Author: dave

no more work for me for three weeks.  woohoo!

jane and my mum went to takapuna beach cafe this morning

esther went to milford to say goodbye to a friend who is spending a year in France

kawau island then esther opened a bank account.  sorry, didn’t get any pictures of the bank

 

 

wet tech

copper mine

a rare weka

meanwhile it looks like we missed the official non-opening of a new swimming pool complex!

i had work which was fairly busy, but made busier by some of my less busy colleagues wearing ‘walk shorts’ which were a kiwi thing in offices a decade ago

jane and mum and pearl went for a walk round the estuary in Orewa

kezia had a friend over and spent time in the pool

esther went to a big shopping mall

mum went in the pool this evening

mum stayed at home and read a book

i went to work and got lots done and even managed to pop out to the bank at lunch

kezia did some babysitting for some neighbours (with a bit of help from jane) and has gone out for sleepover

esther went shopping with jane this morning

we all went for a walk at long bay this evening with Pearloid.

i saw someone having a couch/settee delivered as i walked to the bus stop this evening

jane took pearl out for a walk with belinda and her dogs

esther went to rangitoto and walked to the top with a couple of school chums

kezia had a friend over

jane and my mum went shopping this afternoon

oh oh

pearl got a christmas dress which looked better on jane’s head.  and worse on mine

church, muriwai, strawberry ice cream, coatesville market

mum and i went to hobbonsville point farmers market this morning while jane and kezia went shopping at the maul

esther went to a function run by one of her friend who is on the Youth Council (or something like that )

mum, jane and i met up with esther and went for a walk at takapuna

kezia went round to meet some neighbours for whom she’s going to be doing some daytime babysitting this coming week.  there’s also been some christmas decorating

and lots of sitting in the garden / jumping in the pool taking advantage of a hot day

graffitis

waterfront

hayfever inducing not-snow

dam and the water release (before and after)

lava glass cafe and gardens

huka falls from various angles

view from our holiday house window

coffee stop

pizza delivery for dinner

Matamata (hobbiton)

luge

wai-o-tapu

pauly’s burgers