Pumice and a touch of landscape gardening

WE were having some fun with the pumice stones which have recently washed up onto our beaches in huge numbers from an undersea volcanic eruption somewhere in the South Pacific.

There were many lessons to be had as the children decided to grade and sort the lightweight airy rocks into small medium and large piles and weigh them on our scales.

One of our beautiful little people Mr A settled himself beside our new pot plants and spent hours and hours arranging and rearranging the pumice stones around the plants.

Wouldn't it be amazing if he ended up as a landscape gardener or other career involving moving and placing rocks in their right positions.