Spring fruit season!

Jordanian apricots

Madaba, Jordan
Saturday, May 18, 2013

You may imagine that Jordan is a land of olives and figs (and it is!), but now that spring is well underway and summer is almost here, we have discovered many spring fruit surprises. Pictured here are delicious local apricots. Yesterday it was fresh loquats picked from a friend's tree. The strawberries here in Jordan are also a wonderful and plentiful treat. And tonight Frank picked up a lovely melon and a bag of local cherries. Heaven...

Geo-me-try

Madaba, Jordan
Saturday, May 11, 2013

This weekend I finally had a chance to sew together the quilt squares that my geometry students made some weeks ago. It turned out to be quite a fun assortment of patterns, I think.

"and may the Crows decide..."

Madaba, Jordan
Thursday, May 9, 2013

Today was Penny Arcade day in Algebra class. My students devised their own simple games of chance, and we played them in class with popcorn and carnival music. A good lesson, I think, in what's "fair" in a game. Two of my favorites were a pirate-themed game and "Celeb Spin"...

  

Origami rings

Madaba, Jordan
Thursday, May 2, 2013

Earlier this week, a friend e-mailed me with pictures of origami rings she'd found on the internet. A challenge! I ended up making a bunch. A loves her new "jewelry"--complete with glitter glue jewels...

Make a world!

Madaba, Jordan
Thursday, April 25, 2013

Earth Day "rolled around" again, and it was time for Geometry class to re-design the earth. There was great groaning about how impossible this assignment was but since I have seen students succeed before with this project, I remained undeterred. Despite all the complaining, this year's crop of globes were lovely!

The creative urge

Madaba, Jordan
Thursday, April 25, 2013

This is a busy time of the school year, and as the end of the year approaches, the days just seem to disappear. But now more than ever I have been feeling the need to do something creative. Thanks to C, I had a new pattern to work with and some fun new "ice cream" fabric. It's so much FUN to make things!

PS: One week later, Raggabirl got a dress to match...

Black Iris spring

Madaba, Jordan
Friday, April 19, 2013

On our way out to dinner tonight, Frank stopped to show me a patch of black irises that he'd found on a recent run. Black irises are the Jordanian national flower--rare and lovely to see.