I wish this stuff was real so I could use it as gift wrap. Never mind.

Today’s Gratitude Item: That the Takahe did not get my lunch. We went on our field trip to Tiritiri today and whilst we got rained on, the students still enjoyed themselves. We did warn them that once we got to the visitor center, a certain Takahe (called “Greg”) would invade any open bags in his search for forbidden “human” food, but there is always one student who does not listen! Greg duly appeared and managed to get one of our student’s lunches – not a good outcome for Greg (especially as the food was wrapped in plastic and the Tiritiri staff took it off him) or for our student who went hungry. I felt more sorry for the bird than the student.