Quite the social butterfly

 The last couple of weeks have been amazingly busy . Something to go to almost everyday. There are now people here I know well enough to be recognised and "Hello Liz" is quite nice to hear. So  here is a pictorial record of some of the activities.

My birthday dinner at Malay restaurant  

Lovely flowers for my birthday from Gil and Dorothy

The first of the U3A seminars  

Friday afternoon touch rugby game - Cordelia on the left 

I get to be the driver to get the girls to their touch games. Huge number of kids and parents - I calculated over 300 primary school kids from different schools. No score kept but lots of running madly - sometimes int eh wrong direction!
 

Annabelle at touch rugby afterschool Friday - she is short hair in red and black on trhe right

The giraffe statues at Greenhaugh gardens  

Part of the beautiful gardens at historic homestead Greenhaugh Gardens  

The third U3A lecture 

Judo practice session - Annabelle on the left

Annabelle has decided to do judo on Tuesday nights and after some negotiation with mother we went along - Jonathan joins in the adult session following the children's one. She is a beginner yet but had a big smile on most of the time.

Cordelia on the flying fox at the esplanade playground - 

Then this weekend i have visited several quilt shops  as part of a promotion in the local region - I liked this wall hanging - only part of it showing but i have bought the pattern - could be quite fun!

Prior to the U3A lecture I had been to a couple of hours of song and music by a group called Operatunity which made music in great costumes and trained singers "I love Paris"  - had lots of lively songs that we all knew. Target audience is Seniors and they are almostt monthly throughout regions of NZ - I enjoyed and will go again.The lady in the photo was the violinist. Singers were trained opera-level singers with well painted backdrops. Daytime concerts with lunch provided.

The Garden Club talk this week was about a visit to Croatia - the lady who went had been to some of the places we went but also Zagreb and Lubljiana in Slovenia - interesting to see what someone else photographs.  

So Monday ngiht i am off to my first night of the Rose City quilters - I will enjoy that!