Journal Tangelo's
A lovely afternoon so I picked a plastic shopping bag on Tangelo's from our 2 tree's, put them through the juicer and got just over 1.5 litres of fresh juice. I put the juice in the fridge to cool.
Tangelo's are a cross between an Orange and a Grapefruit and very, very juicy. We have had a bumper crop this year and looking at the tree's I haven't made a visible impression on the amount of hanging fruit yet.
Here in NZ they ripen in October, our mid-Spring and will hang on the tree's until mid- January and then they start to slowly dry out.
Definition: The tangelo probably originated in southeastern Asia over 3,500 years ago. It is most likely a result of insect cross pollination of the Mandarin orange and the pummelo (pummelo is the ancestor of the grapefruit).
Monday, November 24, 2003
Tuesday, November 18, 2003
Journal Ashlee
Gillian brought Ashlee over yesterday from Whitianga to sit her maths exam today for entry to Sacred Heart Girls College in Hamilton. She has been accepted but which stream should they put her in? Ashlee will enter the 4th form and board.
Home was full of laughter last evening with 6 of us. Tahlia was present and Anthony visited us also. I think the girls like Anthony and his steady chatter and a little leg pull.
Gillian brought Ashlee over yesterday from Whitianga to sit her maths exam today for entry to Sacred Heart Girls College in Hamilton. She has been accepted but which stream should they put her in? Ashlee will enter the 4th form and board.
Home was full of laughter last evening with 6 of us. Tahlia was present and Anthony visited us also. I think the girls like Anthony and his steady chatter and a little leg pull.
Saturday, November 08, 2003
Journal Templates
Well I, at long last managed to crack the OldEric template code and have modified the template to suit with links. Probably simple to an expert but difficult to a novice trying to write HTML code.
Well I, at long last managed to crack the OldEric template code and have modified the template to suit with links. Probably simple to an expert but difficult to a novice trying to write HTML code.
Thursday, November 06, 2003
Journal Sacred Heart Prize Giving
A week or so ago we were invited to prize giving by our granddaughter Tahlia who is spending 2 years of her education staying with us. The ceremony was for years 7, 8 and 9 students, or forms 5, 6 and 7 (to those of us who think in forms).
Tahlia wasn't too sure what prize she was getting and I think we were all thrilled to find, when her name was called, of the 2 maths prizes of Diligence and Excellence she had achieved Excellence. In her last 2 maths tests and with-in school assessed, she had achieved 100% in each test.
I'm glad she did so well, it will be a good boost to her moral, to show her the result of her hard work. Her previous school at Whitianga with a poor education record had let her down and her move to Sacred Heart Girls College has been this year, a difficult learning curve.
I'm glad to see that for all of Tahlia's trials and tribulations this year she still wants to continue next year at Sacred Heart.
We should all shout... WELL DONE, TAHLIA!!
Sacred Heart College Girls College, I see, still maintains a good traditional role of education. I was impressed when Fiona Sing, the head girl, completing her end of year speech, every student stood to acknowledge her and applaud her, the applause was sustained.
The only thing that bothered me a little was the emphasis of Maori and over emphasis of culture. We are ALL New Zealanders first irrespective of the many races/countries present. No race should be held above another.
A week or so ago we were invited to prize giving by our granddaughter Tahlia who is spending 2 years of her education staying with us. The ceremony was for years 7, 8 and 9 students, or forms 5, 6 and 7 (to those of us who think in forms).
Tahlia wasn't too sure what prize she was getting and I think we were all thrilled to find, when her name was called, of the 2 maths prizes of Diligence and Excellence she had achieved Excellence. In her last 2 maths tests and with-in school assessed, she had achieved 100% in each test.
I'm glad she did so well, it will be a good boost to her moral, to show her the result of her hard work. Her previous school at Whitianga with a poor education record had let her down and her move to Sacred Heart Girls College has been this year, a difficult learning curve.
I'm glad to see that for all of Tahlia's trials and tribulations this year she still wants to continue next year at Sacred Heart.
We should all shout... WELL DONE, TAHLIA!!
Sacred Heart College Girls College, I see, still maintains a good traditional role of education. I was impressed when Fiona Sing, the head girl, completing her end of year speech, every student stood to acknowledge her and applaud her, the applause was sustained.
The only thing that bothered me a little was the emphasis of Maori and over emphasis of culture. We are ALL New Zealanders first irrespective of the many races/countries present. No race should be held above another.
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