my thoughts, stories and articles: July 2016

Sunday, July 31, 2016

ABC WED Letter D for delivery

bread delivery bike.
https://abcwednesday-mrsnesbitt.blogspot.co.nz/

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Saturday, July 30, 2016

I made a new friend today. She is Kaoru Shimizu from Japan. I told her Koru sounds maori, like Kauri tree or the Koru. Kaoru says she like Koru , on the shape of a new unfurling silver fern frond and symbolizing new life, growth, strength and peace.

One day, my husband and I and our twelve year old son headed out west to Bethells beach. The drive is an hour and we had to drive through the windy road to the other side of the Waitakeres.

I saw silvery tiny Koru shells basking in the sun and pick them up as teaching aids for my lessons. I teach English to speakers of non English speaking children.

Together, we talked about the Koru. The most famous would be our Silver Fern, the national plant of New Zealand, and our formitable national net ball team.

I asked my kids what the Koru reminds them of, and here are some of the ideas.

The Koru reminds me of:

A graceful ice skater swirling on the spot on one leg.

A beautiful ballerina spinning a pirouette on one spot.

The unusual ethnic logo of a double koru on the an air New Zealand jumbo plane.

A caterpillar curving inside the chrysallis.

Fast whirling helicopter's propeller blades.

A slithery snake as it curls under a rock as it hibernates.

A mad ferocious gigantic tornado zooming across America.

A swishing old fashion washing machine going swish-swoosh.

Mr. Whippy's cold delicious mouth-watering yummy icecream.

A gianormous big black hole whirling in outer space.

A candy floss seller making delicious candy at the county fair.

An armadillo curling up as he hibernates in winter.

A zillion legged millipede after a thunder storm.

A pin-mill I just made, making a whirl whirl sound against the wind.

*Koru is a Maori word for the spiral shape.*

Thursday, July 28, 2016

FSO: Lonely paths and Summer Woods

Lonely paths and Summer Woods

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Monday, July 25, 2016

ABC Wed Letter C for Chain saw

https://abcwednesday-mrsnesbitt.blogspot.co.nz/

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Sunday, July 17, 2016

Garden waste wheelie bin

http://mondaymellowyellows.blogspot.co.nz/

Our council doesn't pay for garden waste removal. Households rent a yellow bin.

Roger Cheng Interview

Hi Ann,
Thought you might enjoy this… You can hear my dad being interviewed by Reginald Roy (1971) on the war.
It’s long but is only interview he ever did (Audio - 2 clips).

Hope this finds you well,
Madeline
http://www.rcsigs.ca/…/…/200px-Captain_RK_Cheng_Portrait.jpg
http://contentdm.library.uvic.ca/…/collection13/id/985/rec/1

http://contentdm.library.uvic.ca/cdm/compoundobject/collection/collection13/id/985/rec/1

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Kawakawa

Kawakawa is a traditional medicinal plant of the Māori. The fruit, bark and leaves of the kawakawa all have medicinal properties. The leaves are made into a tea by being steeped in hot water.An infusion is made from the leaves or roots, and used for bladder problems, boils, bruises, to relieve pain or toothache, or as a general tonic. The sweet edible yellow berries (most often found in summer on female trees) of the plant were eaten as a diuretic.

This plant is in my school grounds, our teacher Mr. Emerson Nikora teaches the kids Haka Kapa, and the girls use the leaves of the KawaKawa in our welcoming ceremonies.

Friday, July 22, 2016

Photohunt: Hard

http://whistlestopphotohunt.blogspot.co.nz/
climbing the 6 storey sand dune was hard. You go up 3 steps, the sand slide you down 2 steps.

Photohunt

http://whistlestopphotohunt.blogspot.co.nz/
climbing the 6 storey sand dune was hard. You go up 3 steps, the sand slide you down 2 steps.

FSO: vacation

Vacation

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Monday, July 18, 2016

ABC letter B for bins

We call them wheelie bins, because they have wheels.

weekly council collection, blue for recycle, red for the dump.

Our council doesn't pay for garden waste removal. Households rent a yellow bin.

https://abcwednesday-mrsnesbitt.blogspot.co.nz/

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Sunday, July 17, 2016

Garden waste wheelie bin

http://mondaymellowyellows.blogspot.co.nz/

Our council doesn't pay for garden waste removal. Households rent a yellow bin.

Roger Cheng Interview

Hi Ann,
Thought you might enjoy this… You can hear my dad being interviewed by Reginald Roy (1971) on the war.
It’s long but is only interview he ever did (Audio - 2 clips).

Thursday, July 14, 2016

FSO: your Town's Sunset

eating from high up in the sky tower, view the sun set and feel like you are on top of the world.

http://mytownshootout.blogspot.co.nz

Wednesday, July 13, 2016

our world Tuesday" Recycling

I am passionate about recycling and and write about it. This one got noticed in Japan.

annkschin@yahoo.com

I am Japanese TV programmer.

My name is Erika Tanno.

I make a program introduce to foreign countries.

We are resarching about NZ.

I want to borrow pictures from you in this blog.

http://annkschin.blogspot.jp/2013/03/save-world-recycling-your-rubbish.html

Broadcasting in only Japan.

I wait for your reply.

Thank you.

Kind regards,

Erika Tanno

TBS(Tokyo Broadcasting System)

akasaka5-3-6,minato,Tokyo,JAPAN

Erika Tanno

phone:080-1366-6068

e-mail:tanchaa.m20j@gmail.com

http://ourworldtuesdaymeme.blogspot.co.nz/

Monday, July 11, 2016

ABC Wed Letter A for awareness.

http://www.haunuiwaka.org/ Haunui sails with the mission of revitalising waka culture and knowledge within the Pacific; protecting the environment, promoting awareness of the oceans, pollution and climate change.

I was interested in a model of a whale tail where plastics were used to show how it affects our ocean life. Howitt calls the most common plastic found the “filthy five”: bottle caps, plastic bags, plastic food wrappers, polystyrene and foam and the insidious “plastics of unknown origin”: tiny, sun-bleached pieces of plastic that are brittle and break into hundreds of tinier pieces, wreaking havoc on the marine ecosystem.

https://abcwednesday-mrsnesbitt.blogspot.co.nz/

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Friday, July 8, 2016

FSO: our water front

water: Haunui sails with the mission of revitalising waka culture and knowledge within the Pacific; protecting the environment, promoting awareness of the oceans, pollution and climate change.
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