From:
"Guy"
To: "Ted Brattstrom"
Subject: Penguin links & offer
Date: Thursday, November 09, 2000 12:04 AM
Dear
Ted,
My name is Guy Wooles and I run an environmental arts project
called Paper Penguins. I am writing to ask whether you would
be interested in exchanging links.
Also, after discovering your site by accident, I wondered
whether you would like to take one of my penguins as an assistant
teacher and document the work of the school through the eyes
of one of my rare paper penguins.
Please
e-mail me if you need any more information although you should
be able to get more of an idea from my website. My website
address is:- www.khern.freeserve.co.uk
One
of my penguins already has a seat booked on the next expedition
to the north pole in late March!
I
would appreciate your comments.
Speak to you soon.
All the best
Guy Wooles
BA (Hons)
From:
"Ted Brattstrom"
To: "Guy"
Subject: Re: Penguin links & offer
Date: Thursday, November 09, 2000 12:54 AM
Aloha
Guy - Thanks for the e-mail! I'll happily put in a link in
my intro page, and you are welcome to put in any desired links
to my pages.
The origin of my penguin pages goes back to the penguin e-mail
list (Dave Houston - with Dennis is on that list too) and
the need to get some images from people off the e-mail part
and onto a more reasonable venue. And I notice we are both
on the sphensiformes ring.
I cruised a bunch of your site, and like it! (Have you seen
Penguin's Pics and Travels, from Canada... they take their
penguin all over!) If one of your penguins has the urge to
visit Hawaii, and interact with some of my students, by all
means put him/her on a plane to visit. I can show them the
sights, and depending on how long they want to stay, they
may go on a few trips.
In
the next 5 months I'll be over on the Big Island, maybe visiting
the live lava, and either going to New Zealand, or Thailand,
or???? for a couple weeks in March.
BTW,
there are ways of getting the penguins to the South Pole,
The New South Polar Times e-mail group gets e-mail from people
at the Pole and there are a few there that may be able to
help a curious penguin.... I think people should take their
penguins to more places... not to mention have them go visiting
on their own.... I usually take one or two along, just so
they can tell the others about the adventure when we get back.
Cheers
and penguins...
ted
From:
"Guy"
To: "Ted Brattstrom"
Subject: Hawaiian penguins
Date: Thursday, November 09, 2000 2:09 AM
Ted,
Thanks for your e-mail. I have a few penguins here pecking
at my ankles wanting to be the one to go to Hawaii. Unfortunately
most of them are going to be disappointed and won't talk to
me for hours (well, until teatime at least). I would love
to send you a penguin for you to do with as you wish - especially
educational and/or environmental - so you'd better let me
know your address so that I can pack his (or her) bags.
What has happened to the Sphenisciform ring? I think it might
have closed down - I haven't been able to get onto it.
You must give me more information about the New South Polar
Times e-mail group because I've been trying to get a penguin
there but, as yet, I've had no joy.
I
bet the weather over there is gorgeous, isn't it. Well, over
here it's a bitch. I think Britain is experiencing the first
major signs of global warming and rising sea levels. Soon
we will have penguins here I'm sure!!
Anyway must get to bed before I wake up.
Good to speak to you and look forward to hearing from you
soon.
Guy
From:
"Ted Brattstrom"
To: "Guy"
Subject: Re: Hawaiian penguins
Date: Thursday, November 09, 2000 4:41 AM
Aloha
Guy -
My address -
Ted Brattstrom
*******************
Honolulu, HI
**********
USA
I
will attempt to placate the rest of the birds with stories
of Hawaii... I can probably take the visitor to several of
the local penguin sites - Sea Life Park and Hilton Hawaiian
Village are the main residences, Diamond Head crater, Halemaumau
crater, and many other locations abound. Maybe the others
can come visit during the penguin World Tour.
The
Ring - I think it moved "ownership" from the original host
to another.. Ahh, it is still there...
http://nav.webring.yahoo.com/hub?ring=spheniscus&list
will get you to the ring site. I just had a look there...
For
the South Pole - Drop a note to Katie Wallett, she's a teacher
and involved with the list, and she can probably hook you
up with Katy Jensen who just got to the Pole as the summer
manager of the pole station... Katie Wallett.
Describe what you are trying to do, and ask if she can forward
the message on to Katy or to Andrea, who is going to winter
over....
If you can get them to agree and get the bird on the plane,
it should get there in a reasonable fashion. Another option
is getting it to an antarctic peninsula base. Contacting Marine
Expeditions - an antarctic tour group might get one or more
of the birds to Arctowski and Bahia Paraiso....
Weather
in Hawaii.... well, we are heading into our "winter" we just
had an amazing downpour on the Big Island. 30+ inches in 24+
hours. I missed it, but my sweetheart had an interesting time.
Still - temperatures are usually in the upper 70's low 80's
(most here still use Farenheit - ugh!) and I usually have
fans going in my classroom. The "Windows" in the room are
wooden louvers...
Clouds form over the mountain going down the middle of the
island, but a few miles away in Waikiki it is usually clear
and sunny. So, I'm not complaining about the weather.
Are
you in the Bristol area... I think I missed that in an earlier
e-mail or web-site.....
I haven't been to the UK in hmmmm 18 years (has it really
been that long???)
More
later - class just got out (I'm a perennial student) and it
is time for food and grading papers.
cheers
- ted
From:
"Guy"
To: "Ted Brattstrom"
Subject: Tawaki
Date: Thursday, November 30, 2000 10:57 PM
Dear
Ted,
Just a quick note to say that I will be sending 'Tawaki' to
you tomorrow. He will be travelling first class air mail so
should be with you by the end of next week. You'll laugh when
you see his travelling outfit but he thinks it suits him.
I didn't have the heart to tell him otherwise.
If he falls over or grazes himself whilst he's with you all
you need to do is patch him up with a little sellotape or
similar and he'll be o.k.
I'll
e-mail you tomorrow to confirm flight details etc.
Give us a shout when he arrives.
Speak
to you later.
take care
Guy
From:
"Guy"
To: "Ted Brattstrom"
Subject: By the way
Date: Thursday, November 30, 2000 11:01 PM
By
the way, Ted,
I e-mailed Katie Wallett about three weeks ago but have had
no reply. Is she still around or available at her e-mail address?
I'll send her another e-mail just in case she didn't get the
last one. Just thought I'd let you know what was going on.
Cheers
Guy
From:
"Ted Brattstrom"
To: "Guy"
Subject: Re: Tawaki
Date: Sunday, December 03, 2000 5:03 AM
Aloha
-
I'm glad to hear that Tawaki is on his way!!! What a thing
for a penguin to do, fly around the world. I'm looking forward
to the joys of showing him around the islands.
The vacation is coming up soon, and he'll come over to the
big island for the festivities. I'll try and keep him away
from the active lava, but I think he will enjoy seeing evidence
that the ancient Hawaiians also revered penguins when I take
him to the petroglyphs....
Another
person you can e-mail is Andrea Grant, as well as Katy Jensen....
and of course, all my e-mail notes on their addresses are
at home... both Katy and Andrea are at the pole... Katy is
there just for the summer.
Cheers
- ted
From:
"Guy"
To: "Ted Brattstrom"
Subject: Any news
Date: Thursday, December 14, 2000 6:02 PM
Ted,
Any sign of your penguin yet? I sent one to Alaska and it
arrived on the 11th. Though I sent yours the day before. So
he should be with you by now.
Speak to you soon
Cheers
Guy
From:
"ted Brattstrom"
To: "Guy"
Subject: Re: Any news
Date: Thursday, December 14, 2000 6:49 PM
Aloha
-
Tawaki is here! Arrived on Monday, or was it Saturday....
or? I've been remiss in replying, not to mention giving him
the grand tour. I've been busy plus sick and didn't want to
offer up any odd germs... the other penguins have been hearing
rumors about him and have been clamoring to meet him. Introductions
should be beginning tomorrow and Saturday as the paper I have
to turn in is due Friday afternoon.
Tawaki will be visiting the Big Island starting Sunday! I'll
get more details about the adventures in coming days - weeks...
Cheers... ted
From:
"Guy"
To: "Ted Brattstrom"
Subject: Aloha
Date: Tuesday, January 30, 2001 10:04 PM
Dear
Ted,
How are thing's in Hawaii? I hope the weather's better there
then it is here. Or is that a stupid question?
I just thought I'd drop a line to see how you and Tawaki are
doing. Have you introduced him to your students yet, and if
you have do they now think you're crazy and look at you strangely?
I recently sent one of my penguins off on a penguin-watching
trip to the South Pole and Antarctica with Wallace and Gromit's
dad, Nick Park. Do you know of him? I'm sure your students
do (the guy who made film 'Chicken Run'). I'm just waiting
now to see what they did with him.
I'm off myself on a world(ish) trip. I'm going to Australia,
New Zealand, Rarotonga and then back via LA. Unfortunately
I couldn't get Hawaii or Alaska included in the ticket - I
did try. Hopefully that will be another trip.
I am leaving at the beginning of April and will be away for
about 6 months. Don't worry because I'll be providing everyone
with an alternative address for them to send any correspondence
so that I can update the site while I'm away. I've also got
somebody to manage the site in case there's any problems at
my end. This project is truly global now!
Any conservation problems going on in Hawaii that might be
worth mentioning on the website? I'm trying to make it a lot
more environmentally aware before I go but I have loads of
packing to do (I'm moving back to the green, green, grass
of home - Wales) not to mention my brother's stag night to
organise.
My penguins send their love to you and Tawaki. They hope that
he's found a nice local pub to go to. All my penguins seem
to have a not-necessarily unhealthy taste for beer - especially
the Welsh favourite, Brains SA, also known as Skull Attack
or Sudden Amnesia!
Anyway, I'll let you get back to the sun and surfing.
Take care and I'll speak to you soon.
Guy
From:
"ted Brattstrom"
To: "Guy"
Subject: Re: Aloha
Date: Thursday, March 08, 2001 5:06 AM
Aloha
Guy -
Just a quick note to let you know Tawaki and I haven't fallen
off the other side of the earth... This weekend I should get
the first of Tawaki's adventures off to you as well as the
first of the images... So far, he has kept out of trouble,
and has exercised great restraint around the students... some
of them have said very rude things about him and I hope he
didn't hear them... others have lavished attention on him,
and introduced him to the joys of chemistry.
>Dear Ted,
>How are thing's in Hawaii? I hope the weather's better there
then it is here. Or is that a stupid question?
Well, it does rain now and again
>I just thought I'd drop a line to see how you and Tawaki
are doing. Have you introduced him to your students yet, and
if you have do they now think you're crazy and look at you
strangely?
they have always thought I am a bit strange!!!
>I recently sent one of my penguins off on a penguin-watching
trip to the South Pole and Antarctica with Wallace and Gromit's
dad, Nick Park. Do you know of him? I'm sure your students
do (the guy who made film 'Chicken Run'). I'm just waiting
now to see what they did with him.
Alas, I haven't seen Chicken Run yet, but the first 3 Wallace
and Gromits are showing their age!!! I like running the Penguin
in the bottle, and falling sheep in slow motion....
>I'm off myself on a world(ish) trip. I'm going to Australia,
New Zealand, Rarotonga and then back via LA. Unfortunately
I couldn't get Hawaii or Alaska included in the ticket - I
did try. Hopefully that will be another trip. I am leaving
at the beginning of April and will be away for about 6 months.
Ahhhh, Rarotonga is a great place!!!! hmmm, do I have time
to sneak down?
> Don't worry because I'll be providing everyone with an alternative
address for them to send any correspondence so that I can
update the site while I'm away. I've also got somebody to
manage the site in case there's any problems at my end. This
project is truly global now!
>Any conservation problems going on in Hawaii that might be
worth mentioning on the website? I'm trying to make it a lot
more environmentally aware before I go but I have loads of
packing to do (I'm moving back to the green, green, grass
of home - Wales) not to mention my brother's stag night to
organise.
Hmmm, I'll have to get a listing of good links... Hawaii has
all sorts of issues going on - alien species and their effects...
Miconia, pigs (and that has cultural as well as environmental
overtones), The small amount of time I spent in Wales, I enjoyed...
Llangollen, Hay-on-Wye, and a couple other places that have
slipped my mind.... now if I just had a spare year and the
appropriate money
>My penguins send their love to you and Tawaki. They hope
that he's found a nice local pub to go to. All my penguins
seem to have a not-necessarily unhealthy taste for beer -
especially the Welsh favourite, Brains SA, also known as Skull
Attack or Sudden Amnesia!
Hmmm, I haven't noticed a propensity for alcohol, but, I haven't
checked the levels in the lab-alcohol lately.... Cheers and
penguins - ted
From:
"ted Brattstrom"
To: "Guy"
Subject: Re: Aloha
Date: Saturday, March 17, 2001 4:28 AM
Aloha
-
Here is the first approximation....
1.Tawaki
the Paper Penguin
2.Tawaki
goes to school
I'll keep it going... you are welcome/suggested, to suck down
the html and images, and set it up the way you want... I can
only be sure of the site until June....
cheers
- and Tawaki-
3 to come next roll of film
ted
From:
"Guy"
To: "Ted Brattstrom"
Subject: Hawaiian honeys
Date: Thursday, March 22, 2001 11:09 PM
Ted,
Thanks ever so much for those fantastic photos. I seriously
found myself jealous of a paper penguin. You didn't tell me
your students were so cute! Now I wish I had booked a flight
to Hawaii as well. Oh well, my girlfriend probably wouldn't
have understood anyway.
What I've done is just linked to the pages on your site rather
than reproducing them on mine. I don't think I could've done
as good a job anyway.
I have backed up your html and the fotos just in case your
site goes down in June as you mentioned. I can't wait to see
the other photos now.
Speak to you later
Cheers
Guy
PS Mac the penguin is in Hawaii at the moment. You never know
you might actually bump into him. If you check out Mac's page
and his e-mails there is a lovely e-mail from a little girl
who met Mac at a b'n'b. I think I actually published the address
of the b'n'b where she lives.
Take care, mate.
From:
"Ted Brattstrom"
To: "Guy"
Subject: Re: Hawaiian honeys
Date: Monday, March 26, 2001 11:01 PM
Aloha
Guy -
True, some of the students are quite cute (not that I, as
a professional teacher, notice these things at all).... Tawaki
certainly has a good time sweet-talking the ladies.
As soon as I get the rest of the roll taken, I'll get the
next pictures.
Tawaki may be joining the teachers of Hawaii on the Picket
Lines... we may be on strike starting the middle of next week.
Photos will be taken of Tawaki on the line if it comes to
that.
CHeers and penguins...
ted
From:
tbrattst@k12.hi.us (ted Brattstrom)
To: paperpenguins@hotmail.com
Subject: New Tawaki Pages
Date: Mon, 30 Apr 2001
Aloha
Guy - and/or site manager
I've got 4 new pages for Tawaki!
http://165.248.121.95/Tawaki/Tawaki-3.html
Tawaki and Amateur Radio
http://165.248.121.95/Tawaki/Tawaki-4.html
Penguins for Pay
http://165.248.121.95/Tawaki/Tawaki-5.html
Tawaki at school again
http://165.248.121.95/Tawaki/Tawaki-6.html
Tawaki, Local style.
As I mentioned before... you can link to the pages, but please
also download/save the pages/images, as the pages/computer
may go away in June. (more specifically, I can't guarantee
the computer will be on, and that anyone will do anything
with it after June 8 or so)
I hope your trip is going well - school is back in session
- and it's 5 or so weeks and counting.
Aloha - ted
From:
Guy
To: Ted Brattstrom
Subject: Re: New Tawaki Pages
Date: ????
Dear
Ted,
Just a quick note to let you know that I received your update
and I think it's fab. Am managing to survive here in Oz although
the beer seems to be going down far too smoothly!
I am just about to book a diving course in Cairns and the
Barrier Reef so I will let you know how it goes and whether
I see any penguins down there.
The site should be updated soon - Mike, the site manager has
flu at the moment so hasn't been capable of updating the site.
These are the risks of remaining in sunny old Britain.
I have already been down to Melbourne and Phillip Island to
see the Penguin Parade and it was great even if it was a little
chilly!!
Take care and I'll mail you soon with a more detailed description.
Take care
Guy
From:
tbrattst@k12.hi.us (ted Brattstrom)
To: Guy Wooles <paperpenguins@hotmail.com>
Subject: Re: New Tawaki Pages
Date: Wed, 09 May 2001
Aloha
Guy!
Just a quick note to let you know that I received your update
and I think it's fab.
I've been having fun with it :-) I've got a couple more images
that will go up soon, and I keep forgetting to put a link
into your page .... maybe this afternoon when I should be
doing other stuff. :-) :-)
Am
managing to survive here in Oz although the beer seems to
be going down far too smoothly!
got to watch out for that... the heat makes you do it... is
it the lagers or the bitters?
I
am just about to book a diving course in Cairns and the Barrier
Reef so I will let you know how it goes and whether I see
any penguins down there.
excellent - then, after you are done diving on the GBR, you
can head back to Phillip island and go diving with penguins
:-) (or Kangaroo Island)
If you are going to Tasmania, on the north and slightly western
coast, you will come to the town of Penguin!!!! there are
penguins there, and, of all the cool places I'd think about
teaching, Penguin High School would be one of the ultimates!!!
The
site should be updated soon - Mike, the site manager has flu
at the moment so hasn't been capable of updating the site.
These are the risks of remaining in sunny old Britain.
I have already been down to Melbourne and Phillip Island to
see the Penguin Parade and it was great even if it was a little
chilly!!
I lived up in the Dandenong mountains to the east of Melbourne
as a kid - we spent a year there doing research on frogs (OK,
dad was researching and the rest of us came along for the
ride... and the penguins)
Take care and I'll mail you soon with a more detailed description.
That would be great!!!
cheers and penguins - ted
From:
Ted Brattstrom
To: Guy Wooles
Subject: Aloha
Date: Sat, 16 Jun 2001
Aloha
Guy -
I'm heading over to the Big Island for part of the summer,
then a quick trip to Las Vegas (for a conference) and a few
locations in Arizona...
Tawaki will be going with me, if he makes it to the Big Island...
at this very moment he is lying down in a box in a shipping
container! He will be moved onto the Barge tomorrow, and then
towed with a big tug boat over to Hilo Harbor, he doesn't
have anyone to talk to for the trip, though he does have a
radio or two nearby, and he could use my amateur radio callsign
if he could hook up the radio, antenna and battery :-)
He wasn't all that pleased about spending time in the box
in the container, but I told him there would be penguins to
visit with on the other end, as well as river otters, and
whoever else we can find.
Tawaki will join me in Las Vegas, Meteor Crater, and maybe
a quick look into the Grand Canyon!!! I'll do my best to document
the continuing travels of this phenomenal entity :-)
Cheers and penguins...
Ted
From:
"Guy Wooles"
Subject: Re: Aloha
Date:???
Ted,
Sounds like you and Tawaki are going to have a great summer.
At the moment I am back in Sydney but I will be flying to
Auckland on the 27th of June where I have a few trips planned
- I'm meeting up with the marketing director of the WWF in
Wellington, have been invited to visit the people and penguins
at the Yellow-Eyed Penguin Trust in Otago and will be visiting
Dennis and Dave Houston in Oamaru.
I have just got back from travelling from Darwin to Alice
Springs (the murder capital of Australia) and then to Uluru
(Ayers Rock), Kings Canyon and the Olgas. Uluru was far beyond
my expectations and I recommend it to anyone.
Have a great summer, both of you, and I'll speak to you soon.
Guy
From:
Ted Brattstrom
To: paperpenguins@hotmail.com
Subject: Re: Aloha
Date: Fri, 22 Jun 2001
Aloha
Guy -
I'm now over on the Big Island - Tawaki is relieved to get
out of the box for the sea voyage - though the trip went well.
The YEPT people are great, and I've had e-mail correspondence
with Dave Houston in Oamaru, but not met him. If you have
a car, check out Moeraki and the lighthouse - and penguins
- Uluru is great - I was there when I was 12 or 13, and climbed
to the top- those were the less politically correct years
:-) sunset on the rock was great, and we could go into the
caves that are now off limits for cultural reasons. it was
also a pretty empty place - no giant campgrounds or airport
or hotels... I think there were about 20-30 of us watching
the sunset, and probably no more than50-100 people within
10 miles of Uluru.
cheers and penguins - ted
From:
Guy
To: Ted Brattstrom
Subject: NZ Penguins
Date: 14 August 2001
Hi
Ted,
Just thought I'd better send you an update to let you know
that I am still alive.
I am currently in Oamaru staying with Dave Houston. I've been
here for quite a while now (off and on) so I hope he doesn't
get sick of me! It's been good to see Dennis again also.
I've been to Moeraki to see the boulders and to the lighthouse
to see Janice Jones who looks after all the sick penguins.
Did you know that one of her old patients, a yellow-eyed penguin
called Inca, still comes to visit her in
the hope that she'll give him some food?
The blue penguins at Oamaru haven't been turning up for their
fans due to a bad storm a few weeks ago. It looks like the
storm forced their food-source out to sea so they had to follow.
The nests here should be full of fat penguins on eggs, but
they're not. They've only just started returning now after
an absence of approximately 17 days! But every time I go down
to see them none come in - everyone down there thinks that
I'm a jinx!
The funny thing is that I've seen quite a few rare yellow-eyed
penguins but hardly any common blue penguins. 'Shit happens',
as they say.
I'm going down to Dunedin in the next few days and then on
to Invercargill and eventually round to Milford Sound. I've
already met the people at the Yellow-Eyed Penguin Trust and
they now have a paper penguin all of their own
called Herbie. Hopefully I'll get them to take me down to
the reserves.
Anyway, I hope you are looking after yourself and Tawaki and
that you had a good holiday. I'm looking forward to seeing
and hearing what you did.
Take care of yourself,
Guy
From:
Ted Brattstrom
To: Guy Wooles
Subject: Re: NZ penguins
Date: Tue, 14 Aug 2001
Aloha
Guy -
Good to hear from you - I have two new installments of Tawaki's
travel, and as soon as I shoot another frame or three, I'll
get the next installment. I just have to turn the images into
a page, or two. (Penguin in the Desert & Tawaki at Meteor
Crater - in the camera, Tawaki hits it big at Las Vegas)
Travelling with Tawaki is so much fun... explaining the global
nature of Paper Penguins, and the globe-trotting aspect too...
getting people to have their picture taken with Tawaki.....
Oh, yeah, I've got Tawaki at the beack in Hawaii :-)
If you see Janice from Moeraki again, tell her I'm interested
in putting her Penguin narrative I got from her years ago
on the web. If she doesn't have any objection. (If you have
an address for her, I'll write the letter myself :-) )
Some of the YEPs on my web page are "hers" from
the reserve there.
In all my NZ trips, I've only seen an ex-Little Blue Penguin,
though I did see White Flippered Penguins (took me awhile
to find them) - Fiordland Crested Penguins also made my list
:-)
Send an aloha to Dave and the other penguin people you meet
:-) and, of course, any other penguins :-)
cheers - ted
From:
Ted Brattstrom
To: Guy Wooles
Subject: Tawaki Adventures
Date: Wed, 29 Aug 2001
Aloha
Guy -
Just to let you know - we are up to Tawaki 9 :-) start at
http://165.248.121.95/Tawaki/Tawaki-1.html
and the links are all there.
BUT - my suggestion is to download/save the whole Tawaki suite...
I may be changing schools, and who knows how long thatcomputer
will stay on running the web pages....
I'l keep you informed... and as soon as I get the next roll
processed, I'll get the Tawaki in Las Vegas Page up :-)
cheers - ted
From:
"Guy Wooles"
To: Ted Brattstrom
Subject: Re: Tawaki Adventures
Date: 15 September 2001
Ted,
Nothing comes up when I click on the link. Is it correct?
Speak to you later
Guy
