Rā 363 Rātapu 31 o Hakihea

Hogmanay. Last day of 2017. I know my numbers are messed up..maybe sometime in 2018 I’ll go through and work out where I went wrong! Stole a couple of hours out of preparing for holidays and this evening and headed out to Pukemokemoke. Very happy that I managed to run up, down and round twice in less than an hour! AND I saw this beautiful tui. Not sure yet if I am going to continue with a photoaday … I have another project which is a weekly photo challenge. I might just mix it up a bit!

Rā 362 Rāhoroi 30 o Hakihea

Went out today opshop shopping with a friend. Good fun spotting treasures. I came away with two dresses, a couple of chairs and some 1970s fabric to reupholster them. Project for 2018!

Rā 361 Rāmere 29 o Hakihea

The butterflies and bees are out in force right now and Hamilton Gardens with the colourful flowers is a great place to see them.

Rā 360 Rāpare 28 o Hakihea

Raspberries for breakfast every day at the moment. Yum!

Rā 359 Rāapa 27 o Hakihea

My boy playing his guitar. I love listening to him.

Rā 358 Rātu 26 o Hakihea

Boxing Day relaxation. Run around the lake this afternoon. Needed to move after all the food and drink yesterday. It was a bit moody down there today… threatening rain and swirling wind.

Rā 357 Rāhina 25 o Hakihea

Christmas Day 2017.

It was strange not to have any children in the house on Christmas morning. The start of times to come, I suppose.

The boys arrived late morning for brunch. Waffles and fresh fruit with fresh coffee outside in the sunshine.

Board games followed which meant a late dinner. Managed to get the boys together for a family photo. They don’t change!

Rā 356 Rātapu 24 o Hakihea

It was lovely to have Christmas Eve visitors today. A last minute change of plan saw Harry Hoggarth and Megan arrive yesterday afternoon for their last 24hrs of their stay in NZ.

Breakfast in the garden followed by a walk in to town for lunch, then a dash to Auckland airport.

Lovely to see Gus and Harry still friends after all these years.

Rā 355 Rāhoroi 23 o Hakihea

Another run out on the river trails to support Paula training for the 100 miler. Boy it was hot and muggy! Marzipan Snowfig found time to get up to mischief….

Rā 354 Rāmere 22 o Hakihea

What did I do today? Shopping, cleaning, wrapping presents, and found time for a coffee too. Nice to bump into friends while we were there and catch up. And Marzipan Snowfig got up to trouble too.