The Thursday with lunch with Aidan

Hi,

Yesterday was a far nicer day than I expected from the forecast.  So nice that when I met Aidan for lunch, so wasn't even wearing her red beret.  That meant she snuck right up on me without me noticing until she was virtually right there.  I hope she doesn't think I was ignoring her.

We went to Rahzoo, which is one of my favourite lunch places.  I always eat the feta and spinach enchilada with two side salads.  Mmmmm.  I am astonished that I can eat so much spinach in one meal because there is a lot of spinach and not so much feta.  We chatted away about various things.  I usually like to walk afterwards with Aidan.  But I had drunk so much water just before lunch it meant I was so desperate to find a toilet that I had to return to work.  Gee, with my ignoring her at the start of lunch and a fast abandonment at the end, I might have relationship damage control to perform.

I drove home in a rush yesterday because Mike had the car in town and I was running late with some last minute work things.  But Toby was all good.  We had tea late and packed for the weekend.  Then we dropped out gear around at Doro's house.

There is a full moon tonight.  The second one in July so it is a Blue Moon.  Just like the expression.

We're off to Ruapehu this evening after work.  But the forecast up there is a bit pants.  I have books to read.  Oh - I have no chocolate.  I might need to find some.  Hahah.

Wee Karen has a birthday tomorrow.  Happy birthday wee girl.  Those that don't know her might think she is about 5 years old from my birthday wishes.  But I think we can add a few decades onto that.  She is my baby sister though.  And very cute still.  I hope she has a lovely day.

Love,
Angela

The Wednesday with dinner out for me and Toby

Hi,

I managed to sneak out for a coffee with Mary in the morning to catch up with her news and the iced coffee at Mixed Business was as good as usual.

Iced coffee

Toby fixed my photo

When Toby got a hold of my phone, he kindly edited the photo for me.  And put a smiley face over the top.  Can you even recognise it is me?

Toby is a bit big for the Postman Pat truck

Toby got off the school bus in town and came to my work.  I took him to our appointment and then we bought sneakers for Nepal for him.  So he can walk for hours in good shoes.  Size 10 US.  Ridiculous size for his feet.

From there we went to Mama Brown's for dinner.  We both ate the ribs.  Mmmmmm.

Waiting for tea

 Mike came past and collected us after dropping in to say goodbye to Martin.  He's off to live in San Francisco with Amy.  Wow!  Lucky.

We got home and I went almost straight to bed.  I was a bit tired.

This morning is wet and cold here.  Although I haven't seen any rain as yet.  But time for a tea.

Have a wonderful day.

Love,
Angela

The Tuesday that came and went

Hi,

I think I might be back in the normal groove of work now.  Busy day ahead.  But it is my sisters' birthday today!  Woot.  I hope they have a lovely day and the weather is better than here.

Yep - today is a little yucky here.  Not too cold, but it is wet.

Yesterday I got the car from Mike at work because he was headed off for dinner and drinks with colleagues.  Aidan fancied a lift home so I detoured to collect her and we had a good catch up on the way to her place via Kelburn and her boys.

I got home and chatted to Toby.  He seemed happy enough and had done his homework already.

I got tea ready - slow cooker.  So not a lot to do.  And it was yummy.

Mike came home after his evening out and we all went to bed.  And listened to horrible weather starting.

But it is halfway through the week and we have a ski weekend to look forward to.  Yay!

Have a fantastic day - especially if it is your birthday.

Love,
Angela

The Monday that disappeared in a blur

Hi,

I think I blinked and missed it.  Work was frenetic.  But I don't think it was any different to usual.  Maybe my holiday last week has dulled my hyped up work brain.  Hahah.  Gee, I wish I was still skiing with Toby.  Shame it isn't a sustainable lifestyle.  Well, not for us anyway.

Rode home and found no sign of Toby.  Mike was coming home from the Hutt so he dropped in at the library to see if he was there.  But Toby walked into our place not long after Mike left the Hutt Valley.  He'd had a good day at school.  Yay for good days.

I cooked tea with Mike's help.  Toby's favourite.  Chicken schnitzels.  With potatoes, broccoli and carrots (raw - did you have to even ask?).  The whole lot disappeared.  Toby can certainly eat when he likes the food on offer.

Mike and I went grocery shopping after that.  I had to drive because Mike had a wine with his meal.  We enjoyed ourselves and back in time for a long read before sleep claimed me.  Not sure what is going on at the moment but I fall asleep in seconds and sleep deeply.  Nice.

Have a terrific Tuesday everyone.

It's my sisters' birthday tomorrow.  I hope they are going to have a wonderful day tomorrow.

Love,
Angela

The weekend with a Wellington focus

Hi,

Wow - it felt a little odd to have a relaxing weekend in Wellington.  Hahah.  Turns out there was stuff on to look at.  Wellington was celebrating 150 years as the nation's capital.  Woot!  There was loads on in town, and we did get to see some of it.

Friday after work saw Ange pop in for an evening of chatting.  Mike and Ange were in the mood for long talks.  Eventually the long working week (two days!) caught up with me and I was lying on the couch, drifting off a bit. But I was listening to them.  It was just past my bedtime,  Hahah.  I drove Ange home and then back home for a comatose sleep.

Saturday Mike went out to work in the morning and I drove up to Paraparaumu to do a 7km run with Mary from work.  We ran up the Waikanae river right next to her house.  It was a stunning morning.  The river was beautiful.  I did the run in just under 44 minutes.  Yay.  We have a 10 km run coming up soon.  Mary wants to do it in under 1 hour.  I think I will aim for 1 hour 10 minutes.  Hahah.

I got home and Mike got home from work not long after me.  He had a brochure from the 150 celebration so we lined up some stuff to do.

As we drove to Repco to get a replacement light bulb for our car headlight, Aidan called.  We arranged to meet at Parliament later for the light show and concert.  Yay!  A plan.  Of sorts.

The Te Papa off site storage was open to visitors, so we queued up and just managed to get in before the shut the doors for the day.

Shackleton's sled!  Wow!

We saw loads of tanks for specimens filled with alcohol.  We had to turn off cellphones in case we ignited the air.  Wow.  They have a new colossal squid.  We got to see it!

We saw Ernest Shackleton's sleds.  Made from bamboo.  We saw loads of bones and old furniture.  It was rather fascinating.

Look, dear!

Waiting for Mike

From there we went straight to the Beehive for the light show and Dave Dobbyn concert.  Aidan had staked a place with her blanket and we all sat on that and ate pizza Mike kindly went to buy for us.  And drinks too!  Good on him.  Mike took the boys away (they were bored) and Aidan and I stayed for the concert and light show proper.

Light show at the Beehive

My feet and Aidan's in the background

Birthday candles on the Beehive

Can anyone guess whose foot is whose?  Hint - mine are always stunning.  Aidan's are ok, but mostly functional.  Honest!

At one point we did a selfie and then a foot selfie.  It was a bit cold to take off footwear, so we probably got quite a few odd looks.  And if you look carefully in the photo above, you can see the Southern Cross pointers.  I love this photo.

Selfie while lying down

Aidan also took a selfie of us lying down.  It was weird because we were surrounded by people standing up.  So all we could see was a whole heap of chins above us.

Anyhow, we enjoyed ourselves, and although the weather was spectacular for a July evening, it was cold.  We huddled under the blanket and any time Aidan moved too far from me, I hauled her back.  The only part that stayed warm was the part closest to her.

Aidan dropped me home and collected her boys.  We watched a movie (Mortal Kombat - groan).  Then I slept the sleep of the dead.

Sunday was a bit more lazy.  I was supposed to tidy lots.  The bathroom and laundry got done.  But not a lot else.  Magnus came over.  Mike went to work.  I did finish my book.  Hahah.

We had tea after Magnus went home and Mike got back.  We watched a documentary together on some bank heist in London in 1975.  Funny.  Different times.

Today is Toby's first day back at school after his three weeks off.  I hope he has a great day.

Love,
Angela

The Thursday back at work

Hi,

Boom!  Shock of being back at work.  Mind you, it was over in a blur.  Friday already!  Wow.  Wish I had two day weeks more often.  Hahah.

Mike drove me to the Tabor house to collect Toby.  We managed to get a cup of tea and a chat out of Aidan before we had to go.  Mike ordered Indian takeaways for us and we all listened to a podcast that Toby has found.   Two guys from North Carolina that now live in LA and they talk about stuff.  They have known each other since grade 1.  But now they are married with kids and they usually have guest speakers in.  But the ones I have heard are just the two of them.  We have heard about adventures in Walmart, rites of passage for boys to men in various cultures and cases of head injuries producing savant skills in people.  They are just entertaining.

I went to bed after reading to Toby and I tried to listen to a podcast, but I just fell asleep in seconds.  I have no staying awake powers at all.

Right.  The weekend beckons.  We have a Wellington weekend.  Woot!  I need to sort out Toby's applications for schools next year and take him op shopping for a suit for his Halloween costume.  Could be tricky.

Have a wonderful weekend.

Love,
Angela

The holiday with Toby down south

Hi,

Oh, it's a shock to be back at work.  I'll need to tell you all about our holiday at some stage.  But I am a little too busy right now getting back into routine.

Toby and I had a brilliant time in Methven at Pudding Hill Lodge.  We built snowmen ( there was snow lying all around our accommodation), had snowball fights, skied, ate at cafes and slept lots.

My snow angel

With snowman one

Two snowmen facing off

Love his hair!

This looks so cute

Catch this, Mum!

Right - I need to get stuck in.  Have a fantastic day.

Love,
Angela

The Thursday with Toby back

Hi,

Toby had an awesome day yesterday.  He caught up with William and they went into town to see Ant-Man together.  They actually said it was good and Toby said I would like it and I should take him.  Ok.  I wasn't convinced from the shorts, but there you go.

Turns out that Emerson and Duncan also went to see it - with Jackie.  And when I caught up with her in the evening, she said it was really good.  Interesting.  So now it is on my list.

I got the car to take home after work and Aidan needed a lift with the contents of her desk (they are moving around on the floor this weekend I think.  Not sure she can tell me - it's probably classified).  She had two shoe boxes and a carton with stuff in it.  Including a box of tea.  When she gets back to work (I think she has next week off with the boys), it could be deprivation for her.

Mike is off to Ruapehu this weekend and leaves after work today.  He's driving a van load up.  The weather looks pants, but you never know.

Toby and I have an action-packed weekend.  Saturday is Pax's birthday - he turns one!  Woot.  So we're going to that.  And then Isaac wants to see him, so I'll drop him over there.  If I'm lucky I might get a cup of tea with Isaac's mother (Sally).  Sunday I want to try a long run in the morning.  Then I want to take Toby and his mates (Emerson, Duncan and William) to Armageddon.  Wonder if I can fit in a breakfast with them.  That'd make me happy.

Then Sunday evening Toby and I fly to Mt Hutt for three days.  Back on Wednesday evening.  Can't wait!  We have a rental car booked (a 4WD) and Pudding Hill Lodge (always our accommodation of choice) lined up.  Bring that on!

Have a marvellous weekend.

Love,
Angela

The Wednesday with Toby back

Hi,

Well, that Wednesday passed me by like a blur.  I can't believe I am wearing a purple shirt for "Purple Shirt Thursday" because it feels like Wednesday never existed.  I guess the upside is, Friday will come sooner than I expect.  Woot!

Iced coffee - decaf! - at Mixed Business

I did sneak out with Rex to Mixed Business to have a decaf iced coffee.  Sluuurrrrppp.  Yum.  That was a good catch up time with him.  We hardly see each other at the moment as he is on client sites constantly.

I rode home yesterday after work and enjoyed it.  It's been a wee while since I did that.  I was fluffing around when Mike got home earlier than expected and he made a delicious Spaghetti Bolognese. 

But before tea we ate Tim Tams - peanut butter flavour.  They smelled delicious, but they were standing a long way from peanut butter when they made them.  How did they make them smell like peanut butter, and taste bland?

Peanut butter Tim Tams!

What does this face say about them?

 Yummo.  After I scoffed the spag bol down I went grocery shopping.  I bumped into three people I know.  Very social shopping.

Then off to see Christine for a cup of tea.  We watched Dangerous Roads.  It made Christine sick.  It made me want to go find those roads.  Awesome holiday!  I also showed her the wonders of pause television.  She was astounded.

Back home and read to Toby before bed.  Zzzzzzz.

Have an awesome day!

Love,
Angela

The Tuesday with Toby home

Hi,

The novelty of having Toby with us is still really high.  And I get smothered in kisses if I get close enough - so I think he also likes being here.  Mind you, he also asked if he could go back this week to visit Nana,  So, perhaps he's in two minds.

Yesterday was a crazy logistics day.  I drove in super early then drove home to get Toby for an appointment across town.  I got him sushi for morning tea and lunch and then back to work,  Mike went out to the car and moved it to the car parking building.  I collected it after work and the car parking ticket man realised it was just me in the car and not my terribly sick husband.  "He's finally at home sick, is he?" he asked.  Hahahah.

I went and collected Toby and we drove out to Spruce Goose for dinner with Fran and Roz.  Woot!  Awesome choice.

Spruce Goose iced coffee gets a 7 from me

Their iced coffee was unusual.  Made with ice cream - like, blended into it, I think.  It was good.  Sweet, and not strongly coffeey.  I quite liked it for a change.  I ate their steak and Toby loved the pieces he had.  But I think he'd eaten a few Tim Tams during the afternoon and was not starving.

Good to catch up with Fran and Roz.  They are off to Rarotonga for their birthday.  Turns out their birthdays are within days of each other and they'd never said.  Lucky things.  I asked them to blog so I could live vicariously through them, but they pointed out their blog would go:

Day 1.  Sat around pool, relaxing
Day 2.  Read book around the pool
Day 3.  Checked out the beach for a swim

And so on.

Hahahah!  Sounds like an unusual holiday.  For me.  But our Samoa holiday was a little similar, I guess.  And on the way home last night (after we collected Mike from town), Mike mentioned he wants to return to Samoa for a holiday.  I vote yes.  And Toby certainly does too.

Rode into work this morning and avoided any rain.  But it is different from yesterday.  Heavily overcast.  And windy.  From the north.

Have a wonderful day.

Love,,
Angela

The Monday with Toby home!

Hi,

The Monday came, stomped on me, and left.  But at least along the way I had a nice lunch with Aidan and Greg and then got to see Toby!  Woot!

View of snow capped Tararuas from my desk yesterday

Aidan finally said yes to the new Vietnamese place that has opened across the road from work on Lambton Quay.  We all ordered the pho, with the woman behind the counter being impressed with Aidan's pronunciation.  It was pretty good for my first pho.  Not that I have a lot of compare it to.  But, it was hot, and fresh and the noodles were yum.  So, I call that "pretty good".

Then Mike came past work later and collected me and we went home to eat and tidy before Toby arrived back from Dunedin.  Mike cooked a lovely stir fry and then I tackled the depths of Toby's room.  He even got it luxed.  Wow!

Pretty soon we were off to the airport.  His flight was early.  He was on a prop plane direct from Dunedin.  No television screens.  He was a bit disappointed at that.  But the steward gave him fudge, so that cheered him up.  We got lots of hugs when he got off the plane.  So nice to see him.  He looked so well.

Back home and we read together before going to sleep.  Toby had a bit of trouble sleeping, but we most certainly didn't.

Toby has a week of playdates booked in.  I think I have to arrange one of them to finalise it.

And an appointment today.  So I'll drive home soon, and collect him.

I'm seeing Roz tonight (I think).  She is down in Wellington for work.  Woot!  Toby is coming to dinner with us.

Have an awesome day.

Beautiful morning from my desk

Love,
Angela

The weekend with no Toby but loads of activities on

Hi,

Toby comes home today!  Yay!  Can't wait to see him.  Squash his cute cheeks.

But what a weekend, in his absence.  Mike's weekend adventure was cancelled due to all the road closures in the central North Island.  So, he was home with me.

I got a pedicure for my feet on Friday.  Evidence below.  Thanks Sally and Andrew (birthday treat).

Looking mighty fine.  An affair in Red Square 

But I was up and pampered at home Saturday morning with breakfast in bed from Mike.  Then off to see Sophie and wee Pax.  Such a lovely visit.  He is a wee cutie.  Sophie and I walked to Charlie's Cafe near her house and got some lunch.  I got a good iced coffee and now Sophie and I have plans for a brunch there soon.

Looking a bit surprised with this iced coffee.  It was good!

Then off to Adrenalin Forest for Serge's birthday.  Woot!  What fun.  But so tiring.  My technique must be pants because even today my upper body is quite sore.

Safety training

 All of us made it through to level 3.  I did 3a with Celia and James.  It was pretty tough.  James and Serge went onto level 4 while we went for a cup of tea.  Very sensible decision on my part.

Trained and ready

Some of the easier paths

Bit higher

Went home to chat to Mike before going to Siam Reap with Serge and his mates for dinner.

Birthday dinner

 Up super early.  3.45am.  Showered and dressed in ski gear ready for the day trip to Turoa for the first day skiing of the season.  Picked up Doro and Martin and sang most of the way up.  They may choose other transport in future.

Ruapehu from Waiouru

Martin is ready!

Selfie

Snow and Taranaki

Angela and Mt Taranaki

Selfie on the second last run

At base

Sun sets behind me with Mt Taranaki

Pink sunset glow on Ruapehu

Woah!  Awesome sunset

The snow was superb.  They need a bit more, but it was predictable and there was enough of it.  Eventually they opened the High Noon Express although only had one trail groomed down from it, down a black run.  I had a ball on that all afternoon.  Although I was taking the icy trail until Martin told me the other way was lovely.

Almost got a run with Mary from work.  But not quite.  Next time!

Drove home via kebabs in Bulls.  I drove down the mountain with the chains on and felt the car slide a wee bit.  Exciting.  But the rest of the drive was easy.

Today is lovely here in Wellington.

Enjoy your week.

Love,
Angela

The Thursday with dinner out, masquerading as Mike

Hi,

Well, I definitely ate lots yesterday.  I caught up with Aidan for lunch and had dumplings again with her.  My photo made her want after dumplings.  Oh.  Two days in a row, I am now dumplinged out. And then she wanted dessert.  Woah!  I was so full after stuffing a cronut in on top of the dumplings.  But it was such a good catch up with Aidan, I was totally prepared to eat to accommodate her needs.  Hahahah.

It would have done me for the day.  But Mike said he couldn't make the Social Club gourmet event he had arranged so I went in his place.  An intimate affair for 5 of us.  Good fun.

Cafe Pasha 

Bern brought this out of the deep recesses of her cupboard, which we are renaming her cellar

One of us brought along an old bottle of wine from the depths of the cupboard.  A 1998 bottle.  Older than our marriage, Mike!  They all declared it pretty good.  The wine.  Not our marriage.  They don't know what our marriage is like.  We bought loads of 1999 wine back in the day when we got married.  And every year for a while Mike would open one up on our anniversary and compare the wine to our marriage.  See which one had weathered better.  Hahah.  He always gave the right answer.

Right.  Today is so wet.  Not as cold though.  Toby and I have three days in Methven in ten days time.  I can't wait.  We are going to ski, ski, ski!  And eat.  And...  well.  Have fun!

He is enjoying Dunedin.  We chatted lots last night before bed.

Have a fantastic day.  Mike is off to the mountain tonight.  Although all the roads are closed now.  So perhaps not.  I have Adrenalin Forest and a visit with Sophie tomorrow.

Woot!

Have a good weekend.

Love,
Angela

The Wednesday with no Toby

Hi,

Went for my run yesterday with Mary and we did 6 km in just a smidge over 36 minutes (well, she was in front of me, so she might have done it in 36 minutes).  To celebrate we ate dumplings for lunch.  Mmmmmm.

Dumplings.

We are having the most freezing weather.  It is so great!  I can't wait to go skiing with Toby to Mt Hutt in about 10 days time.  We're going to have a wonderful time.  Skiing, drinking hot chocolates and planning our next trip there!  We both love Mt Hutt.  And I plan to check out my favourite cafe down in Methven too.  I'm sure there's a date scone with my name on it.

Never been so rugged up to get to work

Mike and I heard hail off and on during the night. And the high hills are covered with snow.  The Skyline track about Vivienne's house up to Mt Kaukau.  I wish I could see the hills on the other side of the harbour today.  But they were shrouded in cloud when we came into town.

Toby must be enjoying the snowy weather in Dunedin still.  Lucky boy.

Right.  Time to start the day with a hot cup of tea.  Enjoy your day.  If it's cold where you are, I hope you get lots of hot cocoa today.

Love,
Angela

The Tuesday with no Toby

Hi,

Wow - the sort of day at work that makes you extremely glad to get home.  Hahah.  Crazy stuff.  It doesn't rain, it pours - sums up yesterday.  But Mike and I had a nice dinner together and rang Toby and chatted away to him.  He is enjoying his holiday down south.

Maybe even more now the snow has kicked in.  He loves the snow.

I asked a colleague to show me a photo of his backyard.  So this is what he sent me.  Looks like lots of white stuff to keep Toby amused.  Snowman time!

Colleague's back yard - thanks Jon!

It's supposed to snow on the hills here today too.  We'll see.  It looks like snow clouds here to me.

Have a wonderful day.  Stay warm.

Love,
Angela

The Monday with no Toby

Hi,

Well, Toby seems to have settled into Dunedin life.  He went to the Highlanders parade up the main street yesterday with Theresa and his Nana.

Toby and Nana

Mike and I tried to ring him in the evening, but they seem to have been gallivanting around Dunedin.  I miss Toby lots though.  But I am sure he is having a great time.  Theresa will collect him on Saturday for a sleepover with their kids.  He'll be thrilled.

Meanwhile, Mike and I got home after work and I cooked tea (if making a salad is really cooking).  Then it was time for my weekend ironing.  Yuck.  What a horrible way to spend Monday evening.  But I watched a David Attenborough documentary so it wasn't as bad as it sounds.

We're due for a cold week.  The forecast has snow falling in the CBD here.  Not sure that will happen but the high for Thursday is supposed to be 4C.  Wow!

Enjoy your day.  I'm off in search of tea.

Love,
Angela

The weekend with wins everywhere

Hi,

Woot - awesome weekend!  Wow.  They don't get a lot better than that.  Well, I mean, they do get better.  You know, with a weekend away somewhere special, or something.  But for a weekend at home, this was great fun!

Friday night my boys were home sick and I was relaxing at work chatting to people when Sally rang.  Said she was off to Boulcott St Bistro with Andrew and could I join them?  Well, I asked Mike and hurtled off wen he said yes.  Yay!  We ate together and I had the best roast eggplant dish.  Yummo!  The taste of beef (Sally) and coq au vin (Andrew) I got was also pretty good.  But mine was the best.

Actually, now that I think about it, the weekend revolved around food.

I caught a taxi home as the bus was going to be 40 minutes away.  I got home and my boys were happy to see me.  Mainly because I'm not sick and I can run after them.  Hahah.

Friday lunch with Ange and Celia at Rahzoo - I love Rahzoo

Up early enough Saturday morning to start the housework.  I got through a fair bit.  Mike said he was better, but after some breakfast where I was in pyjamas and a t shirt with barefeet and he was in jeans, socks, hoodie and then a snowboard jacket and he said he was still cold - he went back to bed.

I pottered around doing laundry and tidying before heading off to have a cup of tea with Aidan and catch up with her news.  She's coming right after being pretty sick all week with the same thing Mike and Toby seem to have.

From there I went to collect Christine and we met Celia at Bethel Woods for lunch.  Christine talked them into doing the breakfast menu for us.  Yum!

We popped out to see Victor, and groomed him a bit.  Celia had a good ride.  Victor was very good.

Lunch at Bethel Woods

I got the giggles - selfies are hard

Celia in complete control

Yep - Victor going just where Celia points

My feet on the fence

Go the Highlanders

 I was wearing my Otago jersey because it was a big day.  Highlanders versus the Hurricanes in Wellington.  I got lots of comments.  All of them friendly.

Hi Victor!

Dropped Christine off at home via the supermarket and went home to see my boys.  Watched a few movies before the rugby started at 9.40pm (free to air was delayed).  We all shouted at the television.  They must have heard us!  Highlanders won 21 - 14.  Nice effort.

Late to bed and so I was half asleep when Aidan called to ask if I wanted to tag along with her to archery.  Of course!  I jumped in the shower and ran up the stairs to the street.  Timed it quite well.  Jumped in the car and out we went.  It was Aidan's first time for a few months.  But it was such fun.

Aidan shows her skills

Photo from below showing the lovely sky and Aidan's technique from an unusual angle

We may have had a quick lunch at the car dealership she likes (ok, they have a cafe there).  She dropped me home whereupon we all went out to Yum Cha.  Well, me, Mike and Toby.  Toby's idea.

Feet at Inside and Out

Yum Cha!

 From there, Mike went to work and Toby and I saw Inside and Out.  The new Pixar movie.  Great movie.

Toby and I caught the bus home.  Then packed for his trip to Dunedin.  The sunset on the way home was brilliant.

Sunset from our street

We dropped him off at the airport and he caught the plane by himself.  Not unaccompanied.  A wee adult - according to the airline.

Bye Toby!

Toby's plane

The day dawned bright and fresh, Monday morning.  Lovely here.

Sunrise today

Time to find some lunch.  I have been super busy today.  Toby is all good in Dunedin.  I miss him.

Love,
Angela