Chilling out on the verandah

It was a blur of a weekend, over in the blink of an eye and so wonderful to spend time with my lovely friend J and her husband S, fresh off the plane from Peterborough, England.

We talked on the verandah over cups of tea and glasses of wine, we took them along to the neighbourhood bonfire/Guy Fawkes gathering on Saturday night (and even helped out pushing Dad's ute when it got stuck in the mud, again) and yesterday it was a full Other Harf fry-up followed by a stroll along Langs Beach, lunch at Waipu's world famous in Waipu Pizza Barn, a visit to the Waipu Musuem, all rounded off with more wine and a barbie on the verandah.

A Sunday on Langs Beach
This morning we saw them off on their adventure round New Zealand, first stop Rotorua, then onto the South Island (Nelson, then down the West Coast to Queenstown) via Gisborne and Napier - I'm sure they'll have the trip of a lifetime.

Miss 'em already. Boohoo!

1 And the People said:

Such beautiful photos, Fi!

Göad you had a good time with your friends. It's never long enough though, is it?

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