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A few days late but …

Abe & seal pup

This should have been posted a few days ago but since returning from Hanmer Springs last weekend I have been laid low with a cough and chest infection. Abraham and I drove down to Hanmer Springs on Thursday 8th to spend the weekend amongst old friends and to collect Bronwen who had been down there [...]

Still alive and kicking

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Still alive and kicking. Had chemo Wednesday afternoon. Thursday morning Abe, Phoebe and I managed to climb the hill to the geographical Centre of NZ, then descended to a muffin lunch, latte and fluffies at a local cafe to reward ourselves. We had the healthy stuff on the hill – sat there at the summit [...]

A thoughtful comment worth sharing

This afternoon I asked Abe and Phoebe (our 2 local grandchildren) what we could do together. Would they like me to put up the basketball backboard on the front of the garage? (Abe loves to shoot baskets and Phoebe wants to do netball). Would they like me to start building a tree-house in the plum [...]

On the up and up … maybe!

Perhaps it was the excitement of having the chemo postponed for a week, but this afternoon I got rash with the physical activity. I built the platform base for a tree-house in the plum tree for the local grandchildren, and then went for a bike-ride around the property with Abe!  Considering I have very little [...]

This week has been ‘exciting’ too

We’ve had a ‘fun’ week this week as a prelude to next! – it doesn’t pay to be associated with us at the moment! We had planned to drive to Dunedin this week for the radioactive spheres procedure originally scheduled for today. (Now happening next week). The Hand of Providence is clearly evident as we [...]

Happy campers

camp meal

Well, we made it and had a great time. Weather and health were both excellent. Phoebe was a bit disappointed at the prospect of missing out so I ended up taking her as well and the three of us slept very comfortably in our little tent. There were about 15 other homeschooling families and we [...]