Trip to Palmerston North with peter

On Saturday 25th Peter and I flew down to Palmerston North - glorious weather for a day trip - everything went smoothly. The girls gave him a big hug, Callum was his usual laid back self, the girls showed him their reading and Jonathan was able to show him the new kitchen and all the trees in the backyard. Callum wanted me to play soccer with him, oh my goodness I am much too stiff to do such tricks now, although I try. They wanted me to go for bike rides etc, I think they think that when I come it is playtime. Our trip back was uneventful also, and Peter had a Georgie pie at McDonalds in case his dinner back at the home wasnt enough.  Glad we did it, it is the right thing to do but difficult to know if Peter really remembers it. Hopefully the kids will remember that we made the effort.
They are doing well at their swimming - with a bit of luck I might get to see them swimming in October.

I have been off to art class again, I think I need to take breaks - tend to try and paint in a 2 hour stretch  at the class and make mistakes near the end. But reasonably pleased with the outcomes.

Peter junior came up on Monday and has taken the campervan off for a week. His daughter Kiri is coming over from Sydney and they are going to do the Coromandel.

I am still very stiff on the legs if I sit down for any length of time - doing exercises but not sure how to get them better. Also counting calories and hoping that will assist in dropping some kilos!

Other than that - weather is still alternately downpours and blue skies - sooo changeable! But magnolia trees lining the roads are beautiful and my daffodils and freesias are good. As soon as the ground is not quite so muddy and it warms up I need to get the garden ready to do some planting and make decisions about raised garden beds etc.