It’s 4 am here, and I’m just about to leave for the airport, bound for Dublin.
First stop Sydney, for lunch with the local oookcrossers, then (after the super-long-haul to London) a couple of days with the out-laws in Wales, then I hitch a ride on the witch’s broomstick and we’re off around Ireland for a few weeks, reaching Dublin just in time for the convention.
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‘m going to two different events over the next few days to which I’ve been asked to bring a plate. No, we’re not suffering from some sort of national crockery shortage – “Bring a plate” is a lovely little New Zealand English phrase meaning bring some food to contribute to a shared meal (usually afternoon…
Harvestbird and I and a mini-Harvestbird had a shopping trip to the Warehouse this morning (with bonus cake at Make Cafe and playground time afterwards), so while we were there I found some lights for the tree (with some difficulty – the usual problem of a million varieties of lights and none of them actually…
This is one of my favourite things at this time of year: I’ve got a large wintersweet bush in the garden, and for about 10 months of the year it’s an ugly, scraggly looking thing that I’m tempted to just rip out. But then at this time of year I remember why it’s worth keeping. …
s you can probably tell from the sudden drop-off in blog posts, life is very much back into the normal pattern of work, work, and more work, and feeling like there’s not enough hours in the day to get everything done I want to (and term hasn’t even started yet, so there’s still study to…
I met Lytteltonwitch in town after work again tonight so we could sample more of the delights of the food trucks in the Square. Not that there were all that many delights to be had, actually – the season is almost over (next Friday is the last until next summer), so there were only a…
It’s been all change here over the last few weeks, with Nephew #1 and NOL moving up to Christchurch and into my backyard. There’s been a lot of coming and going of both sets of parents to get them settled in, and to do some much-needed work to clear trees and make the back of…
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All the very best on your latest adventure sweetheart. Enjoy every minute of it. Mxxx
I will! In Sydney now – I met up with the Sydney bookcrossers for lunch, and now I’m back at the airport, waiting for my next flight (I like Sydney airport – free internet! :-))
See you when I get back!
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