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The ups and downs
Day 77 March 17th 2016
St Patrick’s Day. No green today but raising a glass to my Irish roots. There are still some flowers hanging on to the summer in the garden. Felt like being arty with this one.
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Day 74 March 14th 2016
A photo drought today. Scraping for ideas until I saw the cut pumpkin. Garden produce had been a bit patchy this year for various reasons but it’s always good to eat something homegrown.
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Day 73 March 13th 2016
Another great day on the trails preparing for the Oxfam Trail Walker. An ‘easy’ 28km over the hill and along the beach. Not to be – tide was higher than we expected and we walked all the way over the hill and down to the beach to find the sea lapping at the steps. Nothing left except to climb back up again and down the road to West End beach and along the sand. I could have chosen any one of the photos of the stunning views from the headland but this random photo took my fancy!
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Day 72 March 12th 2016
A big training weekend for the Posties in Ohope practising on the oxfam trails. The first time out with our team kit on and we got plenty of comments on our way round the trails. What do you think? We’re not planning on getting lost!
https://www.oxfamtrailwalker.org.nz/otw16/teams/pat-and-posties
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Day 70 March 10th 2016
My youngest is home after 3 days away at kayak camp. This is also the day 3 yrs ago that our eldest left for his gap year in Canada. 3 days without technology…
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Day 69 March 9th 2016
We found this poor little mantis squashed between the concertina doors this morning. Flat Mantis.
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Day 61 March 1st 2016
First day of autumn in the southern hemisphere. It rained but still very hot and humid. A day at the computer, a 14km training walk then an evening at home. Here’s a photo of Nigel – at the computer, behind a bottle.
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Day 60 February 29th 2016
Leap Day! Not sure I have heard it called that before but today there was a whole feature about “Leap Day” on the radio. Traditionally it is the day when a woman can ask a man to marry them – I did just that 16 yrs ago today! But today’s photo is nothing to do with that!
Another walk around Lake Rotoroa in the centre of Hamilton and I came across this wee fellow;
