February 15, 2013

• Thursday 14th February

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

  I decided to take myself out for the day and go visit my neighbour Sandra.

  It is her birthday next week but we will both be busy and away so today was a good day to go see her.

  I wanted to make her a birthday cake so had a quick look in my Jo Seagar recipe books and found one that sounded delicious and looked fairly simple and I had all the ingredients - the three very important things to consider.

  It was called Cappuccino Date Slice.

  I doubled it and made one to take and one to keep.

  I also made a Persian CousCous salad as we were going to be arriving at lunch time.

  I left a list for Mahalia & Azzan to do and also assigned them dinner duties.

  I left them pouring over recipe books.

  

  Had time to take photos of the two wee vests I have just completed.

  First proper knitting in absolute centuries so am rather proud of myself!!

  Have now begun making a couple of wee hats with the leftover wool.

  

   

  I picked Marah up on the way past.

  She had never been over the hill so it was a nice introductory visit for her.

  Plus she really needed a day out of the house and the bay!

   

  We had a lovely time with Sandra.

  Phil popped in and out and joined the party when he felt inclined.

  Sandra loved her cake - it was very tasty actually.

  That is one recipe I am definitely bookmarking.

   

  We sat and chatted out on the deck.

  Had our lunch and then that cruised into afternoon tea.

  It was such a glorious day to be sitting in the fresh air and sunshine and enjoying the wonderful view.

   

   But all too soon the day was disappearing so we had to bid our farewells and head back over the hill.

  This is the view looking over at home from the top of the hill between our bays - the sea over the low neck is the Cook Strait!

  

   

  We popped down into Waterfall Bay to visit with Phoebe.

  Seb was working on the boat with Tim.

  We sat and chatted with Phoebe and then went for a wander around the garden.

  I love what she and Seb have done to the deck.

  The hanging plants make it look so much prettier and they've made a great herb garden along the back edge using some guttering.

  Only problem is there is a possum who has taken a liking to their lettuce plants

  

  This is the bird bath Phoebe made from concrete using some large bowls as moulds.

  Doesn't it look fantastic??

  

  We left sometime around 6pm and headed back over the hill to home.

  I dropped Marah off and then came in to find Mahalia had cooked up only chicken nibbles for dinner which we had with the couscous I had made in the morning and a lettuce salad.

  Azzan had gotten busy 'helping' Seb so no cooking from him.

  He loves to hang out with his big bro.

  So much for all the recipe hunting this morning!!

   

  I gathered up some flours and stuff for Phoebe and whizzed it down to the beach to catch Seb before he left.

  He was giving Azzan tips on how to jump successfully off the wharf.

  

  View from underneath wharf - cool eh?

  

  I had fun trying to suss out the hi speed burst thingee on my camera - took a few tries but Azzan was a very co-operative subject.

  He was more than happy to leap over and over again while I figured it out

  I got some really fun photos - here are a few of them.

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

   Tim taking a bit of time out with Mo.

  

   Tim & Seb having a last minute conversation at the end of the day across the beach!

  

   

   

   

   

   

   

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