Saturday, January 15, 2022

And a wee while later ...

I guess it's never too late to start posting again. At least Blogger hasn't disappeared into the black hole of cyberspace like many other apps have. I've skipped a trip to Europe and two years of a pandemic but let's see what 2022 brings. 

First full work week of the year and finished with a 10km evening walk along the Waikanae River with Nisa. We started at the end of Manly Street, walked through the wetland, along the Otaihanga side of the river bank to the second bridge and back along the Waikanae side. We saw horses, parrots, fantails, birds fishing in the estuary, and a helicopter land 100m away from us. The ParkRun part of the track has been cleared of the fallen tree and new (large, chunky) gravel has been laid on the path after the flood 6 weeks ago. There is some significant riverbank erosion in a couple of places and you can see how high the water was by the plant debris still stuck in the trees. 

Photos from Nisa's FB page here. 







Thursday, August 1, 2019

Nature's Evening Hat Trick

The setting sun put on an amazing display this evening - a rainbow, pink tinged snow and a brilliant sunset. 



Thursday, July 11, 2019

Star Wars

Intergalactic guests from Outpost 42 of the 501st Legion were the stars at my Star Wars school holiday story time today. 



Saturday, June 15, 2019

Te Reo Singalong

Great to catch up with Sharon & Alan when they stayed on Monday night and they put on a fun & energetic show for the little kids at Paraparaumu Library on Tuesday. 



Wednesday, May 8, 2019

Hall Family Reunion

Forty five descendents of my great-grandparents, George & Emily Hall, got together on 4 May 2019 to learn about our shared ancestry and enjoy getting to know the extended whanau. 




Sunday, April 28, 2019

Chloe y su arpa

Chloe nos entretuvo con su arpa durante nuestro reunion del grupo español. ¡Que sonido tan lindo en mi casa hoy!


Tuesday, April 16, 2019

Zak Meets Jacinda

Zak met Prime Minister Jacinda Adern at the Taite Music Prize presentation this evening. 


I wonder what was going through his mind. I remember when he met All Black great Richie McCaw he wasn't impressed because the flag Richie gave him was a bit munted. OK, so he was only about 5 then. But what does a 14 year old boy think about meeting the Prime Minister? I'll have to ask him when he gets home.