NoNoNoNo Day 6

Ok, I don’t normally talk politics here, but this is kind of important, so I’m cross-posting it, in the hope that some of my NZ friends see it: This weekend there will be rallies in the four main centres protesting the changes the government wants to make to employment law. There are a whole raft…

On Route 101, somewhere between Santa Cruz and Ventura Amazingly, we achieved our aim of being up by 5 am and on the road by 6 (or 6ish, at least). Having left too early for breakfast, our first stop was a little roadside cafe in an old railway caboose for necessary driver caffeination. Very cute….

Down in Alexandra for a few days visiting family, but that didn’t stop me creating my now-traditional Bookcrossing Christmas tree last night. It’s just in a slightly different location than usual 🙂 Mum (TopKat) came and helped me hang the books, and was terrified we were going to get in trouble for it, especially when…

I can’t remember now how it came up in conversation, but a while back lytteltonwitch and I discovered that neither of us had ever been over Danseys Pass. Which was all the excuse we needed to plan a trip over there for Show Weekend. As seems to be all too common lately, I was nowhere…

The convention is drawing closer, and I’ve been having all sorts of exciting parcels arriving in the mail. No sign of the m-bag from the USA yet, unfortunately, but there was a large mail sack left on the doorstep the other day – it turned out to contain a large box of books from catsalive,…

Ok, I’ve decided that there can be such a thing as too many meetups. Although it was really nice to see everyone today, I was really too tired after yesterday to properly enjoy it. Plus the cafe was really crowded, so we all (me, lytteltonwitch, alkaline-kiwi and friend, otakuu and children, and awhina and the…