We are having the hottest February for a long time - really hot and sticky - hard to sleep at night.

We ran away last Saturday night overnight to Shell bank at Kaiaua - fish and chips and the calmest sea imaginable. Hot swim the next morning and back to host a few friends over for a BBQ.

Peter continues to work consistently on the garden and is gradually separating all the bromeliads which had been "procreating" in their pots - each year they get another pup and the part that has flowered dies - when we shifted we brought them all with us and we now have upwards sof 50 new bromeliads all nicely planted in new pots. Not sure what we will be doing with them all - maybe we can set up a roadside stall? The photo has only got the first 20 or so ...

Tomatoes coming out my ears - I am freezing pulp, and cooking them every night. Lettuces, second crop going crazy as well - have eaten up all our potato crop but another is on the way!

Sunday we had the first music in the park concert over our back fence. A "covers" band which was very good - so hot that all the audience sat quite away back in the shade - must have been a bit hard for the band to feel in the mood with everyone a bit away from them - but way too hot to sit in the sun. Next Sunday night is "French Toast" which is a trio playing French tunes. Should be fun.

I am doing quite a bit of work and preparing for more - but have made sure I take the time to do stuff for myself - like patchwork. Done quite a bit the last couple of weekends. Went to the "Counties Manukau Quilters Guild" - a nice group of women - about 50 of them, met some ex pupils, but most of the women were older. And I am back at my Philosophy group - off to a weekend retreat this coming weekend.

All well - just HOT!