Gone Fishin'

What a glorious day it has been. Woke up late after a late night at Richard and Robyns (later) and laid in bed with my cup of tea looking at the bright blue sky thinking, I must get up. I didn't for a wee while I must confess!! However when I finally did get outside it was to hang up washing and rake leaves. There had been something in Alice's school magazine about an introduction to fly fishing for children and we had meant to go before but not got there. It runs 3 times a year and today was the day so we decided to give the 1pm session a go. We were very impressed. The girls started queuing as soon as we arrived and the other kids there filed in behind them. Lucky they got in when they did as those that came later looked like they were in for a very long wait. The kids are taken individually to an area of grass for so instruction on casting. They then join another queue to go down to the pond where they actually cast under the supervision of an angler. They are usually there for about 5 minutes but Alice and her man got not a bite. Eventually he passed her on to another angler and she got her fish. The first angler took a break and then got another child who also had not caught his fish by the time we left! Poor Alice was decidely bored during the time they were waiting! Anyway, they enjoyed their afternoon and came away with a special fishing licence, trout and certificate - all for $2 (70p).

When we got back I raked and burnt more leaves and went down to my veg plot. I had let some of the leeks go to seed over the summer as I like the look of them. That area has since got very overgrown so I decided to weed it. Well amongst the weeds I was pleased to find about 35 leek plants that had self-seeded. They are bigger than the leeks I have planted so should prolong the season. I was so pleased that Eric had put a topside of beef in the slow cooker earlier in the day as the evening was so nice I did not want to drag myself away to the kitchen. He had finished the guttering around Harriette's room and had gone into finish supper off. What a pleasure. The girls, who we can never get to play outside, had been playing with the rugby ball Bloo left them (or rather Eric!) and then come down to the barn, next to the veg plot, and had been building tee-pee's with sticks from the felled bluegum, bailer twine and wind protector. The 3 of us marvelled at the beautiful sunset. It was pitch dark before they came back up to the house.

Yesterday was the semifinals of the Super 12 with our local team, the Cheifs, playing the Brumbies and another kiwi team, the Crusaders, playing the S.African Stormers. The Chiefs unfortunately lost (as did the Stormers). Richard said that he doesn't think we can watch anymore rugby there as we bring bad karma. He seemed to think that the wrong side always win when we watch with them but as we watched the rugby world cup final there I can't quite agree with his opinion!!

Netball yesterday was not quite as bad as we had expected. It was pouring hard through the night and a cold wind was blowing in the morning so Alice's match was cancelled. Harriette's team lost badly - twice but again they were playing older girls. I hope they have a good win soon, she is getting a little disheartened.

Tomorrow I have an early start and after last nights late night I am heading for the shower and then my bed.

Night night all.