Lunch at the Park

Carol and I visited the Dannevirke park for lunch today. There weren't only ducks but also these delightful chooks, which looked liked road runner when that were running.

Christmas Lights

Dannevirke had a Christmas Light competition. Following are some photos.










Santa has upgraded his form of travel, that is why the reindeers heads were moving - wondering where he was..... do they redundancy payouts!! I would have to say that they shouldn't worry, the Harley Davidson is all noise and no go ...so.... he would have to buy a Yamaha (yammi) or revert back to the old faithful.

Crafty Stuff

A lady at work was to be mother of the bride and wanted a hair piece as she didn't suit a hat so made the two following pieces.

Update... since last blog - Out for Tea

Went to the usual Invercargill haunt for tea (at the Cabbage Tree). This was a desert that a friend ordered. Looked too good to eat.

18th September Snow Fall

Well, I have had an interesting morning. This is the heaviest snow fall I have seen, in fact we even measured it's depth.... 18cm thick.... Events as follows:

Went to milking at 5am and the road was clear by 9am the snow was falling fast and thick.

Better go home at 10.30am as I might not make it.... the car had 3 inches on the roof alone.

Drove down the road carefully and whoops into the bank as I turned the corner. Only to find that 50m behind me a milk tanker had done the same thing. The farmer I milked for was able to pull me out.

Got back to the farm and we couldn't go up the drive, another milk tanker had jackkifed.

A friend came and picked me up. Photos of when I got home.

Album Tags

Saw a picture in a magazine of a metal bookmark which gave me the following idea.

Thought you scrapbookers might be interested. An idea to be able to go straight to the year/function you need. You don't have to be Year specific, you might have an album for a persons wedding.

On the reverse of the Year 2010 Album Tag I have decorated it.

Last lot of Scrapbooking

Over the last couple of months I have been trying to get my brother Robert's Wedding album finished. Here are a few pages of the final product.

Scrapbooking up to date!!!

Yes, you would never believe it but I am up-to-date with all my scrapbooking!!! Wondering why... I purchased some GREAT software that I wanted to load onto my computer so... disaplined myself (had to do) to not install it until all my photos were scrapbooked..... thus my desk is nice and tidy for a change.

Here's the software, check out the website. Due to no boundaries with scrapbooking, I have seen many pieces of software when creating digital scrapbooks that I was reluctant to use ..... I finally found this software at the local craft show. It is from Creative Memories .... each month there are free downloads/templates/embellishments and much more so you are not bound to just specific pictures and words (like some software), you can add embellishments as well, just like normal scrapbooking.

Holiday

Yes, I am getting a holiday so.... have just spent 6 days in Dunedin with a dear friend. Now I am back and catching up on a few tasks that I haven't done for a while.

Sorry no photos in this blog.

May 2010 - Mum Visits

Mum came to visit after being asked to accompany a friend down here. Was lovely to have her here.

This is Henry and Sally Grubb (draft doorstoppers). Made by mum.

During mums visit we celebrated her birthday and mothers day. This is a picture taken at Cabbage Tree.
The end of all visits has to come. Mum and our friend were waved off at the bus depot where Henry the Southland Tuatara is located.

Tramp - Hump Ridge

Well, its been a long time since I did my last blog. Anyway here are a few photos of the tramp that we did back at the end of April. My how the months have past since then. These were of the humpridge tramp that we did. Unfotunately the day wasn't too good so we could get flown to the top hut therefore we were flown to Port Craig from there we went to the viaducts and back.

Here we are with all our packs. Oh by the way there were 7 of us.

Arrived at the helipad to be transported to Port Craig. This is my FIRST Helicopter trip. Was rather exciting.We arrived at the hut and there were really cool decorations on each of the tables. So had to take a picture to replicate when I got home.
After the 2 helicopter loads of people had arrived 5 of us set off to the viaducts.

A bog hole that you had to get around!!!

The sun rise the next day.

Some of the equipment used for the logging back in the day when the track was used.

Around the hut there were all sorts of memorabilia

During our walk out a little fantail flitted here and there for a photo or 4.

Half way at lunch time.

Oh, at this point I think this fish might have died because some of us decided to go swimming!!!

At the end of the track - all our feetThe sunset on the way home at McCracken's Rest.

50th Birthday

No!! its not my 50th Birthday... a friend turned 50 and I unwisely volunteered to make the cake. Here are a few photos and some of the day. Her secret (from her) celebration started off with a evening in Gore at a restaurant, then a night at the 100 mile hut including an outback spa, followed by next day (surprise visitors) for breakfast of bacon, eggs, tomato, pancakes, etc!!! Once finished here a walk to Mores Reserve beach for a picnic then a surprise visitor (her daughter arrived). After the walk up the hill, the ladies of Southland were invited to a surprise HIGH afternoon tea at which you had to wear a hat. The evening was following by a potluck tea for southland folk. A very long day.

My Thursday night restaurant meal.... lamb on kumera and red pepper with date and lime relish.