pictures of us all today!
this morning i was up early learning how to do flash photography and how to work my new birthday flashes
i had a feeling i was going to have to be the expert at an event this afternoon, but more on that later
jane went to the gym this morning then the two of us drove over to Piha for lunch and a walk
we arrived in piha just before kezia was due to stage with her choir
and luckily there was a Spark free wifi hot spot we could use, so we propped my phone up on the car mantel piece and listened to kez perform
it was amazing to watch her in wellington while we were sitting in a car in piha
but perhaps what was even more amazing was that we got a parking spot right next to the hotspot so the signal was strong enough!
kezia’s choir did great especially considering they are the school’s second choir as the premier choir (which esther is in) didn’t enter this year!
they got a silver medal which is very good!
they also sang at the gala concert this evening but i missed that as i was picking up esther from the cinema
after watching kezia, jane and i had lunch in this lovely cafe
and then we walked up to kite kite falls which we thought would look rather fulsome given the amount of rain we’ve had.
unfortunately it was so full that we couldn’t get round the bottom. you usually have to step in the water a little bit, but today it was a raging torrent that might have swept us down the river (usually a stream)!
there were some people swimming in the water of course!
this evening i’ve been out with some photo chums experimenting with flash photography. as expected it was all a bit chaotic and people didn’t know how to work their flashes. luckily i’d done my home work so could explain what to do. unfortunately that meant i had to be the model too 
while i was out esther went to see Mission Impossible while jane did loads of excellent housework while watching kezia’s gala concert live stream.