

19 June. Fungi

This fungi growing on a tree stump in our local park is enjoying current weather conditions.

18 June. Mural Again

On March 12 I posted a photo of a mural being painted on a wall in our town. I walked past this morning in the rain and I noticed it was finished. It really does look wonderful.

17 June. Red Hot Pokers

Colour like this in the gardens helps to brighten up a chilly day.

16 June. Lunar Eclipse

This photo is hard to see I know but I just had to try and grab it as I drove out of my garage this morning. It is a lunar eclipse in the western sky. I am looking forward to seeing who has posted a much better picture of it.

15 June. Trophy

Just looking at one of our son's early trophies in one of his chosen sports. He has come a long way and we are very proud of his national achievement into the Blacksox.

14 June. Empty House.

I walk past this bird house often and have never seen anyone in residence.

13 June. Web

I noticed today how busy the spiders have been weaving their webs on a vine at school.

12 June. Willows In The park.

Another early morning walk, damp and cool.

11 June Foggy Day

The fog is laying low over the inlet today. This was taken on my early morning walk.

8 June Little Messages

I was only away from my classroom for the afternoon yesterday to do some PD with Allanah, but when I arrived back these were the first of many little messages I found in various places. Five year olds are very rewarding!

6 June Greenslade Park

Reflections over the water at Greenslade Park this morning where we took our dog for a walk.

5 June Tea Party

A tea party with a pre-schooler is great fun when it is too cold and wet to play outside.

4 June Damp Day

Today is drizzly and damp and it certainly does nothing to promote Nelson's "sunny" reputation.

1 June School Cross Country

Yesterday we had our school cross country races at Rabbit Island (less than 15 minutes drive away). We took our 400 children there by bus, had the races, a lovely picnic combined with BBQ sausages and then everyone played a variety of games and made sand sculptures on the beach. It was a very enjoyable day for all.

31 May Camelia

It is becoming increasingly more difficult to find photo opportunities at present. I go to work in the dark and get home after the sun has set. It is only 7.00am and when I was outside this morning I noticed how pretty my new camelias look against the dark sky.

29 May. Natureland

We had our two and a half year old grandaughter across from Wellington this weekend. We had fun at Natureland feeding the animals.

26 May Great Work

Every child desertves to know the work they do for their teacher is valued.

25 May. Stream

It is raining and the streams are filling up.

24 May. Mosaic.

A mosaic work set into an old stone wall not far from our house.

22 May Days Gone past.

I smiled when I saw this phone. We had one just like it on the kitchen wall of our farm house when I was alittle girl.

21 May. Yellow and Blue.

It's a beautiful day here and the autumn colours are standing out well against the blue sky.

20 May. Book Character Day.

My wonderful Year 1 class had such fun dressed as book characters when our school celebrated the end of Book Week today. I had a very warm day as well dressed in my Tigger costume.

19 May. Red Sky.

I looked out my window this morning and saw this red sky. The saying goes...Red sky at night a shepherd's delight, red sky in the morning, a shepherd's warning. I wonder what sort of day we are in for today?

18 May. Snowy Mountain Tops

(Missed posting yesterday- other priorities!)
We had an ICT Lead teacher Meeting today. When we were sitting outside enjoying the sunshine at lunch time we could feel the cool air coming fromthe distant mountains with their light coating of snow.

16 may. Vase.

My favourite vase.

15 May. Old House

This old disused farm house is just a few minutes walk from the main street of our town of Richmond.

13-14 May. Saturday Morning

Blogger was not available yesterday so I did not bother taking a photo to post. This morning we opened the curtains to a beautiful sunny morning after heavy rain last night. It was good motivation for me to get going on my Saturday morning walk. Everything is so green and fresh and the fungi are sprouting up evrywhere.

12 May. Holly Berries

My holly bush is starting to display it's berries.

11 May. Drawings.

Today a group of the 5 year olds in my class went out side to make illustrations about their reading book with chalk on the concrete.

10 May. Giraffe

Our school is currently celebrating "Book Week". Today one of our staff dressed as Gerald from "Giraffes Can't Dance". Oh dear, Friday week I have to decide what book character costume I will wear!

7-9 May. Auckland Trip.

We have just returned from a very busy and enjoyable weekend trip to Auckland to visit our son who lives there, celebrate his birthday which falls this week and also Mothers Day. Although the weather was perfect I didn't take very many photos. The first is at the vineyard where we had lunch on Saturday, up the coast near Matakana. The second is a very early morning shot out the window of our apartment in the city and the third is a beach on Waiheke Island. The day out, plus a bus tour around the island was my Mother's day gift.

6 May. Panda.

Sitting all alone in the spare bedroom , waiting for someone to come and play.

5 May. Autumn Fun

The weather was not great today, but we did take advantage of a little walk outside to look at the leaves. This is the resulting followup activity.

4 May. Autumn Berries

These berries add a touch of colour to a dull Autumn day.

3 May Term 2 Has Begun.

We are now on day two of Term 2 and the morning has dawned with light rain. This is a view of the panels above the front entry to our school.

2 May . Cross Stitch

When reading Allanah's blog posting about her beautiful sampler( 120 / 365 ) it reminded me to hunt out a piece I completed a few years ago when priorities were different and life ran at a less rapid pace.

1 May. More Knitting.

Two more items for my wee Grandaughter and I have started another one.

30 April. Lemons.

We have just put the tree covers over our lemon trees today so that the frosts we have started experiencing will not spoil our crop.