On the Lighter Side
The other day, the 4th grade curriculum covered latitude and longitude, and the lesson devolved into a game of ”Put Us Somewhere Random!” We would take turns picking a number between 0 and 90, then North or South, then a number between 0 and 180, and finally East or West. Then we’d find the coordinates on our inflatable globe.
I fared worst, earning the title “shark bait” with coordinates within the deep Atlantic or Pacific Oceans. Younger son get closer to land, but still managed to put us in danger of getting killed by Somali pirates. Older son adeptly put us on dry land: the barren lands of Greenland and Siberia, that is.
Later in the game, I started putting the coordinates into Google Earth. Buckle up and get ready for a ride, I told them before hitting “search.” The dizzying effect of this program produced giggles and squeals.
Younger son put us off the coast of the Falkland Islands, and I started clicking on all the photo pins for that area. The Falklands are beautiful, and reminiscent of Scotland’s Outer Hebrides. One photographer in particular posted a ton of breathtaking images, and in the middle of all this breathtaking beauty was this:

Hee hee! I Sneakin In Yur Pitcher!





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