Goodbye Jess

1996 - 8.10.2014

Climbing the mountain

Family have been visiting and we had a sparkling day last week to climb the mountain.  This was taken by a budding photographer (aged 4) and if you look carefully you can see snow in the background.

He's back!

Ferdie, the Taranaki team mascot, has been out injured for the last three games but on Friday he made a triumphant return to the field.

And we won!

Weeds

are my gardening speciality but if you look carefully you will also see kale, broccoli and garlic.

Out and about

I've only got one weekend at home this month what with massed birthdays, a friend's wedding and of course, more weaving.  It kind of liked that, even though I'm not sure who I am or where I am sometimes, my airline seat knows what's what.

Something in the air

Last Thursday night the regional rugby competition started.

  It was cold, it was windy, it was wet and despite looking promising at half time, it was a draw.  A sign of things to come with pretty much the same scenario in the first Bledisloe cup game on Saturday, which I missed.  Why?  Another weaving weekend that produced this...

a wahakura or baby sleeping basket.

Lifting the limit

This weekend saw the last ever 24 hour book sale.  I'm going to miss it but not right away.  Why?  See below.

This is what the removal of my self imposed shopping limit looks like.  5, yup, count them, 5 bags.  I'm going to ration myself and if I'm careful I reckon I can make this stash last for quite some time.