mother’s day

after 6 fun packed weeks, mum left us today.  we took her to the airport and made sure she was all checked in ok, had a last cuppa (the non-deity version of the last supper), had some quick photos and then she was gone.

these last two pictures were deliberately posed before you think my mum was having a very miserable time

we then headed over to mangere bridge which is not too far away from where we went yesterday, although it’s on the other side of the water and in land a bit.

we started by doing 10 geocaches down the side of a stinky sewage pond

then had lunch by a non-stinky beach before looking round a farm and having a fab walk in the barmy autumn freaky hot temperatures (still warmer than 20degC in the sun)

here’s a swallow flying at me

and a flock of oyster catchers

this evening it’s back to music practice, school preparation and various domestic paperwork. 

(both weekend days we had open homes too, so it’s been rather hectic)

and of course it was mother’s day, so happy mother’s day jane (if she reads this)