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Post by Moose on Oct 17, 2016 20:27:59 GMT
Been absolutely pissing it down here. Was thunder during the night and Honey woke us up by being terrified.
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Post by Mari on Oct 17, 2016 20:57:51 GMT
I wish we had some rain here. I've been watering twice or thrice a week every since mid-August. >_<
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Post by whollygoats on Oct 19, 2016 18:26:20 GMT
The sun is shining... I need to don the overalls and get out in to the garden.
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Post by Mari on Oct 19, 2016 22:25:29 GMT
I have my water. Lots and lots of it.
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Post by whollygoats on Nov 3, 2016 2:41:47 GMT
Today, I moved terra cotta pots around.
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Post by JoeP on Nov 3, 2016 13:00:41 GMT
Armies of them?
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Post by whollygoats on Nov 3, 2016 16:24:39 GMT
Nah...Just two. But they were mostly full of soil, so they were heavy. Thanks for the allusion, though...I can use it with my collection.
The weather forecast is quite nice for the next two days...temps near 20 C.
More unexpected garden time! I must needs run to a garden store and obtain bulbs. Maybe viola seeds. Move more dirt.
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Post by Mari on Nov 3, 2016 17:50:06 GMT
I planted 2 varieties of narcissus. I hope they are in bloom on time for my wedding, since they are the only flower I'll use in my bouquet.
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Post by whollygoats on Nov 3, 2016 20:11:38 GMT
I failed on my first trip out. Nothing tempted.
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Post by whollygoats on Nov 19, 2016 23:08:18 GMT
Windy the last few days. As a result the public pedestrian walkway (aka 'sidewalk') is littered with 'whirlygig' seeds from the wineleaf sycamore maple in the parking strip (that space between the sidewalk and the curb to the street surface). Craploads of them. Really, it's now 'crunchy' to walk past my home. This, will engender the unwanted maple starts next spring. *sigh*
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Post by tangent on Nov 20, 2016 0:22:07 GMT
As a result the public pedestrian walkway (aka 'sidewalk') Aka 'pavement'.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 20, 2016 3:05:52 GMT
As a result the public pedestrian walkway (aka 'sidewalk') Aka 'pavement'. It's good to be bilingual
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Post by whollygoats on Nov 20, 2016 5:21:34 GMT
It's good to be bilingual Well, here 'pavement' would be the actual roadway, the asphalt covered surface out beyond the concrete curb.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 20, 2016 6:50:35 GMT
It's good to be bilingual Well, here 'pavement' would be the actual roadway, the asphalt covered surface out beyond the concrete curb. aka 'kerb'
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Post by Mari on Nov 20, 2016 8:49:29 GMT
And then my kiddies complain it's so hard to learn English. With all these different words for sidewalk, aka trottoir aka stoep, I don't blame them...
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Post by tangent on Nov 20, 2016 9:00:41 GMT
Do you teach them American English or British English? How would they spell 'colour'?
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Post by Mari on Nov 20, 2016 9:06:28 GMT
I always tell them I don't care what they do, as long as they are consistent. I, however, speak and teach British English.
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Post by JoeP on Nov 20, 2016 11:14:49 GMT
In the garden today, everything has been blown around. Rose has come off the watering can. Rainwater butt (not yet fitted, and empty) has fallen off its base and rolled away - base itself is halfway across the garden. And the dustbin is nowhere to be seen - probably around the side of the house.
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Post by Mari on Nov 20, 2016 20:13:39 GMT
One of my neighbours was kind enough to put my potted plants in a secluded corner for me. I was wondering how I'd find them as I got home, but thanks to the kind neighbour they are all safe. Yay!
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Post by Moose on Nov 21, 2016 23:06:42 GMT
*beams at Nazz*
I am, as some of you know, teaching English as a foreign language right now and I've been teaching British English always.. though I try to explain American sayings.
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Post by whollygoats on Dec 9, 2016 16:37:12 GMT
I always tell them I don't care what they do, as long as they are consistent. I, however, speak and teach British English. Ooouuuu... And here I thought you were just a general elementary school teacher. You specifically teach English, eh?
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Post by whollygoats on Dec 9, 2016 16:38:39 GMT
*beams at Nazz* I am, as some of you know, teaching English as a foreign language right now and I've been teaching British English always.. though I try to explain American sayings. Note...'try'. It can be very trying to attempt explaining American idiom. Today in the garden, the foray to release the chooks was...crunchy. There is a crust of rotting ice. The chooks were not forthcoming; they'd rather stay put for the time being. It is improving by the minute....crunch, crunch, crunch. Really. Everything has a 'light glaze', which is disappearing quickly. We haz icicles.
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Post by whollygoats on Dec 9, 2016 18:14:39 GMT
I'm trying to get Murray to teach me Fuzzwad as a second language, but the going is very slow. I'm obviously having some problems understanding basic non-commands.
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Post by Mari on Dec 9, 2016 20:07:17 GMT
I always tell them I don't care what they do, as long as they are consistent. I, however, speak and teach British English. Ooouuuu... And here I thought you were just a general elementary school teacher. You specifically teach English, eh? Yes in middle school. My pupils are 12 to 16. In the Netherlands middle school and high school are generally the same school though. Not divided like in the US.
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Post by whollygoats on Dec 9, 2016 21:20:36 GMT
Ooouuuu... And here I thought you were just a general elementary school teacher. You specifically teach English, eh? Yes in middle school. My pupils are 12 to 16. In the Netherlands middle school and high school are generally the same school though. Not divided like in the US. Well, the divided thing is more an urban response to having several middle schools feed a larger high school. In many rural school districts, it is several elementary schools which feed a middle/high school complex. It is 'secondary education' as versus 'primary' or 'elementary' education. I was certified as a secondary school social studies teacher and though I preferred the 14-18 year old high school students, I was beholden, as a substitute teacher, to also teach the 11-13 year old middle school students. At a couple of schools, I was also considered an acceptable substitute for Japanese language classes, largely because I wasn't intimidated, but it was outside of my area of specialty.
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Post by Mari on Dec 10, 2016 14:36:50 GMT
Here they are making a big fuss about people teaching things they don't have diploma's for. Policy people seem to rather have someone with a diploma who can't teach, than someone who knows what they are doing but don't have one. Ironically, there are not enough diploma'd teachers to fill all the needs...
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Post by whollygoats on Dec 10, 2016 19:37:43 GMT
Heh...I come from an educational paradigm where apprenticeship training, and acquisition of mastery through experience, was considered as acceptable as diploma granted learning. Try finding good vocational skills teachers with lots of book training in college. The best ones come out of the shops and know what they are doing and have been working with apprentices for years.
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Post by Mari on Dec 11, 2016 8:30:47 GMT
Yes, I had an applicant who thought he could teach after 6 weeks of interning... After all, he did receive his diploma. Politicians are seriously deluded if they think these people are better teacher because of a scrap of paper than people who've had years of practice and experience without the scrap of paper. However, as a school we will get fined if we hire someone and that person doesn't get their scrap of paper within 2 years.
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Post by whollygoats on Dec 11, 2016 16:48:24 GMT
Yeah...'Big Ed' imposes its demands upon continuing the orientation and indoctrination paradigm of public education. We gotta continue to produce compliant workers.
What is worse is that many of the 'alternatives' are scams and frauds.
Hmmm...This thread certainly wants to veer off-topic. I wonder why?
Anyway, today the garden is back to its drippy wet and cold bit of Dampshire. But, hey, at least the chooks chose to come out of their chalet today.
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Post by whollygoats on Mar 21, 2017 20:09:02 GMT
Hmmm...Last post was December?
Well, I've actually done something since then. After several deluges, I finally got a chance, post-Prescedence Day, to finish off my pruning. Grapes, roses, jasmine, Boston ivy, lilac, and honeysuckle.
Then...with about one day out of five being dry enough to work outdoors, I made a run to the nursery and secured a couple more raspberry canes and a rhubarb start, which got planted yesterday, and a set of strawberry starts (Pugets). The strawberries await the next decent planting day, as it is once again drizzling incessantly.
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