Paul has always wanted to measure out the dimensions of Noah's Ark with the children. Daddy read from the Bible the account of Noah and God's commandment to build an ark, in the middle of nowhere, with absolutely no large bodies of water anywhere in the county side. On faith. The Ark was 450' in length, 75' in width & 45' tall. I had never guessed it to be so massive, it was at least twice the size my mind's eye had it figured to be.
The children marked port and starboard, bow and stern. Even on a calm day in the middle of a pasture the children standing at bow and stern couldn't understand one another yelling.
The Lord didn't see it fit to give us many details, but it appears to have been a long skinny box, one window, one door. Amazing, must study more. ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
Proud of my homeschooled kids. We have been studying botany this last year for science so my children love to look close up at flowers. Jessica came in the house all excited yesterday that she had found a white camouflaged spider hunting on my Shasta daisies. I didn't believe her at first, but after coming outside found the little critter blending quite well on the petals.
Come to find out it is a type of Australian Crab Spider. They actually reflect ultraviolet rays, the ones honey bees(their favorite food) are attracted to. When a crab spider sits atop a daisy it's ultraviolet reflection makes his daisy more attractive to the bees than all the other daisys in the bush, therefore attracting them right into his little flower of death. They have two grapple-like legs that, in a split second, grab the bee and haul it away as it's meal. No webs, true hunting. I admire that ;) I found this fascinating and after some more looking around found a couple more on my other Shasta daisys and only my Shasta daisies. My next question is how they got there? Very intriguing.
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"The Swingset" is up and running!
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