Splendid: Hogwarts assignments again

October 17, 2007

Hogwarts assignments again

McKaylah received another monthly installment of her continuing education from Hogwarts. She participated in a correspondence course from the Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry for under age Muggles this summer. One week was spent doing Herbology (see pictures below) and she completed a moon garden, Fairie herb garden, healing salve and transplanted a baby Zingiber. The following week was Divination, spent studying the tarot, crystal ball scrying, palmistry and astrology. Week 3 was spent studying Potions with a Grumbler's Tummy Tea (a tea made with spearmint, lemon balm and chamomile), glass candy, Presto-Chango Cucumbers to Pickles potion and Changing Colors Potion Punch (and man, was that Professor Snape rough with grading-Geeez!) Finally week four was spent doing at least 10 charms with Professor Flitwick (which was a relief after the tortuous, scrutinizing eye of Snape, what a Meanie...)

Since she passed with good grades from the summer course, Hogwarts gave her the option to continue her studies with a once a month lesson. Owls deliver the lessons as usual, and she has a week to do them. This time was recipe was for Unicorn Oats complements of HoneyDukes...Us Muggles call it "granola." McKaylah found it fun and easy compared to some of her other more challenging assignments. She is presently completing her review on it and will return it pronto to the tree out back where the OWL Post is.

Wish I could be a Hogwarts student, don't you???

doing her Potions workbook and potion prep

Potions text book

here she is doing the very dangerous transplanting of baby Zingiber. Her earplugs kept falling out so she taped them to her outer ear and then we put on two hats to make sure we wouldn't be deafened by the high pitch frequency shrill screeches from baby Zingiber. Dangerous, very, very, very dangerous, indeed...