Spring daffodils but very changeable weather

Well, eventually I went to the physio and found that I have done something to the gluteus minimus and gluteus maximus which are muscles in my butt. And they attach to something with tendons which means the pain in  my butt is tendonitis! Anyway - some exercises and strengthening is approriate and I am on the end.

Been trying to motivate myself in  very! changeable weather. Still havent mastered the heater. Some gorgeous days but some really bad wind and storms passing through (no tornadoes - though Taranaki got a beaut one).

Been an interesting couple of weeks - I currently have my friends two little white fluffy dogs for a few days. She is overseas and her husband has been called away out of Auckland - they are cute and no problem except the puppy ( about 8months old)  fetches anything that is not tied down to chew on and drag around the house - looks like chaos. In the middle of that, I had been struggling to stop Tui constantly licking a sore spot on her leg and she had to be either bandaged or wear one of those conical collars. It is healing nicely, so I took her to the vet to have her teeth cleaned ( under anaesthetic) and whilst there they took off a little cyst she had on the top of her head ( shaving a 2" square patch around the incision and stitches - she has a bald top knot! Oh dear, she does look funny! A very expensive visit all round - I am going to have to allocate as much for dog servicing as for car servicing!

One of the Orewa exhibits

I took some ladies up to Orewa last week for a stitch art exhibition called Toss the Floss - some very nice work on show.

I finished a table runner to send to catherine - she had given me the kit about 5 years ago - great to be able to find a home for it, and fun to do a project I didnt need to buy more fabric for!


Then I decided that I should utilise the campervan and pop off somewhere nice for the weekend so I went to my favourite place on the Coromandel - the bay at Kirita. Absolutely gorgeous warm day Sunday, millpond sea - new lambs frolicking everywhere including right outside my campervan - thank goodness Tui is such a little gem and doesnt chase animals or chickens.

By the parking lot at Thames

Mums ready to lamb right outside my door.

View from my bed

I did go to my art class yesterday - not sure if it is turning out quite how I expected - I suspect Amanda is a better teacher than Claudia but the traffic is certainly less and it is very low key! So far not much teaching involved but at least it forces me to "have a go" - I need more practice - I think I am a reasonably good copyist but not sure that I will ever be a real painter - watercolour is very challenging! I think Uncle Geoff was an Oil painter and so was Uncle Bob.  I really need to loosen up!

Mucking around a bit - lots of things on my to do list but I am not really getting started very well!

Atleast I have now updated this blog so on with the list!