Did you miss me?????

Well its been nearly 5 weeks since my last post. 

Due to some hiccups in life I haven't had time to update.

We were due to move house on the 23rd March when on the 21st March ........

Malcolm fell off a ladder and...

...fractured a rib

and we ended up in..

for 5 hours...sigh.

This caused a few problems with the move and we ended up having to hire 2 men and a truck.

=

We have downsized but its not been easy trying to fit a 4 bedroom house and garage with a 2 room basement storage  area into a 3 bedroom house with 1 garage. But somehow we managed, its surprising how much 'junk' you accumulate over the years. Isn't it great there's an inorganic collection this week.

We also have quite nice views to the East and West from the new house.
Including views of the Auckland Sky Tower, One Tree Hill and Mt Roskill. 

The photos of One Tree Hill and Mt Roskill, were taken on Friday morning (19th April) from my dining room window, when we had the most glorious sunrise. Unfortunately you cannot quite see the cross on Mt Roskill from this angle.

One Tree Hill

Mt. Roskill Mountain

Auckland Sky Tower

There are still plenty of Tui around this area as well, as there are a lot of Bottle Brush trees growing in the streets. 

We also have a Karo tree which has amazing flowers in the summer that the native birds love, cannot wait to see this in flower.

I have also had a rotten cold and I have been off work for a few days.

On Sunday (before I got the cold) we went to the Viaduct to watch the final show called The Sailors on the La Loupiote sail boat.

Also the boys from the boat Mistero had just got back from fishing, and had this massive Kingfish about 25 kilos I reckon.

Apart from all of this, things are slowly falling into place, we are settling in nicely and Malcolm's rib is healing.

I still have a nasty cough, but this will also pass in time.

(Hope it doesn't take too long, its driving me nuts)

... and a BIG Thank You to all the Family who helped out during the move, we couldn't have done it without you.

Hope to be back with regular updates next week.

Slack...

I know its been two weeks since I last posted, but its been incredibly busy.
Work is frantic and I've not had time for much else I'm afraid.
I haven't quite finished my quilted wall hanging but its nearly there.
So just a quick post.

When I got off the train last week, the sounds of Rarotonga filled the air, and at the top of the lift what did I see....

The cruise ships that have been in recently are Arcadia an adults only cruise ship.

 and the Queen Mary 2

The following pictures were taken at the Conversations in Mind exhibition, all shown in a painted up shipping container.

on my way down to see the Queen Mary 2 I came across a mosaic picture a tribute to the Rainbow Warrior, which was bombed by the French in 1985 in Auckland

and I'm afraid that's all I have for now.

And now its March...

Another busy week has flown by and still a lot happening in the city, and its only 4 days to go until the Auckland Arts Festival starts...YAY.

By the way the Pohutukawa wall hanging is coming along nicely thank you, the quilting is almost finished, with a bit of luck you will see the finished product next week.

Friday 1 March 2013

Today I went for a walk over the bridge to the Viaduct steps, and what did I see? Some cool old Triumphs, the TR Register National Weekend was on and the cars were on display.

Only one super yacht to share with you today.

Che

Thursday 28 February 2013

Fashion in the Big Little City starts today and runs for 10 days, will be interesting to see what's out there, and to celebrate for all those who love shoes, a giant stiletto...more to follow, watch this space

There was more filming today at the Foodstore and today it was.....Ray McVinnie Masterchef judge

On the post dated 25 February is a picture of a sunrise, well this is the sunset for tonight, scarily similar.

Wednesday 27 February 2013

This morning there was filming happening at the Foodstore and it was Nadia Lim 2011 winner of Masterchef NZ.

Tuesday 26 February 2013

The cruise ship in today is Marina

Monday 25 February 2013

The morning was beautiful, just look at this sky.

Hayley King aka Flox did a small exhibition at Queens Wharf today. Her work is incredible you can read about her and the work she has done here Flox

also at Queens Wharf is Conversations in Mind a multidimensional exhibition featuring different artists, including Flox.

The Ted Ashby was out on the water today, and what a glorious day it was for sailing.

 and my car of choice today? An Aston Martin DBS

Beautiful!