Around and about England

on a street in Oxford

at "the North Pole" in the hundred aker wood (from Pooh)

looking for Piglet in the hundred aker wood (Sussex area, south from London)

going into Shakespeare's house

me at the biggest, coolest candy store ever.

surely there's a golden ticket in here somewhere, oxford.

hanging with wilbur at a farm near brighton, england

me feeding a lamb whose mama perhaps had triplets or quads and couldn't feed it

feeding some expectant mamas, one in the background actually pushed her baby out while we were there.  so cool.  she was so calm and strong at the same time.  we got to watch her then eat all of the sac and blood off of the baby and see it go from looking like it wasn't going to make it to sitting up looking around.

my favorite ever book-poem

this is Shel Silverstein reading 'the giving tree.' Hope you enjoy this book. Love, Naya

(click on the words above)

Just a few more days in Oxford before we go for a month to Europe

Me, Freya, and Imo

My mum READING, reading, reading

some sheep near our house, if you click on this photo to blow it up and look really close you can see some babies--black and white lambs

having fun with curlers and the camera

a bridge i saw in Bath

in Bath

the fountain inside Christ Church

my mom's pigeonhole for her mail at Christ Church

the Bodleian library & Hertford college behind

mom's feet at Christ Church

cool shoes in a cool shoe store.  i took a really funny video of the shoes in this store but we can't figure out how to post it on the blog yet.

my mom's foot & my foot on a street in Oxford

This week, after my neck got better, I got to have my mom come to my school and give a presentation for science week on the Rocky Mountains and all the animals there and what it was like to be a backcountry ranger in Glacier.  It made me miss Montana and Ladybug & it made me feel smart because I know a lot about bears and wolves and that feels cool.

Then the next day I got to go to London without my mom with my whole class to a big science museum all day.  

I only have three days left now at New Hinksey-my school here.  Today my mom is picking me up early from school and we are going to see a play by Shakespeare in the town he was born and lived--Stratford-upon-Avon.  The play is Romeo & Juliet--my mom's favorite one.  My favorite one is A Midsummer Night's Dream.  I'm excited to go see Anne Hathaway's house, Shakespeare's wife.

Last night we ate for the last time in the Harry Potter dining hall.  We will both miss that a lot.  It was really really cool to go there every night the last three months.  I have learned quite a lot about manners.  (& not all the Oxford students have them!)

Next week my mom and I are going to go visit a sheep farm that is in lambing time.  That means lambs are being born every day and they let kids pet them and help them with bottle feeding.  We are also going to go visit the 100 acre wood, the woods that the Pooh stories were invented from.  So check back for some new photos from these adventures.  And send me some emails soon telling me about your life:  naya.ladybug@yahoo.co.uk

Bye!

Lord of the Dance & learning to sew

Here is a video of a cute old man singing a song that we are practicing at New Hinksey right now for Easter:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4pRfNLW_K6Q

Also I learned how to sew and embroider yesterday from Helen, a nice friend we made in Oxford.  She is friends with Kirk and Harriet from the Unitarian church.  I know how to do the back stitch now, and also how to make little dresses out of felt for a wooden doll Helen gave me.

I am almost done in Oxford.  Soon we are going to Eurodisney and other places in Europe.  And then soon I'll get to see all of you again in Montana!

Love, Naya