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Tuesday Morning Reflections, aka The Importance of Boredom
Free time is just as important for our schooling as scheduled activities and courses. It gives us the ability to exercise our imaginations, to explore things on our own, and to learn about…
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Hot Water Beach, Coromandel Peninsula
You know those days where everything is absolutely beautiful? Sunshine, salt water, a beautiful beach to be explored? Today was one of those days. After a week of rain and cold in the…
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Luging In Queenstown: Better Than Being A Vegetable? I Think So!
It was grey out, misty and dark. The sun was just a bright spot shining through the haze above us. It’s been like this a lot lately. Did you know that the area…
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Rainy Day At The Races: Photos
It was beautiful, albeit rainy. Of course, rain sometimes adds to the beauty of a place. It swirls around, muting colors, dripping off of old fences, adding glittering drops to once invisible spiderwebs.…
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Taieri Gorge Railway… A Perfect Birthday Gift!
Perhaps I should begin by telling you that I have the best dad the universe has ever created (no offense intended to your own dad, I’m sure he’s great). I would stand up…
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Steampunk H.Q.
I found myself in a world of steam and turning gears, of waxen skeletons and whirring machines. In one corner, a massive clock lay on the floor, a man standing over it with…
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Australia At Last!
It’s not every day you get to go to Australia. Unless of course, you’re Australian. But I can honestly say that I never expected I would ever be so lucky as to travel…