More than a week's worth...some of our time was decidedly low tech! Monday, 8 February 2010I stayed up until the wee hours of the morning reading Jodi Picoult's Salem Falls. Then I awoke early to Skype with the kids in Israel. Then I went back to bed until noon! Tonite we went to the movies in Palmerston Nth. Hugh Grant is always nice to look at, but Did You Hear About the Morgans is a forgettable movie. Afterward we went to dinner and then home fo...

Week 8Monday, February 1, 2010Yesterday was just a day to stay home and read. The wind and rain continued until late in the evening. Cathy and Max came home from sunny, warm Hawaii to rainy, cool Feilding. But I had hot scones waiting; so it wasn't a total loss! Today is more of the same. I did some errands and sorted out photos on the computer...so many photos. This afternoon, Buzz and I went to Palmerston North to do a little bargain hunting. He got ...

Week 7A thought for this week: There is little in this world worth more than good friends.Monday, 25 January 2010We packed a picnic lunch and set off for the coast and a visit with Ann and Murray Blackwell. The Blackwells (Phyllis's family) farm at Mangamaire near Pahiatua but have a vacation home at Ngawi near Cape Pallisser. The weather was beautiful. When we got out to the Cape, Buzz decided to walk up to the lighthouse. He took the camera with him. W...