Still hot night
Under the star blanket -
A star pings left.
Haiku 4 Tues 31/08
Two heads craned
At the constellations.
Another star streaks
Across our teloscopic wonder.
Haiku 5 Wed 01/09
Big raindrops bring
Heat relief and pleasure
When the stop and the heat returns.
Haiku 6 Thurs 02/09
Gurgling stomach interrupted -
The lizard arrows across the steps.
Haiku 7 Fri 03/09
Dank watermine frog alights
On rock,
Spider ball rolls on the water.
Haiku 8 Sat 04/09
Fly in the car - how?
The wrong bridge a gleaming 16km
stretch of water.
Haiku 9 Sun 05/09
Wasp eats his death
watched blankly by the sardines -
fire licks ready in the stove.
Haiku 10 Mon 06/09
Gnomes, paints, pans, Axes
and shiny chainsaws.
A juggernaut tyre is changed.
Haiku 11 Tues 07/09
The smile is all muddy teeth.
The message is partly clear.
Is negotiation that easy?
Haiku 12 Wed 08/09
Tanned faces inspect us
The address continues.
Conga followed by champagne.
Haiku 13 Thurs 09/09
Headteachers beady eyes
Reads the data -
Eyes read the translation.
Coming to the end of the second week and things still don't feel completely normal. We had great news yesterday morning when a woman from the school office rang to say we had to come in for 4pm to talk with Isobel the headteacher. She added that Violet had also been excepted into the school nursery. We took this in and wondered if this turnaround (they had said on Tuesday that Violet would not be able to start until May 2011) had anything to do with us going to the prize-giving the previous night and showing our faces. This is a much better option for Violet as the School nursery is cleaner with better resources, no siesta and better educationally.
The meeting with Isobel went well with the help of Bernita translating. She had decided that Maya should start in year 3 in order not to hold back her progress however it hinges on the teachers agreeing. We will find out when School starts on Monday 13th. Maya and Violet are both equally excited about starting school. Roll on Monday!
Just to wish Maya and Violet lots of luck at school and nursery - how exciting for them. Will love to hear how they get on and how quickly they pick up the language.....even after a couple of weeks in France Jacob was managing better than his father, so we are sure they will be great!
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