Week in Review in phone photos

[nanila]

On Monday, I discovered a couple of tiny paintings of Norfolk that I did years ago - each of these canvases is 3” x 3”. The children demanded that they be put up in their room.


On Tuesday, Keiki found a newt in our garden and made friends with it.


On Wednesday, Humuhumu did a freehand drawing of a peacock, inspired by her class trip to the Birmingham Botanical Gardens.


On Thursday, I took Humuhumu to her last Rainbows session of the year. There was a water fight and we all got thoroughly soaked. I had brought a change of clothes and a towel for her, so she was fine afterward, but I spent an hour and a half squelching around (and driving home) in wet clothes and this is probably why I’m now ill.


On Friday, Humuhumu and Keiki spent the evening in the garden making homes for wood lice (pill bugs). The sign reads: “These wood lowse have a happy and good home”


On Saturday I discovered some school work I did in late primary school. In particular, this elaborate poster about Hawai’i. I detect a lot of homesickness bound up in it. Especially in the painstaking cutouts of volcanoes and pineapple.


On Sunday, we went for a long walk in the woods with our friends.

Comments

[worlds_of_smoke]

those paintings are so neat. I don't blame Humuhumu and Keiki for wanting them put up in their rooms!

[nanila]

Thank you! They're so fiddly, heh.

[worlds_of_smoke]

I can imagine! It looks like you used a very fine brush on the details and I know from experience those are bitches to deal with. XD

[cmcmck]

Newt! :o)

[nanila]

Yes! Newt keeps being found in various cool damp hiding places around the garden.

[ayebydan]

That peacock pic is amazing! She's so talented!

[nanila]

Aw, thank you! I mean we think so too but we are obviously biased.

[redsixwing]

Newt!

I like your map. Tracing multiple times around the outlines of things is something I liked at a young age, too.

I hope you feel better soon.

[nanila]

Newt. <3

I used to love topographical maps. I had an atlas of them as a child and I'd pore over it.

Thank you- I'm better after a day in bed.

[kotturinn]

Wonderful set of photos. Love the paintings, map and drawing. I wonder if your naturalist/biologist will eventually work in that field...

[nanila]

I think there in a non-zero probability of a scientific career for both of them.

[silveradept]

Wow, what a week! That's a lot of neat things condensed into a few pictures.

[nanila]

It was a bit action packed. This week is as well especially since it is the last week of school and pre-school before the summer holidays.

[ironed_orchid]

These are good things.

[nanila]

Yes, it's nice to reflect on them especially when ill or stressed (or both).

[ironed_orchid]

I hope you feel better soon.

[brainwane]

Love the peacock sketch and the paintings!

[nanila]

Yay, thank you!

I hav dreams of future mother-daughter trips to paint landscapes and wildlife together...

[lorigami]

those paintings are so cute!!!

[nanila]

Aw, thanks! I think their itty bittiness is a big part of their attraction for the kids.

[lenores_raven]

Those paintings are great! :-)

The newt is cute, hehe, one of the things I miss the most about spending time in countryside is guys like that. :-/

[nanila]

Thank you!

I hope you can get out for a countryside visit this summer.