Awesome Autumn

What a fantastic day for Autumn – The Pigalinas went on a bike ride from Hawea to Albert Town (20kms return) along the river and then spent some time with the family down at the lake.

(An aside – There is a video of Pigalina, aged 13, having a bit of a freak out in a blow up boat on Lake Hawea. I couldn’t get back to shore. The camera pans back to reveal that I was only about 4 metres out. How my family laughed. This time I managed to control my fear despite the other person in the kayak with me ignoring my frantic paddling back to the beach.)

As mentioned yesterday, Hawea is way better than Wanaka which gets all the glory. There were two other groups down at the lake when we were there. The next day in Wanaka the place was over run with people, cars, ducks and boats. Hawea for the win. Everytime.

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Aunty Em

Emmey (my parents’ dog) has come to stay while they walk the Milford Track.
Enjoy this photo of Tobias’ Aunt as it was jolly hard to get – flashes and light reflections drive her to distraction. There will be no wall licking at my house though!

My Lil’est Cousin is a Mrs!

Bethanie, my youngest cousin, got married today. (You may recall a post from last week that preceded the most amazing performance of “Faith” by George Michael that the world has ever seen on Bethanie’s Hen’s Night. Freddie Mercury and Amy Winehouse wept in heaven at the beauty of Pigalina’s voice).

The Pigalina family moved to NZ from England 19 years ago and Bethanie’s family joined a few years later. It is incredibly special to be able to share these family events with them without hopping on a plane for 24 hours at a time. Today we had a lovely celebration in the herb garden at the Dunedin Botanical Garden.

Hens Night

My cousin is getting married next weekend. I am currently at a karaoke bar waiting for my chance to “sing” Faith by George Michael.

(Tipsy word omissions and spelling mistakes now corrected).

I Believe That it’s Called Al Fresco

Lunch at the beach and then tea at the park, finally Summer is here. The Pigalinas even participated in sports, joining in a game of bat down. (Pigalina only played one innings due to laziness).

365 day photo challenge December 25

Merry Christmas!
Spent the morning assembling my Hobbit Lego and greenhouse from Mr Pigalina, had lunch with his family and then a water fight at the park.

365 day photo challenge December 23

Santa Paws modelling his gift from Mummy Pigalina.

365 day photo challenge December 22

One family Christmas down, two to go.

365 day photo challenge December 8

Baby shower for a baby currently known as Blobby.

365 day photo challenge October 7

As part of the Otago Festival of Arts the Octagon (Dunedin’s town centre) became the Chalktagon! People were invited to draw something as part of a huge collaborative chalk drawing. The Monkey Business monkeys (in the fezzes) turned up too.