Thursday, 12 November 2015

Day 315: 'Tis the season to be...

Day 315: ...marking

Ah, it is a tricky time of the year, long days turning into night, very long nights. Sleep is a rare commodity. We must read, comment and mark papers, essays mostly in my case, for our students. We are also thick in the exam season where I hold two hour workshops for students to do their final papers.

This morning I was up early, even before the kookaburras, even before breakfast radio presenters. After about three hours sleep, it was a 2.00am start to the day. The kookas chimed in around 4.30, and then a little while later, sat and watched the sunrise. 

Watching the day break

I didn't have quite that luxury of time but did manage to sneak a peak at the beak in between artfully thoughtfully placing marks on papers. We're almost there. 

[Camera : Canon EOS60D, 75-300mm, 5.33am]