Kiwi Christmas Day

December25

The best kind of Christmas Day is one where no one gets upset or has a hissy fit; where people chill out; and where family get together.

The kids, me, my ex-husband/kids father, and his other son – sharing the cooking and the eating. All very peaceful. Just as it should be.

Then a walk on the beach in the sun.

First view of the beach and there are many people around - not crowds - it's not that kind of beach - but lots - either paddling, swimming or just doing the traditional Christmas Day walk on the beach.

First view of the beach and there are many people around - not crowds - it's not that kind of beach - but lots - either paddling, swimming or just doing the traditional Christmas Day walk on the beach.

Some freak of weather means that details of Kapiti Island stand out very clear to the observer (but not necessarily to the cell phone camera!).

Some freak of weather means that details of Kapiti Island stand out very clear to the observer (but not necessarily to the cell phone camera!).

There's even someone flying about in a biplane!

There's even someone flying about in a biplane!

A view of the beach looking south.

A view of the beach looking south.

And looking north.

And looking north.

And finally a small pohutukawa tree I spotted on the way home. This is the NZ Christmas tree and tradition says that if it is in bloom before Christmas Day then we'll have a long hot summer.

And finally a small pohutukawa tree I spotted on the way home. This is the NZ Christmas tree and tradition says that if it is in bloom before Christmas Day then we'll have a long hot summer.

by dragonsinger posted under NZ | 1 Comment »
One Comment to

“Kiwi Christmas Day”

  1. December 28th, 2009 at 1:40 pm       Carol Says:

    Thanks for posting the photos of Raumati Beach – the wonderful place where I spent my childhood. Love that view across to Kapiti Island!

Trackbacks/Pingbacks

  1. kiwi homepage

Email will not be published

Website example

Your Comment:

*
To prove you're a person (not a spam script), type the security word shown in the picture.
Anti-Spam Image

Audio Feed

View dragonsinger's profile on slideshare
Wikispaces

Subscribe by Email

Manage Your Subscriptions

Photobucket
Site Meter
Animoto for Education - Bringing your classroom to live

Content on this page requires a newer version of Adobe Flash Player.

Get Adobe Flash player

I am a:

  • teacher
  • mother
  • musician
  • sci-fi fanatic
  • computer geek
  • geocacher
  • blogger
  • wannabe photog
  • …

I have a secret passion – well – maybe not so secret – teaching is not about feeding information into kids brains – it’s about creating a place where kids are inspired, enthused, excited about discovery and learning – so my goal as a teacher is to leave my kids wanting more and having the skills to find out more.

This year I’ve moved up a year level and am enjoying the more sophisticated conversations and explorations that we are having in the classroom. It’s exciting to see kids motivated because our classroom is using 21st Century tools for their everyday teaching and learning.

This blog is really for my reflective practise – about things that have worked (or not worked) in my classroom and to share these with others in my PLN.

I should also mention that I’m a Kiwi living in the North Island of New Zealand (just north of Wellington).

Creative Commons License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported License.

Visitors