The last few days, (weeks)

Indeed it has been a short time since I have updated my blog so time to scrape the barrel for a few interesting things in the region that may pr may not capture anybody's interest, but, that's my life.

Well, a few weeks ago I did a site visit to Akaroa and after finding a good coffee and chocolate croissant we found our way up into the hills where we're doing our first repair of the project, (and remains the only one in construction to date), a lovely house built on a hill with major structural damage to cantilevered decks and slab/block basement. I was slightly more impressed by the landscaping I guessed over time cost as much as the house, was awesome...!

Some schist for Mother.

Not too bad a view in the morning either.

Flowers of the week, they 'orange ones', (I do know they are mini Gerbera but am a guy so can get away with that and I even get to keep a little dignity after buying flowers)

They actually opened up more and were very cool for a couple of weeks.

Token new wallet, is very cool obviously.

The view from what should have been the top of a MTB ride on Saturday.

A couple of hills over and at the top of a new track I got a  view out to the South before riding down and then having to come half way back up another hill to find my way home down another track in Victoria park.
There is a veritable maze of tracks up in the port hills that are very cool and 'handy' but when this unfit, be careful not to be fooled into thinking that 'this really cool track, just up here' is going to be less than ANOTHER hours ride away up ANOTHER .$%&*, (jolly) hill. sufficed to say I arrived home three and a half hours later quite exhausted and ready for dinner after my light salad lunch.

And lets end on a rather typical and predictable note of a new jacket.. :)
This is the jacket I wasn't allowed to buy in Auckland as it had 'vulgar and ostentatious' labeling. apparently I liked it anyway.


Well thats all from me, I am going to take myself off to bed with a few sweets and a cup of tea. 
Had delightfully tasty bacon and banana pancakes for dinner after sudden craving mid supermarket shop so feeling good and full..! obviously living by myself I can't afford to waste food so this does leave rather a quandary when looking down the barrel of an entire pancake mix..!


Night night..!