With Colonial Bent Grass (Bent for short) as our talking stick we checked into our circle of community and found the answers to What are the uses of grass? Cattle food, so our food lawns Reedboats Rush matting hashish Rice is grass seed - so a food source Paths cut through long grass The Savannah… Continue reading Elders 13 – Weaving grasses
Elders 12 on the 12th with 12 of us! It was a huge day, of many elements: A wren nesting in a tree near our parachute captivated Pond observations including hundreds of frogs Mining bees beside the pond Sorting out cushions and taking them home to wash Visit of Suffolk Wildlife Trust testing the pond… Continue reading Elders 12 – grasses, cushions, a wren and mining bees
Rain, glorious rain, but we were not used to rain, mud on our shoes, wet hair. It was not cold though. Warm creamy leak and potato soup. Hugh arrived unexpectedly also bringing a gift of food and talk of earth origins. Using a bunch of grasses as our talking stick, and with no homework prepared,… Continue reading Elders 11 – Rain, glorious grass, measuring, naming plants
Indeed, least we forget we are scientists, and not only did we measure the height of the trees, we used our new skill of hapazoning to capture a survey of what flowers and grasses came to the land this year, the 2nd year of wildnerness. But first homework: What lives in the wood, or for… Continue reading Elders 10 – Hapazone sheet as evidence of land survey
Our home work was how seeds spread, and there were a few gold stars (Mary top of the class) Water a conduit - to which Kally added the example of Aldercones, which she soaked in water Air, like the helicopters of sycamore Walnuts taken by squirels Esther (gold star) bought in an exotic Baobab seed… Continue reading Elders 9 Hapazone in tandem
Inspired by Kally, (oh how she inspires us all), Leslie has forgone housework and instead created hapazone kit bags, which are beautiful and were the talking stick which we passed around. It was VE day, so along with what we witnessed in nature, we shared our VE stories, mainly from that of our parents, although… Continue reading Elders 8 – Mandala hapazone continued
A spring-kiling of Elders relaxed in the calm, green woods today. We hapazomed delightedly creating a mandala of flowers and juicy leaves, pond dipped and studied blossom. A beautiful start to the summer term. Screenshot
Most had done their homework. Virginia got a frog gold star, producing 3 fascinating facts about frogs Frogs can lay up to 4,000 eggs out of which 1 in 50 survive. Frogs can survive being frozen, going into a suspended state (like moss). Toads can be 24 hours underwater absorving oxygen through the water into… Continue reading Elders 5 – frogs, trees and eggs
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Kinda Elders in the woods 