Taking Friends Up Mt Manaia

During the Summer our dear friends Kay and Doug came up from Hamilton to stay with us. We decided to take them up Mt Manaia to show them the beautiful view of the harbour and wow what a breathtaking view we got on this beautiful sunny day.

Baby Lamb Rescue

In August our lovely Finnish Daughter Laura came home from School to find this little lamb in distress at the back of the house. Wet through in the Pouring rain and no Mother Sheep to take care of her it was Laura to the rescue. Brought the lamb into the house for the night and found it a nice cosy little box to sleep in. Got a bottle of milk from the Farm Manager and it was quite content to have a sleep for the night. Next morning before School it was taken outdoors and right away ran off and found its Mother. Again together and happy to have survived the night of the storm. Good one Laura. Another N.Z experience to share back in Finland next year.

Today we had Claudia, Gerold and Carsten waking up at Our Home but not to a beautiful sunrise like this. We are so disappointed and want to show this scene to them. They have to come back to see this sunrise before they go home to Germany.

In San Francisco

Hello there to all. Yes we have arrived in the good ol USA and having a lovely time in our Hotel in San Francisco. Yesterday arrived in the early afternoon and came to our Hotel. Got all organised and rested up and then called Susanne our Finnish family. Paulina's sister who just got married to Tom last month in Finland. Tom is an American and they have a home together now in the City of San Francisco. They invited us to Dinner and we met up at the Fishermans Wharf and they took us to their home. We had a wonderful BBQ with them and their lovely neighbours who were very interested in N.Z. We had an absolutely wonderful night with them and even looked at some of their Wedding photos. Oh so beautiful and the scenery of Finland was just lovely too. They drove us back to our accommodation and here we have had a lovley lie in and caught up on some zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzs before heading off tomorrow for our big adventure in Florida. Really looking forward to that. Leave here at noon tomorrow for the Airport and fly out at 3 o'clock. Arrive there at 11pm their time and straight to our hotel. Certainly will be a busy day but we are all ready for it now. Well hope all is good back home will try and catch up again when I can on this Blog. Love to all, Nina and Peter xxxxxxx

Holiday and Friends

We are off our our holidays on Sunday and really looking forward to having a nice trip to the USA. Going to do some sightseeing and enjoy some quality time together as well as a little relaxing but best of all we are going to catch up with some dear friends from Canada. That will be the highlight of our trip. Mike and Lauri and our newer friends Andy and Lucy will sure be a fun group to be with. We had a marvelous time together in N.Z with them earlier in the year and over in Australia for a short visit as well. The Kiwis and the Canadians will be in fulltime good time mode!!!!! Yes indeed. Let the Good times Roll!!!!!!

Raising the Flag on the Island

On the weekend Jordan and Kesia came to stay and the adventure for the weekend was to erect a flag Pole on the Island. The first attempt on Saturday was not successful as it only stayed up for a short while so back we all went on Sunday for another attempt with all the tools of the trade to make a better effort. Needless to say this attempt was successful and is still flying several days later. Hoorah for Jordan and Kesia with their Pops help. A grand effort and fitting it was erected using the bamboo growing on the Island. A nice afternoon tea picnic of corn chips was enjoyed by all and of course the photographer was there to take the pictures as you can see.

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