Swirl Central

These fractals take a while to render but I'm enjoying creating them. Today's Gratitude Item: Requests from the Auckland Libraries are now free. That means not having to pay $1.00…

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Rainless Celebration

Created with Fractal Science Kit. This one took a bit of "tweaking" but the effort was worth it. Today's Gratitude Item: I had a small mountain of little things that…

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Inside the Machine

This one was only possible thanks to generous assistance from Ross Hilbert, the creator of Fractal Science Kit. Once he told me the variations he used to create some of…

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Star Ripple

This one involved some hanging around and a carefully chosen gradient. Today's Gratitude Item: That most of my 9th graders did the homework that I asked them to do. In…

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Gold Flowers

Both forms of the proverb are good - possibly in different circumstances. Today's Gratitude Item: A successful gamble. I gave a student a detention on Friday for lunch time today…

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A Ceremony

I'm not sure what the ceremony is for, but it must be important. Today's Gratitude Item: Reasonably cheap lime juice. With the recent increase in GST, some items have become…

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Any Road

Simple can be good :) Today's Gratitude Item: That one of my students who was really struggling with Science has discovered a new enthusiasm for the subject and is working…

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Delicate Dreaming

This one is the result of experimenting with fractal Science Kit. I'm not exactly happy with this design as the fractal is too delicate and I was really wanting to…

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Trying Success

If you do not try, you will never succeed. Trying means risking failure - never trying assures it. Today's Gratitude Item: That it finally stopped raining (at least for a…

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Ripple Web

This one is probably too "busy" to suit most people. Today's Gratitude Item: A "double" day. Walked twice (total of 8 km) and baked two batches of bread type stuff…

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