Adding up the little things
When you are in the midst of work, deadlines looming, responsibilities that extend beyond what might be considered normal and you feel as if you are in fact drowning and not waving, it is...
Category: Joe Christie
Harvest Time – The second harvest
Well I have been back up in Darwin for almost a month now which means I haven’t seen how our small garden plot in Kensington is going. What I have seen though is that...
A couple of multimedia stories created with Adobe Slate and Adobe Voice (Windows Version)
Last night and today I created a couple of quick stories using content from my lightroom albums. One story is about growing chillies and creating sauce (who would have thought) – this was done...
Joe’s School Photo (with the entire school)
We received Joe’s mounted picture of all the school students and I have to say I was very impressed. It took us quite a while to find Joe in among more than 1000 students, but...
From commentator to cultivator
I look down on the garden that has popped up at the end of our very short street and now view it with a new found sense of urgency. With a plot offered and gratefully...
Another huge week at Melbourne High for Joe
After our great day with robots at Telstra Joe restarted Melbourne High in Term 2. He immediately had two days of athletics and although due to his rowing commitments he hadn’t been able to...
Joe and I visit Telstra’s Customer Insight Centre in Melbourne
On Monday Joe and I were invited to visit the Telstra Customer Insight Centre in Melbourne and were greeted by a good friend from Telstra, Vin who often visits Darwin. We made our way...
Popup Gardens and Cinemas in Kensington Melbourne
Autumn is well and truly upon us and despite defying the norm and turning up for a Collins St Naplan Online workshop in traditional Hawaiian shirt I fear it might be my last journey...
Autumn is here with all of its beauty
On Monday we observed “Qing Ming Jie” by visiting Joe’s grandfather’s grave which is located in an idyllic location southeast of Melbourne. You could forgive yourself if you thought you were on the outskirts...
Term One at Melbourne High almost over
This last ten weeks has been a revelation for me in the education arena. I expected something different when Joe entered Melbourne High, but what we are experiencing is not a driven focus on...