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Work/school for all. Jane took esther to her hands practice. I took esther to swimming and sat doing some revision during her lesson.

church this morning – i was on sound and podcast

esther’s friend veronica came over and they watched the sound of music with kezia

kezia did her homework in a very relaxed manner (below)

jane did loads of school work

Usual early swimming then jane and esther walking pearl

i did various adminny time things

kezia had a friend over

jane and esther went to mall to get esther some european tour stuff and also some duke of edinburgh hiking stuff for next weekend

then this evening we went with james and janine and aimee to watch the rugby. all blacks vs england.  lots of drunk load english people reminded us of things we don’t miss (like the late trains back from London).  the All Blacks won just at the last minute though so justice was done

jane met with her friend alexander (and baby) and popped in to see someone from church

esther got excellence in her french exams and compliments from her teacher

kezia did some training set in swimming this evening loads faster than she did just a few weeks back, so she’s on a roll (a swimming kind)

i spent over 5 hours in meetings today, but they were really interesting so that was good!

and i’ve got an interview for the job i applied for next Thursday morning, so that’s exciting.

i’ve put my photos from thursday’s hour on K Road here if you are interested (no need to be!)

https://www.flickr.com/photos/funkypancake/sets/72157645040987095/

i drove in to work today and parked in the free parking down by the waterfront.  that allowed me to spend a happy 45 minutes before work photographicalising the sunrise

then i went back after work and photoed the sunset (not as impressive due to cloud) before meeting up with some photos chums to do a photowalk in town

the girls had their usual busy days and evening

jane met up with a German friend and mastered the electronic mark book

the starry effect is from my lensbaby.  the picture above is a double exposure and the one below is a single exposure

i’m still quite painful, but better than yesterday

i had the day off work and missed a camera exhibition meeting as i’ve been feeling sick.  i feel a bit better today though

jane took esther to a music practice before school then came back, did her full day of teaching, then spent hours driving round with violin and tennis

pictures are from yesterday when i popped out at lunch to look at a photo exhibition near my office

Dave has gone to bed early as he is feeling poorly.

School, work, violin and swimming for all of us.

Sorry no photos.

jane and the girls went for a walk with pearl early this morning

jane did marking / reports all day.  the girls and i went to the mall as kezia wanted to buy some beautification

this evening esther had a band practice so i went and shot some pictures from sulphur point looking back to the city and picked her up after

here’s pearl

hello

church this morning

then this afternoon we went to Omaha to look at the posh holiday homes

this one belongs to Karen Walker apparently

having had our fill of posh houses, we then walked back along the beach

the picture below came out of the camera looking like this

we grabbed some fish and chips on the way home

and this evening kezia has been tidying her room while esther and I watched Sherlock