8 degrees and massive rain storms when i left this morning, but fine a few minutes later when i got in to auckland, before going rainy again. quite a come down from twenty degrees at the weekend. heating is now switched on
the girls were at home today i think. jane tidied her cupboard and moved my porridge out the way, but i’ll get used to it so don’t worry about that.
dramatic temperature drop today, was 20+ yesterday, now in the low tens and very rainy.
anni texted to say it was snowing in Queenstown which is quite rare for this time of year. sounds like she’s having a great time on her tour
esther came back from her party having had a nice time
kezia, jane and pearl went for a walk with belinda and pearl’s cousin/aunt.
kezia had her second photo course today.
she hasn’t edited her pictures yet, but she has some good ones. hopefully she’ll share them!
there she is in the picture above taking pictures of a tree
jane went to a french market with esther and did some other things. esther is now at a party overnight
jane did millions of gardening stuff and has been busy waterblasting the driveway most of the day
matakana market this morning, followed by Omaha beach then back home for british culinary television
i like to go on a bit of hike on a friday morning on the way to work as i’m wearing my own shoes, so i walk up the hill to k-rd and back down to the office. you know. the scenic way.
busy day again for me, although i did pop out at lunch to meet up with my old colleague Simon and an unexpected pigeon
there was some very slow dance troupe in the atrium at work as i walked by.
the girls went to the mega centre and kezia had a friend over for the afternoon
this fancy boat is for sale if you are interested. just let me know
this evening we’ve been watching some program about food in britain over the 1950s
i got honours for the picture above called ‘the lost art of reading paper’
and highly commended for the one below called ’extinguishing another rotorua sulphur fire’
Work for poor Dave. Esther met up with some friends and Kezia, Pearl and I went for a lovely walk with Belinda and Indi. The dishwasher came back today, hope it works now
the girls spent the day at the mall buying clothes. kezia made some biscuits for pearl and jane went to the gym
i had a really busy day at work with a full day of long meetings
this evening is photoclub.
the bush above is pampas grass and an obnoxious pest (in New Zealand) according to our neighbour who came by a took the seeds off it this evening. he’ll come back later to take the rest of it away i think. he knows about plants and things so that’s handy
i had a very busy day at work, but at least the buses were emptier with the schools being away.
two boats of note in the harbour this morning. the hideously shaped celebrity cruise ship (above) and the amazing private yacht which is just about to head off to France apparently. it’s been in Auckland right over the summer being spruced up so it’ll be sad to see her go
meanwhile esther had a good day with her friend wandering round the shops (but not buying anything) in auckland town
kezia did lots of homework and jane did lots of jobs at home
kezia also had a dentist appointment which went well
we took anni to the domestic airport this morning to send her off on her south island site seeing trip. she made it to christchurch safely. she’ll be back for a night at the end of next week then leaves us for good.
the rest of us then carried on to the Hunua Ranges and tracked down the Hunua falls which were really busy
we had a picnic, looked at the falls then did the first part of a longer walk which involved walking across precarious stones in a river and going up what felt like hundreds of stairs.
then we came home and i slept for hours
