Inside my kaleidoscope
Our one round yellow courgette from 2007
Common Blue butterfly, rather faded and tatty
Pool/snooker chalks at the pub
Watchful rooster
Skulls and sweetpeas
Ladybird nestling in dead squash leaf
By: Debbie,
on 10/9/2008
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Fragments are simply incomplete sentences. In order to be complete, a sentence must contain an independent clause. That simply means that the words must contain a subject and a verb, and together they must make a complete thought.
Examples
Example 1 - When she went to the store to buy some eggs to make Lilly a pie. Incomplete - There is a subject and a verb here, but the thought is incomplete. The phrase above is what is known as a dependent clause. It needs an independent clause to finish it off. When she went to the store to buy some eggs to make Lilly a pie, she realized she forgot her wallet. Complete - The last part of this sentence is an independent clause, making it compete.
Example 2 - Unable to ride on the train. Incomplete - The verb is fine here, but there is no subject. Who is unable to ride on the train? Nellie Badilly is unable to ride on the train. Complete - Nellie Badilly is the subject.
Example 3 - One of the young readers, asking about the story. Incomplete - Ing verbs cannot stand on their own. They require a helping verb. One of the young readers, asking about the story, wondered why the spider was so mean. Complete - “wondered” saves the day here.
So teach your kids to make sure their sentences are complete - not run on sentences, but concise and complete, containing independent clauses.
If not you be not happy. If yes, you happy. All of us happy.
By: Ulf Borgenstam,
on 4/10/2008
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An image I painted yesterday while watching a movie on TV. I got the image in my head when i made the other heart, so I walked around with it in my mind all day. Kind of an answer to the question "What does a broken heart look like?". Again I tried to use as much color as possible, and no outlines or sketches.
By: Rebecca,
on 11/13/2007
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With Election Day, Veteran’s Day, and Thanksgiving all squeezed into the first three weeks of the month, November may seem to be amply provisioned holiday-wise. As resident champion of place-related news here at Oxford, I feel obligated to mention another event that seems to have escaped the attention of calendar-makers nationwide for the last twenty years: Geography Awareness Week. (more…)
By: Rebecca,
on 9/25/2007
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Coordinates: 15 42 S 168 10 E
Area: 190 square miles (492 sq. km)
Whether or not they should be classified as wholly fascinating or purely frightening, you’ve likely heard of skydiving, bridge jumping, and cliff diving. Less familiar may be the practice of land diving, a ritual performed by the men of Pentecost, one of a chain of about 80 volcanic islands that compose the Republic of Vanuatu. (more…)
Gretel, these gems really glow, and I like each photograph. Amongst my favorites would be the chalk at the pub and the skulls with sweetpeas.
Have a grand weekend!
Yes, gems indeed.
You look with such close attention to the tiny things.
do you make prints of your amazing photographs Gretel? I particularly love the blue butterfly and the pool cue chalks is something else....
Lovely, the collection of skulls if fantastic. I have a fox's one in my classroom (sterilised in our dishwasher much to the amusement of colleagues) he keeps losing teeth sadly. I would love some more, where do you get yours?
well titled ! these are little gems to be sure. The pool chalks are really something else, oh and the rooster and the....you get the idea.
Lovely.
The yarn I'm knitting with at the moment is almost the colour of that butterfly. And I love your still life of skulls and sweet peas. Come to think of it... that'd be a great name for a band, don't you think.
Beautiful theme - the kaleidescope, then the delicate skulls and phlox(look like phlox to me), then window with the mosaic-like halo - 'tis a poem!
What a lovely collection of bits and bobs!! I love the butterfly - I have never seen one of those.
Am sat here wondering how you took the picture of the inside of the kaleidoscope. Loved the pool chalks too. I would love to pick up and look at all your skulls. It looks a great collection.
Great mix of photos Gretel. Love the Common Blue butterfly the colour is gorgeous, albeit faded and tatty and the pool cue chalks.......obviously I love blue!
Handsome rooster and I looove Sweetpeas, mine are about to flower. Interesting skulls, I wonder what animals they belong to and where you found them?
I'ts a beautiful, sunny morning here, hope you are still enjoying some warm weather.....
Claire :}