GOTTA DO SOMMIT TODAY!

 ABOVE:  Maraetai yesterday at dusk... not a breath of wind... it was idyllic....

ABOVE:  Steve and the kids ran up this flight of stairs... lots of huffing and puffing when they came down again!  I was no way in hell gunna give it a go!

ABOVE:  the tide was out, but it was still stunning.  We love this beach... it's only 25 minutes from home and we should go there more often.

TODAY:  well I hope we get out somewhere!  It's a public holiday here (Queen's Birthday) so Stew is home...

ONWARD...
It's our 24th Wedding Anniversary today too... just got reminded by Stew!

WEBBY:  yes we do live in an amazingly beautiful country!  But I think you can find natural beauty anywhere you go, you just have to open your eyes to see it... something as trivial as a leaf on the ground can have beauty, or a spider's web.... talking of which... we have a huge web outside my kitchen window right now which I am dying to photograph, but I need a misty morning to highlight it.  Right now you can hardly see it!

Stew and I have no plans for today... but wait till next year!  We are hoping to renew our wedding vows and have a party!

We ended up going over to the North Shore mall  (Albany) ... had a nice lunch, a browse around the shops... then came back home.  It is anovercast, threatening to rain day... but I got a really neat photo of the city as we travelled over the Harbour Bridge:

ABOVE: dark and gloomy all around except for the heart of the city, which was bathed in sunlight!  And the water was like glass.... smooth as.  No wind today.

End of Day:  spent a nice evening doing puzzles on the computer and watching telly.
nite nite.