Autumn

Royal Spoonbills visit the Matua mudflats. 

McLaren Falls park in Autumn colour.

Weekend

Lewis went to the Redwoods with mates

I finished this interesting puzzle I found online from New York city.

Tauranga harbour. Container ship docking

One on Robyn's plants. Looks unreal.

The Matua mudflats near sunset.

 

Beautiful Tauranga Harbour

Pilot Bay 

The Mount (Mauao)

Ships and boats, a harbour feature.

Not the harbour but from the top of Mauao for sunrise

Cloud patterns, never the same twice.

Another special sunrise

 White boats in the Sulphur Point Marina

Light Bugs

 Latest Jigsaw from New Your Puzzle Company

Somewhat challenging...

Weekend Stuff

We checked out Te Puna Quarry and did the long bush walk. Nice but steep.

Jay sees something unusual while Lewis gets an insect in his hair and goes crazy trying to remove it.

The kids like the old digger there.

No, not an old Aussie a machine.

A very unusual little dingy spotted in the harbour. Looks like its from a movie set.

Tauranga is changing slowly. The crane is at the new Tauranga city council site.

Relaxing after the Quarry walk. Jay found a knife.

Lewis is artistic and diligent about it.

 

Sunday Offer

 We've had an amazing summer here in Tauranga with relentless sunshine at times. This over the Matua mudflats.

I finished a challenging puzzle today. This one is of the cover of the New Yorker in 1952

I discovered that in the early 50's and 60's we had a commercial wine maker here in Tauranga. He was located in Maungatapu. These are two labels from his range of wines. I found the story in the Tauranga library historical collection of local history. Web site is this link 

The Lads Again. Jayden

The race (Jay right)

My world

Loves the ball

We had fun looking through all the old bits and pieces in the Antique shop. A real test for me "what's this pop?"

 

The Lads Again. Lewis

Lewis in Yellow. Can be crazy!

And likeable

With his brother and best mate.

Lewis, a real character

Very proud of his drawing to go with the Spider poem.