Posted in Uncategorized on April 17, 2008 | 1 Comment »
…about thunder…and lightning?
A while ago Dad told us how to calculate the distance of lightning. Here’s how you do it:
Right after you see a flash of lightning start counting 1 and 2 and 3 and 4 and 5…
As soon as you hear thunder, stop counting.
Divide the number of seconds by three to calculate the distance [...]
Posted in insect, plant, summer on March 30, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Tree weta/ Putangatanga
hemideina species
Native
Common in forest, orchards and gardens, especially in firewood sheds. They hide during the day in holes in trees, coming out at night to eat mostly fresh leaves, but also small insects. If handed roughly, they can inflict a painful bite , [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on March 7, 2008 | 20 Comments »
Creation declares God’s praises (right now, here at the end of summer in New Zealand the cicadas are singing and the crickets are chirping)…..that’s one great party!
We love to observe and keep our *creation journals*……and just recently we began this online journal too. Come and wonder with us.
Here we are on one of our winter [...]
Posted in insect, summer on February 6, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
As we were finishing dinner outside we saw a BIG Dragonfly. As I (J12) raced to get the camera after he landed on the wall, mum got Andrew Crowe’s Which New Zealand Insect? . This is what he said:
Bush Giant Dragonfly/Kapokapowai
Native
The male has broad claspers at back. Seen early summer to autumn, near the edge of native forest. With [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on January 25, 2008 | 2 Comments »
It’s not much better, is it?
I suggested I might not be able to help fold the washing this morning.
But I can still play cricket.
Posted in insect, summer on January 24, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Last night a saw this butterfly coming out of his chrysalis. Unfortunately his wings hardened before he (or she) could straighten them. I do not think he will survive.
Posted in Uncategorized on January 23, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
K10’s big toe just got bigger.
Posted in insect, spring on December 13, 2007 | 1 Comment »
By J11
This morning I saw a caterpillar on our swan plant starting to make his chrysalis. I thought that he would finish it in the night. But I just thought about it a few moments ago and went to see how much he had done and to my surprise he had finished it. The chrysalis is a lot [...]
Posted in insect on December 10, 2007 | 1 Comment »
We found a moth on the curtain in the dining room and we wondered what it was. So we checked in Andrew Crowe’s “Which New Zealand Insect?” book. This is what he said:
Northern Wattle Moth
From Australia. Common as far south as Nelson, February to April. Attracted to lights. The caterpillars eat the leaves of wattle trees. [...]
Posted in spring, weather on November 27, 2007 | 1 Comment »
grass waves
in the breeze.
blustery,
moves the trees.
frantic flapping
backwards flying.
across the ground
shadows moving.
shiver shiver
makes you cold
strong strong
blows leaves along
trees bend
water ripples
pushes pushes
whistles whistles
