A child's view of her little world of nature

Posts by esmee

Pool night and rock pools

Posted by on Jan 24, 2009 in crabs, rockpools, sea | 0 comments

Pool night and rock pools

Last night I went in the spa pool. I sat in my favourite star-watching seat. I didn’t see many stars. There were two stars in line and they were above our roof. I could hear a morepork. It was behind the back-neighbours. I made an owl sound. Owow.

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Catchpool Valley

Posted by on Jan 22, 2009 in birds, bushwalk, flowers, river | 0 comments

Catchpool Valley
We went camping at Catchpool Valley. I went for a walk with my dad. At one sign it said there are kiwis.
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My garden

Posted by on Jan 17, 2009 in garden, insects | 0 comments

My garden
Me and my dad made a new garden for me.
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Te Horo

Posted by on Jan 12, 2009 in frogs, grass, hedgehogs, ponds | 2 comments

Te Horo
We went to our friends. They had a frog pond. And we saw a frog. They also had tadpoles in it. And we tried to catch some for me to keep. First of all we got eight or seven until my friend, Rhys, knocked the container over. Which means if we had eight, we would have lost six. If there was seven, there would be five lost. One was in the tank and the other one we found. Then Rhys caught another one which makes three.
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Tawa Bush

Posted by on Jan 11, 2009 in birds, bushwalk, flowers, insects, leaves, spiders | 2 comments

Tawa Bush

Bushwalk 01I went on a bush walk with half of my family. We went up, up and up. And you know the lighthouse? You know how there are 250 steps? At the bush walk there were 266 steps. It was a long way up.

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