Love the colours in Autumn. I had to edit this photo because it just didn’t turn out with the vibrancy of colour that was actually there. There is something comforting about fallen leaves, the warm colours and memories of kicking my feet through piles of them in the garden or out on walks with my family as a little girl.
Morning walks around the lake have resumed now that hockey training has started again. Think it’s going to be a bit hit and miss this term with all the travelling I’ll be doing so I’ll make the most of them when I can. I looked out for the spoonbills where I saw them last week but they have moved to the other side of the lake. Fast asleep too at 7.15! Lazy!
Mothers’ Day
Love my boys and proud of them too. Planned a Mothers’ Day meal but Lachlan couldn’t stay because he needed to take a friend to hospital who had been assaulted. Disappointed he wasn’t with us but proud that he looks after his mates. Looking forward to tomorrow when we’ll get together again. This was breakfast outside in the garden this morning.
Back home, the sun shone, a day in the garden clearing up and uncovering surprises. It is still so warm in our Indian Summer that our veggies are still coming and although feijoas are pretty much done, it is citrus season and we have limes and clementines.
A day in Wellington learning Te Reo and getting immersed in language again. Loved it but it was good to get home in time to go and see the last quarter of Aonghas’ hockey game. This time he was the coach and not a player. Great to see my boys growing up and taking on responsibility. Aonghas is coaching an intermediate school team and Lachlan is coaching Aonghas’ football team.
Hockey team came away with a 1-0 win, football today was a 6-6 draw.
So I went for a walk around the bays today. Well a bit of the way round and then over the top. To meet a friend and it turned out to be two friends! We had a lovely evening catching up and nearly, very nearly getting caught up in the pub quiz! After the first rainy day in months, Wellington turned on a pretty spectacular sunset.
Star Wars day and I think this psychedelic journey is apt.
Can never resist taking photos out of plane windows! Great light through the clouds to the sea flying into Wellington this afternoon. Edited with Snapseed.
Hockey season has started which means morning walks around the lake. It is dark when I set off and the birds are just waking up. By the time I got round the pigeons which had been gently cooing were flitting around, I had heard the geese fly over honking loudly and land in the middle of the lake before floating serenely to the bank. Today, as well as the usual pukeko, ducks and moorhens I saw a solitary grey heron and a couple of white spoonbills. Difficult to get in-focus shots of moving birds in the mist but I like this one of the heron. Interesting any which way round.
Only one photo today! I can’t believe that the Pat and the Posties Oxfam team got together again for the first time after the event and we didn’t take a photo! Too much chatting, catching up and generally enjoying ourselves!
However, I did take this photo of the pink ‘fairy fluff’ on this flamboyant dish that one of the team ordered.
