Monologues!

When Kiya asked me if I had any ideas on a Monologue she could learn for school I immediately thought of my schooldays and how we had to learn great bits of Shakespeare off by heart!! "Friends, Romans and Countrymen, lend me your ears, I come to bury Caesar, not to praise him. The evil that men do lives after them, the good is oft interred with their bones. So let it be with Caesar, for Caesar was an honourable man, so are they all, all honourable men etc. etc.

Then there was 'All the Worlds a stage, and all the men and women merely players. They have their exits and their entrances, and one man in his time plays many parts" from The Seven Stages of Man, "As you like it' (I think or it could be Much Ado About Nothing)

Well the upshot of all this was that she chose the latter, and when I went to the internet to download all the words I realised how difficult it was, and thought immediately that she would never be able to manage a minute of that (they have a minute to do it in.) Then I suggested Christopher Robin 'James James Morrison Morrison, Weatherly George Dupree, don't go down to the end of the town, unless you go down with me!!!

However, she still chose the Shakespeare one, and surprise surprise, tonight on our way to choir she recited the first four stages - infant, schoolboy, lover and soldier - almost word perfect and is prepared to learn the rest of it by Friday, so there you go, never underestimate your granddaughters capabilities!!

Riding the Waves!!

It is not everyone who can ride a Sundial!!! This clever piece of sculpture/sundial is at Campbelltown, in the Midlands, and is all made out of farm implements and, if you are very clever, you can even tell the time with it (providing the sun is out!)

Best of Show.

It is good to have such clever friends who live in such lovely places and can do such wonderful things with Orchids and get 'Best of Show' at the recent Orchid Show in Hobart Town Hall.

Margaret is on the right, her drive is lined with Chinese Elm Trees and Agapanthus and looks so good at this time of the year, and she has lots and lots of Orchids which take up a great deal of her time.

Cornish Pasties

Wow Kiya, you really have excelled yourself this time, these Pasties look good enough to eat!!!

Bossy Boots here!!

You may need to double click on the Plover photos, as that chick is pretty small!

Talk about a learning curve!!!

I spent ages giving captions to the following photos, only to find that the wording did not come out on the photos, won't waste time doing that again.

So here is what I wrote:

Photo l: How about a game of croquet, Claire will give us some coaching, she knows how to play.
Photo 2: It is not as easy as it looks!
Photo 3: We've had enough (although I don't think you are allowed to walk off in the middle of a game)
Photo 4: Help!
Photo 5: What's for lunch Mum?

? New members - Plover and chick at the KCC

Masked Lapwings (commonly known as Plovers) make the best parents, each taking it in turn to guard their young. They nest on the ground - which is not the most sensible of places to choose, making them vulnerable to dogs and humans. They usually rear two or more chicks and guard them ferociously. If you go near them they squawk loudly and threaten you menacingly. They have nasty spurs on their legs and have been known to dive-bomb you if they think you are a threat. I like the way the adults walk, they look as if they are wearing high heeled shoes!

As you will have guessed, we have some at the Croquet Club at the moment.