rather unhelpfully there was a bus strike on Friday which was fine for me (as i had the day off) but a pain in the bum for the girls who had to get to school. so i got up at 5.15 as usual to take them to school early
we set off at 6.45 so we could join the massive traffic jams forecast for the city and … ended up getting to school in record time as there was even less traffic than normal! kezia had a normal school day so we dropped her off first
esther needed to be at a church near school for 9.30 so we parked up the car (at 7.30!) and went for a walk along takapuna beach to fill the time. we had a nice walk and chat
esther then joined her friends to go off on a music camp over the weekend (including a talent show for choir members on the saturday night). i then whizzed home for a shower to try and wake up a bit more!
i met up with cousin chris just after 10 and the boys of the family (Cuz Chris, Reuben, Solomon) had lunch at Sand Spit up north then went for a walk round the Brick Bay Sculpture Park in the blistering heat
on the way back home we stopped for some icrecream
and to look a the giant Kauri
we dropped them back at their house around 4pm and i came home about the same time as jane who had arrived back with kezia. we’d arrange to pick them up again at 7.30pm and i used the 2 hours this gave me to edit the photos from the concert then night before and grab some food (no time for sleeping)
Cuz Chris, Davina, Reuben and i then headed in to Auckland to watch Orchestra Of Spheres play a free open air concert which was excellent. Reuben is interested in photography so it was good to show him what i’ve learnt for concert photography
after the show we did a quick photo walk round the streets and took a few people shots
here are some of my ‘official’ photos of the band
