The weekend in Wellington after our southern adventure

 Hi,

We are totally prepping for a blog about our trip.  Honest!  However, it might be a little time coming.  But for now, here is an update on the exciting weekend we just had.

Happy anniversary Mike.  :-)

Friday saw Toby and I hunt down our Christmas tree.  Our usual place in Te Aro school wasn't selling them this year - for the first time in 45 years.  And possibly the first time we couldn't buy from them since about 2009.  Toby sussed out other spots and we headed to the Zealandia overflow carpark.  

Nope.  They only sell at weekends.  We consoled ourselves with an iced latte and the Mini coffee bar and then decided we'd go find our own wilding pine.

Back to the garage for a saw and off we went to Te Ahumairangi hill.  We wandered around trying to find a half decent tree for our festive needs.

Toby shows our two candidates off

Tackling a branch

Happy to hunt for our tree

Not sure we got the best looking tree in the neighbourhood - but it is our tree.  And Toby reckons it typifies the covid era.  Bit scraggly.  But it will do.

Mini bar iced latte

We did enjoy our iced latte at Mini coffee bar in Northland.  Mmmm  One of the best around.  Toby enjoyed the barista's banter too.

Our wilding pine Christmas tree

Moxley checks out our tree

Saturday saw me and Mike at boot camp.  Then Toby and I popped over to feed Coco.  She was not happy that I was there.  Guarded her dental chew fiercely with a growl.

Toby and I go check on Coco

Sunday saw us up early to head for the AFL grand final day.  Bit windy (when is it not?) and slightly damp from time to time as drizzly rain tried to dribble to the ground.  Our team, Nga Manu Rere (the flying birds) got off to a poor start - 2 behinds to 2 goals in the first quarter.  And despite probably have more possession and more 50m incursions, we couldn't capitalise.  We lost by 8 points when the final whistle went.

I felt like I played quite well.  So I was generally happy.  Team did well.  Just not ours on the day.  Minor premiers.  But not grand final winners.

Grand Final day

I am ready

Popped into Sally and Andrew's place for a drink and a catch up.  Their floors have been sanded and look fantastic.

Back home via feeding Coco.  

Moxley claims her spot

Then decides she needs two paws to really lay claim

Off to bed early and ready for my first day back at work.

Have an awesome day!

Love,

Angela