there was a baptism at church this morning which was good. there was much talk during the service of the warm water pool outside the side window (covered as usual by its giant curtain)
at the end of the service the curtain was drawn back and the pool was revealed. quite a challenge to do a total immersion in a teeny pool, but it was done !
after church we went in to Auckland to the auckland museum. the girls went there in easter last year when we did our rekey trip whilst i was having my interview at Telecom.
they took me to a section called Weird and Wonderful which was as described on the tin. loads of stuffed and dead things and various alive things too. like this native smiley frog
he obviously found the whole set up amusing. which is quite lucky seeing as he lives there.
or perhaps he was just enjoying the faces of people looking at the beetles in the tray below him
in fact there were beetles everywhere including this line of cockroaches which you’d find at the beach alongside the katipo dangerous spiders. for some reason their backs look yellow on the photos but in reality they are red. just so you know.
there is loads of different stuff in there including this huge puffa fish (stuffed)
and there’s a load of fab maori art too. so we’ll definitely be back, especially since it’s less than 30 minutes door to door and has free parking.
we also got this game today which is like a board game ‘geographic locations of places in new zealand’ sort of thing. and is jolly good.
esther lost her game of flippa ball 2-3 but seeing as they got beaten hugely by the same team last season they were all very pleased.