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Guess what this is???????

This is a cool circle picture of
A. Bird
B. Cat
C. Chicken
D. Peacock
Make your choice!!!!!!!

School Holiday Trip

We had a lovely trip away with our daughter from Finland, Laura and her friend also from Finland, Meri. We went to Waihi and stayed a night with friends there. It was a rainy wet day so we enjoyed the home cooked meal and good company and got set for the next 3 days. Next morning visited the wonderful Water falls near Waihi and went to look at the Gold Mine. Awesome sight and to think they are still getting millions of dollars of gold from it too!!! Wow what a big hole it is!!! Next it was off to the Beach and a lovely lookout looking all along the Waihi Beach and out to Matakana Island. Awesome view! Next stop was the murals at Katikati and interesting they were too!!! Great artists to paint such a colourful picture of days gone by and how it was to be living in New Zealand back in the early days. Off on to Tauranga and our Motel for the night. Had our lunch there in our lovely Accommodation and next thing our friends from Whakatane arrive to share the day with us. Off to look at Tauranga shopping area and then later Dinner at Pizza Hut. Yummy Dinner and we all had a big meal. Had to go and work it all off at theTen Pin Bowling Alley. Meri was the champion, followed by our friend from Whakatane Des and then Laura with Myself, Peter and Doris lagging behind. Great game and enjoyed by all. Have to practise more to beat those finnish girls though!!!

Next day it was the Mount and boy what a wonderful sunny Day we had!!! Just like summertime with wonderful blue skies. Walked all around the Mount to the Harbour side and around the shops back to the beach. Lovely exercise in the sunshine and the scenery as always was stunning. Got some lovely photographs of our time there and then set off to show the girls Te Puke and the Big Kiwifruit. Not the season for picking and packing so a look around the gift shop and at the kiwifruit vines before heading back to Tauranga for our last evening.

Next day off across the ranges to Cambridge and Hamilton. Visited the information centre in Hamilton and the shopping Centre. Had Lunch at Subway and then off to drop off the girls at their Finnish friends host family for their 3 days stay. Great 4 days and very enjoyable. Set off for home and had a good drive back to Whangarei. Fun time away and pleased to be able to show Laura a bit more of our country together with her friend Meri.

Winter Wonderland or Optical Illusion???

Other members of the family are
interested in horses so this photo
will be of special interest for them.
Clever isn't it????

Winter time in Switzerland

Terry went for a trip to Europe and spent all of the winter in the winter wonderland of the Swiss Mountains covered in heaps of snow. What a wonderful time he had snowboarding to his hearts content. Now back home here there is no snow on the doorstep and so he has to be content with a skateboard or a sand board. Of course there is always surfing when it is warm enough!!!!!!

Winter Time

Today is the shortest day down under and the longest day up the top of the globe. They are celebrating summertime while we are having to think of things to do in our winter time to have fun. No snow in the North of our country so we will have to do other activities. Lots of sports and tramping and indoor soup parties perhaps????
Reading could be good too???? Any other suggestions????? Passive sport of course watching rugby and netball and our Team Emirates in the Americas Cup Sailing beginnin this Saturday. GO TEAM NEW ZEALAND