Month: November 2020

We have two lambs that live out in the paddock but sleep in the calf shed. They are both white but one has brown spots on its face. Minty has brown spots and Tony has the white face. Tony is my pet lamb and Minty is Breana’s.

When we got them from our Nan and Pa’s place we had to feed them three times a day, 250 MLS each. We have started to wean them and have just gone from two times a day to a once a day feed with 300 MLS each.

They are Romney and are quite friendly and they are very popular. Their biggest fan is 137. She is a calf that lives with them and is always hanging out with them. Sleeping, eating, and just sitting around.

The year 2326 was when the tocumber (tomato and cucumber crossed) became a thing. Everyone wanted to try them but they didn’t know how to make them. The only person that could make them was Professor Garry. He made them by painting a normal cucumber red. Professor Garry made a concert to show everyone how they tasted. They were 20 centimetres long and he stuffed it all in his mouth. He felt really ill. “It must be the paint!” Professor Garry yelled. Everyone was in shock realising that you just needed to paint a cucumber red! 

By The OG Tocumber!

Last week was tech week so we went up to Oamaru for it. I was in hard materials with Mr King and on Monday we were talking about safety and rules around the workshop. We then started to make a pen and pencil holder out of pre-cut pine wood. On Tuesday we finished our pen and pencil holders and started on a puzzle. On Wednesday we finished our puzzles and made three different key rings. One was made out of wood, one was made out of metal (aluminum) and the other was made out of plastic (acrylic). On Thursday we were able to repeat one of our projects again, I chose to do three more key rings. I made six key rings in total. One for Me, one for Bella, one for Storm, one for Matilda, one for Neve and one for Brooke. For the puzzle I drew a pink heart and then wrote Milo and Boots inside. The pen and pencil holders design was writing of hexagons on one side and BFF on the other with the letters, M (Matilda), I (Isla), B (Bella), N (Neve), S (Storm) and B (Brooke) sorrounding it. They are all of my projects and what I did at tech.

The salty water rushed down my throat as I jumped into the cold and wavy water. I felt seaweed all slimy and soft against my skin. It swam through the holes in my pink Kathmandu shoes. We had walked over thousands and thousands of barnacles to reach, Baby, Mama and Papa bear rocks. As I hit the water my wetsuit filled with seawater making it hard to swim out. I kicked and kicked but got stuck in the washing machine. The washing machine is just a small whirlpool.

I finally got out, then stood next to Tahli while the morning breeze froze my ears. Jumping off barnacle-covered rocks was an exciting and favourite camp activity. Every now and then everyone said, “Are you all good?” Markus was my partner so he said ” Yep!”.

Pulling myself up the steep hill was hard because everything was wet, allowing me no grip. I got to the top but had very little breath and everyone was hot but they still wanted to do it again.