today was the day of esther’s disco
so after the girls got back from their orchestra practice we all got togged up in our best disco clothes
we then had a number of competitions such as best (and worst) dancer, best dressed person, person dancing most like an alien etc
esther had organised it all and it was great
jane went as a psychedelic dustbin lady. she wanted to point out that she hasn’t actually put on lots of weight, and it’s just her scarf which gives the appearance
we all had to write our own song for the disco too. there’s some video evidence of all these activities, but i’m not putting that out in the wild of the internet in case it falls in to the wrong hands
here’s esther, the disco organiser queen. by the way, you may wonder what music we danced to at the disco. the answer is the Sky planner music which is SO completely funky over here.
this afternoon kezia went off to play at a friends house so the three of us went for a walk in a local reserve
it was quite a dense forest with some cool dangly wooden rope things like this one.
the ‘rope’ is the thick thing seemingly looking like a spindly tree. but it’s not. i think it must be an airborne root or something
we had to get back to put the dinner on for our evening guests so we could only walk for an hour before turning back. unfortunately it was very hilly which made for a rather depressing last 10 minutes going down steps, knowing we’d be coming back up.
this evening we had friends from church round which was really nice
jane cooked up a roast chicken, stuffing, loads of veggies
and we had crumble and custard for dessert. all great british fayre.
and this is the view that greets jane in the morning when the sun comes up (i’ve gone to work by then).
apparently the mist gently floats down the little valley behind out house
although the steam here was from the sun warming the overnight rain and dew
we’re gradually getting more keeping warm tips from friends, but the general conclusion is that new zealand feels very cold in winter as it’s impossible to keep houses warm. which is a shame.
that’s all. good night.