Weather vane we made
The boys decorated two paper plates for their weather vane. We placed a blob of clay in the center between the two plates so as to hold up the pencil. The plates are glued together around the edges. The arrow tail (3″) and point (3″) which we cut from a watercolor painting was inserted at each equal end of the straw and then we placed a pin through the center of it into the eraser of the pencil to allow it to move freely with the breeze.
- Boys watching their weather vane for wind direction
Mark it with compass markings N, S, E, W and using the compass we point the plate according to the compass markings and wait for the wind to blow and give you your wind direction. We have an east wind blowing daily. We are also logging the information into a Beaufort Scale.
Their little three wheeler
This is a little three wheeler car that the boys made for their little moose.
Petit Chenille/Worm
They love to play with clay and have been moulding these little worms inspired by the plentiful Frangipani worms we have in our Frangipani Tree.
Frangipani Worms
They spend hours, months.. playing with these little worms, building homes and mazes for them. They are carried around like pets.
Clay snail
Sasha’s snail creation.
Sania's clay house construction
Sania moulded this little clay house which almost looks like a home of a troll, it was for his little moose.
Cosmos Flowers
These photos were taken a month ago when our cosmos were in full bloom bordering our entire garden.
Butterfly
They are teeming with bees and butterflies and my honey boxes are overflowing with honey!
More cosmos
So pretty – the nice thing about living in the tropics is that when these die, they seed and the seedlings are already up and growing.
Yellow cosmos
We have yellow cosmos as well.
Green Papayas
So many papayas, they are all ripening. We, along with the staff and chickens are indulging in all those healthy papayas.
Cooling off
Sometimes the cows spend hours in our duck pond cooling off.
Sasha driving
My children are driving. Sasha alone and Sania on my lap but they both work the accelerator. They help papa drive the tractor too.
