waitangi day

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it’s waitangi day today which is a public holiday.  the last two years it has fallen on a weekend day so we’ve missed out on an extra holiday.  but this year it fell on a week day so we were in luck.

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jane went for a walk with debbie this morning whilst kezia and i finished constructing her desk.  she’s now busy moving stuff from her old desk to her new desk

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this afternoon we drove to shakespear park and did one of the walks there which was very excellent taking in a variety of different sorts of scenery

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we saw (and heard) plenty of tuis and this magnificent kereru 

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here’s some of what we saw

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something’s gone a bit wrong with my photo processing tonight so apologies for the gloomy look.  it was overcast and did rain a bit at one point, but it was quite bright (hence the sunnies)

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we finished the walk with hot chocolate on the beach. then this evening we’ve been finishing chores ready for back to school tomorrow

 

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