Flown Past

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It has been a pretty quiet week - Nicky has been home every evening! Work has been busy for Nicky, and I have had my spirits bolstered by some Mac work, mainly on Friday. The weather has also been lovely most of the week, with lots of sunshine. We had some rain on Thursday evening, showers at the beginning and the end of the day on Friday, and then a few more Saturday morning. This didn't stop us getting all the washing dry yesterday, and Nicky ironed it during the evening while watching the telly box.

Claire popped over on Monday morning to copy the Graduation photos which I had taken. She stayed quite awhile (drinking my coffee) and we spent so much time talking about food that she got quite hungry and decided to cook vegetable fried rice for us for lunch, which I greatly enjoyed, even though she hadn't brought any of the ingredients with her!

Wednesday was ANZAC day and for the fist time (we think), Nicky got the whole day off. Nicky drove to the Museum for the dawn service which she found very moving. When she got back I had to nip out to se an elderly lady having a bit of an email problem. Listening to the radio on my way home I heard an announcement that there would be a "warbirds flypast" of a Spitfire, P51 Mustang and others, at 11.15. It would come into town from the West over Henderson, head for the CBD, and they fly East back to Ardmore. So Nicky and I decided to go up Mt Roskill to get a good view, as we could see very well in every direction from the top. We were there by 11.00, and even though the wind was a bit cool the sunshine was very pleasant. We waited for 45 minutes, but there was no sign of any flypast, so we returned home, but we had enjoyed the view and watching the cloud formations change, and I still took a few photos.


Today Nicky has been to another "old Girls" do at Dio, a church service followed by Lunching Ladies, so I have been able to have a quiet day at home. Nicky enjoyed her visit to Dio but got very cold so was pleased to come home and warm up.

That's all for this week,
Take care, Rick

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