On Sunday morning Margi went to do some grocery shopping early in the morning, then later we went with her to a chinese fruit and veggie store. It was very noisy and very busy and most interesting. Linsley bought some sweets - at least they look like sweets, but with everything on the package written in Chinese characters we are not 100% sure, as they taste pretty awfull. We also bought some dumplings, and had them for lunch, after which we left to go to see a Buddhist temple. Grace and Scott met us there, as it is close to their home. It is a most beautiful complex of buildings, and Grace told us that all the stone, timber and other building materials were brought over from Taiwan for the construction here. Down the length of two long corridors were sayings, written in Chinese and also in English, and they were very thought provoking. A group of monks were chanting in one of the halls. There was one huge, beautiful bell, and also a smaller one, beautifully worked, at which visitors could make a wish. Logan and Roy ran around in the gardens and made a bit more noise than they should have. We went to Grace and Scott's house for a coffee afterwards, then came home to cook a roast leg of lamb and veggies for dinner.
On Monday Logan stayed home here as usual, so not much got done, as he is on the go the whole time. He loves playing with water, pouring from one container into another and filling them up from a bucket. However, he also likes to go to play in a little rock pool in the back garden area, and after I discovered a couple more mosquito bites on him, I realised there were mozzie larva in that water. Andy has now put some oil on the water to suffocate the larva (or whatever oil on water does).
On Tuesday we just took it easy in the morning, and I reorganised a few of Margi's kitchen cupboards. After lunch we walked up to Panmure to take the books back to the library, and make a few purchases. We walked home snacking on a yummy packet of $2 potato fried chips.
Today, Wednesday, is a nice sunny day, so before it got too hot I did a bit of weeding and sorting out of the garden. No Julius here, unfortunately!
Well, that is as far as I got, and today is already Thursday! For some reason I could not download our photos, so did not want to send out this blog till I had the photos uploaded. Yesterday we walked up to Sylvia Park again and spent the afternoon looking through a few shops, but buying very little. Then today, Brent and Cheryl came to fetch us and Logan (who had an extra day off kiddiecare) this morning, and we drove out to Piha, which is an area about and hour away from where Margi and Andy live. Brent's family always had a 'batch' (which is what we called a holiday house) here until a few years ago, so it is to them like Kenton is to us. The sand here is black and with a magnet one can pull iron filings from it. We had stopped for a picnic lunch halfway here, at a place where there are magnificant 360 degree views, so altogether we had a good day.
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