Our days at Aroha cottage have settled into a pattern of hot sunshine and pure laziness. I've read 4 books in 6 days and am now lying in the shade of a tree in the garden listening to the crickets and a download from 2fm and dammit, an ant has just crawled under the shift button. The hot weather is making us all browner and Mick is starting to look like David Dickinson.
The others have left to walk to the general store about 2km away to get an ice-cream to celebrate the end of homeschooling. I will celebrate later with a vat of wine. This picture is of Emma finishing her very last sum and Matt with his 'new hair'
Once we get over to Takaka on the 1st of Feb we will have a week to get settled and then Jan will come up from Invercargill with Holly and Charlotte and stay for a week. Sam will come just for the weekend because of work. A couple of days after they leave Catherine will come to visit this time with Jill and Steve who are on a 4 week trip to NZ. We're looking forward to seeing them and hope the good weather holds up for their visit.
to add .. I'm posting this from Takaka where we have come for the day to meet matt and Emma's principal and have a look round the school. It's lovely and they're both quite looking forward to Tuesday when they start. The principal was in bare feet as seems to be more the norm than not in Takaka and told M and E that we were very mean sending them to school on their holidays.
Here are some photos of the past few days on Kina Beach.
Love the hair - hope Mick didn't make too much of a fuss about having to get it cut. Gorgeous weather here today. Finally got back around the whole "Bays" circuit on the bike this morning, and now enjoying the sight of lots of Ocean Swimmers ploughing through the very gentle swell. All the best for the trip over the Big Hill!
ReplyDeleteAgree with the David Dickinson comment - definitely the Real Deal
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