Nature

This morning we were off to Plantation House for a nature walk. We meant to do it last week but never got around to it, but it seemed more appropriate today because we’re covering the subject of Nature in our science studies with Berenstain Bears. The boys are learning what exactly nature is, so today we saw, heard and smelled nature in Plantation Forest. It was really fun actually. We didn’t walk too far and it was very cold there but thankfully not raining.

I did a load of washing this morning, my bathroom towel included. Sometime during the day Aaron was flinging about handfuls of dirt, and I came outside in time to see him diligently drying his freshly-washed although still extremely muddy hands on my clean towel. I wasn’t impressed. Both boys talk about going back to Pretoria and South Africa constantly. Perhaps they need a holiday more than we do! We have to keep reminding them how lovely it is on the island, and all the things we can do here that we can’t in SA – like nature walks, and running around in the big house, and seeing the sea and fish and that sort of thing.

The bible study tonight was good – I’m enjoying Nick’s presentation of 1 Samuel more and more, and the characters are coming quite alive. They all had their flaws, hey. We are at chapter 16 now where David has been anointed as king, but has entered into Saul’s service as the harpist. Nick spent a bit of time talking about grief – as Christians, we are permitted and even instructed to grieve, but there is a line between what is healthy and what is sinful. God told Samuel to stop mourning over Saul – enough now!