Graduation day

Big day on Tuesday last week with Andrew's graduation. A rare break in our weather was right on cue and there was no rain on the parade. You have to say that these students scrub up well - what a fine bunch they are and great to see lots of proud mums and dads there and be among them. Graduation ceremony was a marathon of clapping and everyone was happy to be there to acknowledge the achievements. So rarely are academic endeavours publicly celebrated! Well done Andrew Gunn BA(Hons, 1st class), BSc.

Autumnal paddle in the Sounds

A few weeks ago we paddled for three days in the Marlborough Sounds. A great trip with good mates and the usual excesses of food and bad humour. I didn't take a waterproof camera so all my shots are taken from the shore. Weather was pretty good despite the forecast being for severe gales, although there was always a fair bit of scepticsm as the forecasters were predicting northeasterlies. Since when so we get gale nor'easters near Cook Strait. So they didn't eventuate and we had a fine old time paddling around. Only casualty was the hull of Brent's brand new kayak when he ran out of water while passing over a hidden rock. Ian's observation that the hull of Brent's "Epic" resembled that or the Titanic resonated as the fibreglass parted with a sickening crunch.

First post

With a dodgy keyboard I have to be careful about this. I suspect since it was cleaned by a commercial service provider, it has got something sticky in the top row of keys.

Anyway this blog is set up mainly to support other bloggers with their problems on blogspot blogs. So we come to the first problem - how hard can it be to add a photo to a post...


Not very hard at all, Jane!