Well, we left Wellington in fair enough weather at 8am but as we approached Porirua it didn't look good further north. Sure enough, it rained on us. Oops - because I hadn't packed any jackets. And we were heading up to Waikanae to visit the marae for the Waitangi Day celebrations. All outside. Bit of walking. Uh oh.
We had Maccas for breakfast on the way and then arrived in a timely manner at the Tabor household. Aidan found some jackets for all of us (lucky, eh?) and we walked to the marae in drizzling rain. But, true to form, it stopped raining on the way there. Brilliant sunshine for the most part.
The marae was a lot of fun. Mike and Aidan lined up to hongi the marae elders and I scarpered with the kids to some seats under the tent. The hongi took ages and it was an hour late by the time it kicked off. We heard a lot of welcomes and the kids were well behaved despite a lot of speeches. We left at about 11.45am and walked back home. A little bit of rain to remind us why we had the jackets as we walked back. Then more brilliant sunshine. Weird place we live in.
Aidan had a great lunch sorted in no time. Then we chilled out for the afternoon. The boys played outside and inside and we chatted about this and that. Aidan and I took Lulu for a walk and I was introduced to the blackberry patch. I may visit in February often!
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| View from the walk over to Kapiti Island |
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| Yummy blackberries |
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| My feet look great, even in my sneakers. |
Then off home to sort out for the rest of the week. Mike is at home today (Thursday). He was going to work from home because the digger is arriving for the piles for the slab out the back. But he had a migraine during the night (he says he had far too good a day yesterday!) and will have sick leave instead. With lots of sleeping.
My road bike (courtesy of John S) is in the bike shop getting a service. Hopefully it'll come out looking fine for me to ride this year.
Have a great day!
Love,
Angela
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