Love Gisborne

David and I chucked all this wood into the trailer...love the word "chuck".

David's school

the mission statement

call David straight away...

six kinds of kind...

most art done by students

I love driftwood art...

David describing 1st contact between europeans and maori

art work thru the trees...

all blacks...national worship

a bamboo bike frame

action shot

whale tooth

wonderful sculpture

after my beard trim

On Sunday we stayed at the house all day...kept trying to get it together and go out, but never quite made it...offered to help David do a couple chores around the house, so we stacked some wood and tied back some tree's in the orchard...great to get outside and do a little work. David's got big plans for this place and gave me a tour of the grounds and told me of his plans...wonderful plans. On Monday we had arranged with David to take a tour of Awatuna School...very neat campus layout for grades K - 6, nice to see a school that has a clear mission statement and everyone involved seems to be on the same page. Schools run with, "what's best for the children" idealism, and with a moral sense of decency and common sense are rare these days. It was fun to see a place that gave off such a positive vibe.