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First of Spring
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Spring has finally arrived, and against all expectations it’s actually feeling quite Spring-like. The weather was mild enough today that I was able to sit outside to have my lunch, and walking home tonight the air was full of the scents of blossom. There’s even a few daffodils springing up amongst the weeds in our…
300km to see a paddock
We’ve discovered a great new internet game, called Geodashing. It’s a bit like Geocaching, in that you follow gps coordinates to obscure places, but there’s no cache. Geodashing is all about the journey. And a new GPS game was all the excuse lytteltonwitch, rarsberry and I needed for an expedition. We checked out the 40…
Signs of Spring
Forget daffodils and blossom, the real sign of the change in the seasons is that the supply flights to Antarctica have started up again. I know this because we live quite near the airport, and the big Starlifter they fly down to the ice in has very loud engines, which need to be warmed up…
Checking in
We’re down in Alexandra, and feeling much better after a good night’s sleep and a relaxing day. Thanks everyone for your kind thoughts and wishes – it really does help enormously to know that people are thinking of you. I saw several flags flying at half mast around town today, and it was strangely affecting….
And while I've got the camera out…
Saffy demonstrates a really comfortable sleeping position. [album 128913 041105saffy.jpg]
It's the second Tuesday of the month…
…and that means it’s Bookcrossing meetup night. Back to Cafe Bleu again (but we’ve decided to go somewhere else next time – we’re all getting a bit bored with them now), and a smallish turn-out: me, Alithia, awhina, lytteltonwitch, and MonkeCatcher. Most of the conversation centred, unsurprisingly, around the rapidly approaching BCNZ Convention, as at…