Liz back on line

I have been remiss in not keeping this blog up to date in the last few months - Yes, I have been busy but I have been unsure how interested other people might be in my happenings so have decided to continue even if it is just for my own benefit in keeping a pictorial diary.

fter an eventful trip to the South Island over Easter in our motorhome - long story - the short version is a tree fell on our bus in a storm, but all is well or mendable - and we spent a great few days with J and O and Callum on the way home.

I have just returned from another two weeks in Sydney working at UTS - always feel so welcome there and had several lovely meals with friends and the work went well.

I spent a couple of days with Catherine and the family up at Glanmire, it gets cold watching football up there - the two nanas took Sean to his game while Catherine took Joshua to his. I think the kids grow an inch every month - it seems like that!

The following weekend I caught up with Brett R. - lovely to hear news of his family - we had lunch at the Forum - an Italian community area in Leichardt with a large square surrounded by restaurants on the ground level and apartments above. Also went for a walk the next day to the Museum. Hyde park was being enjoyed by large numbers of people out in the sunshine.

Visited with my friend Joan while she was babysitting her grand daughter Eva- almost same age as our Callum - and enjoyed a Lebanese restaurant meal in Redfern.

Had an enjoyable evening with the UTS Women in Engineering group - the speaker brought along a couple of incredible robots - one football playing dog and a person shaped one that had been programmed to do Tai Chi and dance to rock music! The little dog was jsut like these

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Diiv7kpW-ng

My last day on this trip was special as a colleague picked me up and we went to work by boat in his "picnic" boat - a gorgeous still, blue sky autumn morning, as we left Iron Cove and tootled up the PArramatta River, anchored at Darling Harbour (only $25 a day if you are going to work) and walked up from there!

Home safely now in Auckland - and enjoyed catching up with two old friends we hadnt seen for about ten years.

More later! Off to Palmerston North next weekend to babysit Callum. then home for at least a month.