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This video was taken at the end of my son and my first scuba lesson. It was great fun, despite being freezing cold (it was an outside pool in the middle of October at 8am in the morning!) but the memory is now dwarfed by our more recent experiences diving in the Med.
I came across some training the other day that involved the Cosumnes Services District Fire Department, the Herald Volunteer Fire Department and the Walnut Grove Volunteer Fire Department. They were using an abandoned building that was slated for destruction.
This was neat to watch. This family, mom, dad, son, two daughters and grandpa, set up right next to us. While dad watched, grandpa took the boy out for his first surfing lesson. I took a whole series of shots, but I think this was the best. Within 45 minutes or so, he stood up and rode one all the way in. I think grandpa was an old time surfer with lots of experience.
I've nothing left to say.
I've nothing left to think.
I've nothing left to do.
But move on.
(Last picture ever wasted on you.)
A neighbor of ours told Deb and I about asking his son to write, just a little, during his summer off from school. Photo taken in California a few years back.
At school, a close view of my 3 of my daily essentials: my lesson plan book, a pencil and my camera case (one of the hundreds of things I've crocheted)... : )
Children learn to swim at the Aquatic Center. Photo by Will Martinez/Creative Services/George Mason University
This is a detail of my front porch, one of the posts. The porch ceiling color is a bit off and the shadow was supposed to be more blue, but when it went over the yellow ochre it got more chocolaty. I do love my post tho'!
Today was Liam's last day of swim lessons (for this season, anyway). They put the kids in the canoe and rocked it back and forth, then eventually tipped it over! Liam was panicked at first, but he "swam" to the edge (they all had life jackets on).
Students learned their color words in Spanish then completed an art activity. In addition, students were reminded about the elements of art and different lines. Students combined their content area knowledge (Spanish) with elements of Art lesson. This lesson is art integrated, because it meets dual learning objectives in Art and Spanish.
from Mental Children fanzine, issue #2 (1980)
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#Rcraftartgroup presents new #service - #dollmakeup #masterclass. The first lesson is successful, the coach and trainee are satisfied with the result.
Новые просторы в проявлении себя - мастер-класс прошёл успешно! Мастер и ученик довольны результатом!
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Lesson 3 - Abstracting shapes.
To the left - Similar coloured objects that overlap. Teapot, cup and saucer coloured in watercolour pencil.
To the right - drew out purple in watercolour and brush then filled in rest with second colour to match tea set.
I found both exercises tricky because I was just putting everything into one shape rather than drawing things out individually.
Swimming lessons for the under-fives at an ungodly hour on a Saturday morning. These children do not stay still, but there is something about the identical swimming hats and armbands that makes me want to attempt the impossible and capture the scene. (Also, photographs are not allowed, so drawing is the only option).
shelter in Napa CA for the Atlas Fire 2017
Napa Shelter; in-kind donation team, also known as the "honey pot". The woman in the black hat is an event coordinator by day and had the in-kind donations portion of the shelter running like a well oiled machine
Photographer: Jarett Skeffington/American Red Cross
Every disaster response needs a Tamara Jones.
When disasters strike, Americans are generous and caring. They want to help, so they freely donate goods such as clothes and household items. Sometimes the donations are overwhelming to the evacuation shelter staff as they are focused on the residents being displaced. Shelter volunteers focus on providing comfort, getting them settled and ensuring they are made as comfortable as possible. The California wildfires were no exception, the donations came pouring in from neighbors and surrounding communities.
As residents in Napa Valley were evacuated from their homes, shelters began to receive donations almost as quickly as residents. The generosity was so great that the Napa Valley Community College, which was hosting the shelter, called their coaches to determine where the donations should be sorted, stored and distributed, turning the sports facility into an intake area.
Then a blessing named Tamara Jones showed up. With the skills of a gentle drill sergeant, she enlisted a bunch of college students to help accept the donations, sort them into rooms by category, then by subcategory. She maintained order and organization even as more and more donations arrived.
Tamara was relentless in her insistence that the items be sorted, boxed and carefully labeled as fast as possible. On the first day she organized her volunteers. By the second day she had them all wear black T-shirts so she could identify them easily. She got walkie-talkies from the college to be able to quickly communicate throughout her operation.
“I knew,” she said, “this was going to end and we would have to move all of this stuff out of the college.” After all the shelter residents were given a chance to take what they needed the remaining stacks of the carefully labeled boxes began to be moved out for distribution to local charities.
“My plan was to make sure that when the evacuation orders were lifted, we would be ready to send these people home with anything and everything they needed,” she said. “I have a plan to make sure all of the rest gets distributed in this community.”
Tamara hit the phone, calling animal shelters, churches, nonprofits and anyone else she and her volunteers could think of. She told them when to come with their trucks and was ready for them. As they pulled into the parking lot, her volunteers loaded the cars and trucks with what they needed and sent them on their way. It was a sight to behold in its swift, efficient distribution of supplies.
The Campus Police Chief Ken Arnold said, “How can you ask for more than that? It lifted a burden from the college and from the Red Cross and she provided a great life lesson for those kids.”
Her “honeys,” as she called them (because she can’t remember names and just calls everyone Honey) were eager to talk about her.
Dalia Contrera said, “She’s a great role model. She’s the first one here in the morning and the last one out.”
Math and computer science major Pedro Acosta added, “Tamara is just an amazing person. She put a lot of hard work, time and energy into helping people cope during these hard times. And, she’s helping people help others. That means a lot to me.”
Tamara is a true example of the partnership and help the Red Cross receives and welcomes from the community members in its mission to alleviate suffering.