queen esther

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church this morning was very good.  I’ll post a link to the talk when it’s on their website – it’s good christmas listening.  we had crazy cakes after church as the church youth were fund raising for something or other.  Then we went back to some new friends from church’s house and had a great couple of hours laughing and swapping stories.

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esther got this hat at her church club celebration, and she’s worn it all day long so far.  here she is at lunchtime and this afternoon on the trampoline.  it looks like she’s punching kezia in the face, but she’s not.

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after yet more box sorting and guitar survival checking, we went to a nearby village to a christmas market which was very busy buy very good.  I was impressed with this sign shoved in to the open neck of a bollard.  i bought a new hat. no photos yet though

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this evening we watched The Goodies and Piha Rescue (reality series about some lifeguards at one of our local beaches).

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these jolly things were on sale at the Coatesville market – they are bits of corrugated metal roof painted up and stuck on a stick.  very popular in new zealand i believe.

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Although we don’t seem to have done very much this weekend, we’re all absolutely exhausted !