Graduated

Plymouth Univ.

Final iImage

My final draft of an image that was to represent an educational topic in a compelling way... I chose literacy.

(click to enlarge... I think... )

Meme

Meme: element of cultural ideas, symbols or practices, that are transmitted from one mind to another

Quickfire Challenge: 20 minutes to use a random title, 4 words from a random quote, and a random photo to create an album cover for 'my band'. Using Wikipedia, QuotationsPage, and Flickr, I used to assembled it all at Photoshop.com. The final project is a little dark, but alas, I was a bit limited. It was a great challenge and was fun to see what everyone created.

Riverford Organic Farms

The MAET program took a field trip to an organic farm, just 30 minutes from Plymouth. We toured the farm, did a little taste-testing, and learned about their functioning philosophy as an organic farm. They have even started making the lunches for the local grade school. It is becoming popular in the UK to order 'boxes' from these organic farms. Each week you get a new box of fresh veggies and fruits delivered from the farm.
The trip culminated with a delicious lunch from all organic foods - great salads, grilled veggies, and I hear the salmon was great. My favorite was the dessert - shocking!

School's Out For Summer!

Today was the last day of school for the kids! Much like ZMS, all the teachers go to the bus lot to wave the kids good-bye. I had a great group this year and will miss them ... after a little while. It was a nice, relaxing day for them and me, and we are all happy for a good, long break!
Chris and I are off to Ghana for Jeff's wedding. It'll be great and I am sure the painful immunizations I've received will be worth it. :-) We will be busy and owe Jeff and Tamara for giving up their time to entertain with us!
Getting back, we meet Chris's mom at the airport and head home. I'll have about 12 hours to wash, repack, and sleep before heading back to the airport to head to London. Chris will be busy showing his mom the sights around town. It's my last summer at grad school and hopefully, come July, I'll have a Masters Degree! Fingers crossed! :-) It'll be great to learn new things and see old friends, but it'll also be good to have my summers back!
Faye and Dick will head out to Plymouth for graduation and return to Vienna for some sightseeing, and ... maybe some wedding planning!