Woops now it is October - golly!

 The weeks are flying past and the best thing is that the weather is starting to get warmer. we are now in daylight saving but I am wearing a T shirt today!

I spent the first week of the school holidays back in Auckland. I needed to catch up with a few people and so i drove up in the car and stayed with Gilbert and Dorothy for five days. Wonderful spot to be - close to the harbour - lovely walks with the dogs albeit very windy the first few days. Harbour Bridge had major hiccups due to wind and a truck being blown over onto one of the major vertical beams. Reduced lans meant big traffic jams but the engineers got onto it pretty fast and it will be resolved in a big hurry. Temporary fix was up on a few days. I was able to catch up with several friends - dinner out with KAren and Anne, lunch with Stephanie and another lunch with Lynn and her husband John. Then Gilbert and Dorothy took me out for a pre-birthday dinner to Swashbucklers - seafood restaurant down at Westhaven. Lovely fresh seafood - I had the Pirates platter to get the full range scallops, mussels, prawns, shrimp, salmon and battered fish! as well as a delicious sea food chowder with huge lumps of sea food in it. 

A full day of sewing with my friends at Wattle Downs was great and then i stayed the night with GloriaM which was also very good company. Felt quite spoilt. Margaret has finished her Birds in the Garden quilt - here it is!

then the long drive back to Palmeston north on Friday - but gorgeous weather - no snow on the Desert Road and home early enough for KAren and her cousin Sue to drop in for a fish and chips tea on their way to Wellington. Lovely.

To top off a great week Jonathan and Amy had all the kids at the farm for a camping night including a little fire and toasted masrshmallows. One little girl slept in the campervan with Nana and the other fled there in the wee cold hours so it was very warm and cosy. Callum and his friend came up for breakfast but they had to sit outside. 

Today I have been babysitting as Jonathan had a meeting and a class to take at Uni and the kids and I had a quick trip to the local Bike park and playground after Cordelia had made cheese muffins for lunch. They enjoyed the break although they were diving back onto their devices as soon as we got home. 

So now I have done a little bit of gardening and need to catch up on my sewing. and a few other tasks. 

But with the sun shining it is a glorious day. I do like nice weather.