Time flies!

It's hard to believe that autumn is fast approaching and the wonderful summer will soon be over. The last few months have been very busy with work, the house build, moving rental home and entertaining our parents.

We moved to live in a lovely holiday home at Ongare Point, near Katikati, in early January when our last tenancy ended. Despite not seeing the Mount every day we still have a lovely view across to Matakana Island. The house is on an organic fruit farm and we have been treated by the owners to an endless supply of oranges, lemons, apples, avocados, pawpaw, walnuts and ugly fruit (great big oranges).

Tom and Betty, Tom's parents, have just returned to the UK after their holiday with us. The weather was kind to them with temperatures in the mid to high 20's each day and they left refreshed and suntanned.

Joan, Lynn's mum, is staying for a few more weeks and has been exploring the option of retirement villages here..............watch this space for her decision about emigrating to NZ.

Betty and Joan both enjoyed their birthdays here and the 80+ candles on their cakes were a bit of a fire risk! We are both very proud of our parents' achievement in travelling 12,000miles to the other side of the world to be with us in our piece of Paradise.

The social and music calender has been busy and includes seeing Tiki Taane and also Shapeshifter, Lynn Joan and Betty flying by helicopter to White Island, and Lynn and Joan going to the Mission Estate Winery 50th anniversary of Motown concert (for which many thanks to everyone at Swiftshore). We are now looking forward to seeing Michael McDonald and Mick Fleetwood in concert in a couple of weeks, Tahuna Breaks at the Kiwi Festival Carnival, and the Tauranga Easter Jazz Festival.

The house build has had a few hiccoughs which have delayed the completion , all minor in the scheme of things, but things are coming together very fast and we hope for a completion date in late March. The tawa flooring is being laid, the tiling starts in the next few days, the kitchen is being installed today and the balcony balustrade is installed. The house looks wonderful and we are very much looking forward to moving in.

More to follow soon.......................................