Horse Shoe Mussel

It turns out that horse show mussel is a poor cousin to paua (abalone). Cool thing is, the shells are easily found at my local beach and can be broken…

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Double Ripple

Simple but effective. Made with the newly discovered 'half julian' variation. Today's Gratitude Item: Discovering the joys of the latest Beta version of Firefox. It's better than Chrome because the…

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Flower Rays

An interesting surprise which is *sort of* a variation on a theme. Today's Gratitude Item: Getting up ridiculously late! I love Saturday mornings :)

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Holy Wall

As in a wall with lots of holes. Today's Gratitude Item: Good timing, lovely weather and a brilliant Saturday afternoon nap. Also not being stressed about having to prepare work…

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Rippled Texture

It turns out that making red fractals is not all that easy - except in this case. Today's Gratitude Item: Making it to the end of term!

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Lost City Columns

When these appeared, my first thought was 'City of Atlantis'. I think it's because of the colour and style. Today's Gratitude Item: Getting leave (with pay) so that I can…

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Sharp Waves

Does this give new meaning to 'rough seas'? Today's Gratitude Item: Figuring out how to make a half-way decent, self marking fractions worksheet using some fairly interesting formulae in a…

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Uneasy Connection

They are joined but the situation is rather prickly. Today's Gratitude Item: Having a lovely relaxing 'do nothing but read a book' day. Term time is often busy and this…

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Winter Daze

Perhaps I should have called this one 'dreary frost'. Today's Gratitude Item: That one of my dodgiest students will be away next Monday and Tuesday. He told me today that…

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Ever Blue

As in like an 'ever green', only blue. Today's Gratitude Item: That most of my students are working on assessments. For now it means a little less marking and a…

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