Happy weekend

August already...how could that be that it came around so quickly.
Life really does seem to go so fast!

 I tried posting some photos of the wonderful old architecture around Auckland City, but for some reason they did not seem to upload.
So I was able to post a few photos taken from around the garden.
The white camellia is blooming, and the dark reddish pansies are such a pretty colour and look like velvet. 

On Wednesday we saw our dear daughter off on her overseas trip.
She arrived in Berlin and is then travelling on to Denmark, Sweden and Finland. She is really excited to be over there visiting these places, as it is somewhere she has always wanted to go to.

We have moved back home and the kitchen is coming along - subway tiles are going up and everything is having a fresh coat of white paint. We are waiting for the electrician to finish some wiring and the plumber to do his thing.
As we do not have the oven working, most of our meals have been cooked on the barbecue, slow cooker or we dine out.  Look forward to sharing some photos soon and what you find with renovations everything seems to take so much longer
Will be so happy when the  tradesmen finish and we can have our house back to ourselves again.

Our new cedar garden shed has replaced a little old tin shed  and is very useful for storing tools and bicycles in

Do hope you have a wonderful weekend.
hugs
Carolyn

I'm home again!

I am back home again, after having a lovely time in Sydney.
There is really no place like home and I am happy to be back.
I seem to have developed a sore throat and must have been from all the people sneezing and sniffling on the plane ride home.
I hope to share some photos of Sydney with you soon and also to come and visit my blog friends and see how you all are.

I want to say thank you for all the kind wishes for the trip, you left for me.

Have a beautiful week.
Hugs
Carolyn

Home with the flu.

Country Living ~ Lauren Ross's home.
Country Living ~ Just wanted to share these two pretty images from Country Living.
Isn't the bedroom beautiful?
Naughty, naughty! A friend sent me this picture.

Sorry to be whiny here, but today I am sick in bed with a sore throat, achy body and runny nose and eyes.
Amazing how that a sore throat can make one feel so debilitated.
I am just going to make a lemon and honey drink and go back to bed again.

I liked this little poem in a book I have ~

We live in little minutes,
Time comes not in a mass,
So keep a smile, it's well worth while,
Whatever comes to pass.

I hope that your week is going well.

Hugs
Carolyn