The weekend with Eurovision

 Hi,

What a big weekend. And I could not put up a lot of the pics from Friday as they were a bit gruesome - Juliet's injury is still spectacular.

Thursday night I made sourdough for the weekend. And Friday saw me up early to do track clearing work up Sunny Grove with Andrew.

Sourdough for us

Track clearing with Andrew

Cute fungus

We left the car at about 9.15 and carried up loppers, spade, grubber and saws to the first high junction and then wandered back down, clearing away overgrowth on the side of the track. And overhead. Wow. It was exhausting business. And when Andrew finally said that I needed to get away, I was surprised to see almost 3 hours had gone by.  11:53am. Where did that time go? It was very satisfying.

Andrew dropped me back at their place and I jumped in the car and headed to Chillax for coffee and cheese scones and went around to visit Juliet. Met Dan properly too.

Chillax iced latte

I chatted to Juliet at her place then we went into her GP for her wound dressing. They took one look at it - conferred with a GP - and sent Juliet to ED. Oh dear. We went to get a few things from her home, said goodbye to Dan who was going to work, look after the girls and then come into ED later. I dropped Juliet off at ED and then heard back that they were pumped her full of antibiotics and keeping her for a few days to observe. Not good. But obviously she is in the best place for the nest outcome. Her injury is still very nasty looking. I hope she responds well to the treatment and gets home today.

Friday night relaxing

Waitangi park run

We were up Saturday morning for Park Run. And I pushed myself and ended up almost puking at the end. Hahah.  8 seconds outside my previous PB. But it was slow to start and windy as! Saw Simon and Becky and then Felix and Fiona from work. Very social. Mike went for another run while I sat in Joe's Garage.

Hey Felix!

Joe's Garage after our run

We had a very nice brekkie then Mike went to see about cakes in Arobake and I went to Shut up and Dance with Jessie. New instructor today. Spice Girls was the theme. Hahah. Good fun.

With Jessie after Shut Up and Dance

At Swimsuit post dancing!

Quick coffee at Swimsuit on Dixon. Mike met us and then off home. Got the house tidy for Eurovision the next morning.

Up for Eurovision nice and early after a noisy, windy night. Little did I know then why it was so noisy in the night!  Got the food all ready. And around 7am when it kicked off, the punters arrived.

Brekkie laid out

And it starts

Keen as

Iced latte

Some of the punters

Ange and Danita were first on the scene. Sarah turned up not too long after the start. Grant came! Yay! Maarten and Irina. Kara. Christine had been put to see Tilly and arrived halfway through the songs.

We all did not enjoy Austria this year and sure enough.... they were contenders through the jury judging. Australia didn't make the final. Milkshake Man got the heave ho in the semis. But when Israel got the top spot and only one vote was left, we were all rooting for Austria. And they came in clutch! Snatched the victory. And yes, the guy can sing. But it is opera. Sigh. Okay. More evidence I do not understand European tastes.

When Mike was saying goodbye to people, he glanced down the side of the house and saw the greenhouse had been destroyed by the winds overnight.

Fixing the mess the weather caused

Last harvest

So we braved the pouring rain and tidied up best we could. The plastic looks almost intact. The main thing will be if we've lost poles over the edge into the bush. We tidied it up, Mike got the last of the chillies, and we went back inside.

We did also tidy the garage so I can actually use the gym up there again. Will do that today in my lunch break.

Great weekend. So busy. And so cold and wet.

Have a great week ahead.

Love,

Angela