Loch Skerrow and my dam

Yesterday we went for a walk to Loch Skerrow!It was really good . It took us one and a half hours to get there and when we got there we saw an old boathouse and a half sunk boat.We had a look inside and apparently some guy had gone in and he had left stuff like biscuits,cat food and even a sofa!On the way back we stopped off at the otter pool.

At Loch Skerrow



Before we left



At The Otter Pool



Also over the last week in a nearby field with a stream in it i have been dambuilding. My dam has grown to roughly three metres long and has had a crayfish behind it! Here are some pictures of Loch Skerrow, The Otter Pool and my dam.


A Panoramic of my dam



My dam

My new tin

Remember the post i made when i began my collection of cards saying that my collection would grow? It certainly has. From just 15 to over 400 in about one month is pretty good going. And one of the things that really boosted it was my Volcanic Doomfire tin which arrived on Friday. Below is a picture.



I am keeping unused cards in it (cards that aren't in decks) and hopefully i will get new tins soon
I also got lots of rare cards in it's array of five booster packs and the secret rare Volcanic Doomfire.

Spore

Yesterday Spore arrived!It is a really good game and we have got to tribal stage,(the third stage for you folks who haven't heard about Spore), apart from me because my civilization hasn't been going as long my mums and my dads. My mums spieces are evil and blood thirsty dragons , mine are really friendly vegetarian tigers and dads is half-way in between and it is a flying monkey that is patterned like a bee . And can you imagine a friendly vegetarian tiger? There is a picture below

Now let me explain a bit about Spore

The five stages:


CELL is where you start
CREATURE is where you evolve your creature to perfection
TRIBE is where you evolve your basic society and use early technology
CIVILIZATION is where you start using technology's like vehicles
SPACE is where you get to conquer the universe!

From a microbe in a water droplet to intergalactic empire explained in just five sentences


Changing your creature:

To change your creature call a mate (wife to all you non scientific folks.)
After meeting they will lay an egg . You automatically go inside the egg.
There you can add on and take off bits.

Flower o' Scotland

Yesterday i did a version of Flower o' Scotland on my electric guitar! I posted the video on You Tube and you can look at it here.





I think that it is quite good and i hope to hear your comments.

Elephant hawkmoth caterpillar

Yesterday some of my parents friends found an Elephant Hawkmoth caterpillar and thought i might like to take care of it! I decided to call him Behemoth and today ,just for fun, i did some online research about Elephant Hawkmoth caterpillars.
Here are the results

Elephant Hawkmoth caterpillar information

Eats: Willowherb ,bedstraw and occasionally fuchsias
Habits: Eating at night, basking during the day
Methods of defense: swollen head, wriggly tail
Favorite Food: Rosebay willowherb


Here is a picture of Behemoth

Back to work

So the summer holidays are over and it is back to home education for me. And i went fishing as part of todays home education!I have had a good day.

My birthday

On the 14th of august it was my birthday ! I had a really good day and i got lots of really good like a wa-wa pedal for my guitar and some laser challenge guns. And instead of an ordinary big birthday meal i had a curry night and stayed up until it was two hours into the next day and i was really tired. I thought it was the best day of the year so far!