Birthday's are special occasions here at CCSP. A time to celebrate the uniqueness of each individual, in fun and often crazy ways! Our first birthday of the semester was Jessica's, where everyone took a trip to Wendell Berry's farm! Not too difficult seeing that he lives on the other side of the world. After one airplane flight and three trips around our circular driveway we found ourselves arriving at the home of Wendell Berry, which mysteriously looked similar to the Old Convent, only with a few changes. Everyone lined up at the entrance to his home in their "Wendell Berry Farm" attire, anxiously anticipating the tour, only to find that some sketchy things had been going down on the farm. Wendell Berry's prize heirloom tomatoes had been murdered! Smashed against the barn wall, it was a ghastly site! Thus ensued the hunt, in the form of the game of Clue, to find the culprit of this heinous crime. Everyone divided into teams and set out to find clues around the farm that would lead them to discover the truth of the culprit, weapon and place of the crime. In the end the crime was solved and there was peace again on Wendell's Farm. We all continued the celebration of Jessica's Birthday with peach shortcake; the peaches being fresh from our own tree!
There is a new development around the convent in the form of an elaborate composting system, planned and implemented Nate. It took several days for Nate and many others to
clear a space, dig a large pit, and finish all the details that would become our new composting system. The end result being a large pit about 12 feet long, 3 feet wide and 2 feet deep, with three dividing segments for the various stages of the compost. We have been using the new composting system for only a couple of weeks, but according to Nate, it will only be a couple more weeks before the compost is ready for the garden!
The second week of class was Marine Ecology, taught by returning professors Chris and Sharon. This was a week of getting into the field and studying plants and animals in the intertidal zones of the ocean. There was even a day when everyone donned wet suits and went diving for Paua! (The Maori word for Abolone). In the middle of the week there was a guest lecturer who came to speak on the larger marine life found in Kaikoura's waters; whales and dolphins.
Birthday's are special occasions here at CCSP. A time to celebrate the uniqueness of each individual, in fun and often crazy ways! Our first birthday of the semester was Jessica's, where everyone took a trip to Wendell Berry's farm! Not too difficult seeing that he lives on the other side of the world. After one airplane flight and three trips around our circular driveway we found ourselves arriving at the home of Wendell Berry, which mysteriously looked similar to the Old Convent, only with a few changes. Everyone lined up at the entrance to his home in their "Wendell Berry Farm" attire, anxiously anticipating the tour, only to find that some sketchy things had been going down on the farm. Wendell Berry's prize heirloom tomatoes had been murdered! Smashed against the barn wall, it was a ghastly site! Thus ensued the hunt, in the form of the game of Clue, to find the culprit of this heinous crime. Everyone divided into teams and set out to find clues around the farm that would lead them to discover the truth of the culprit, weapon and place of the crime. In the end the crime was solved and there was peace again on Wendell's Farm. We all continued the celebration of Jessica's Birthday with peach shortcake; the peaches being fresh from our own tree!
There is a new development around the convent in the form of an elaborate composting system, planned and implemented Nate. It took several days for Nate and many others to 
clear a space, dig a large pit, and finish all the details that would become our new composting system. The end result being a large pit about 12 feet long, 3 feet wide and 2 feet deep, with three dividing segments for the various stages of the compost. We have been using the new composting system for only a couple of weeks, but according to Nate, it will only be a couple more weeks before the compost is ready for the garden!
The second week of class was Marine Ecology, taught by returning professors Chris and Sharon. This was a week of getting into the field and studying plants and animals in the intertidal zones of the ocean. There was even a day when everyone donned wet suits and went diving for Paua! (The Maori word for Abolone). In the middle of the week there was a guest lecturer who came to speak on the larger marine life found in Kaikoura's waters; whales and dolphins. 
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