Time Flies -part 2

 Time flies - I swear it was just New Years…

We are still really enjoying the days of longer sunlight. But alas, Fall is nearing. There are still more weeks to enjoy, but the signs are here. It is darker in the mornings when we are getting up. And we have more rain and more wind along with the sunshine.

The kitties are growing and continue to bring us oodles of joy. 

We escaped for a weekend away to Martinborough. Five of us drove up on Friday and came back on Sunday. We visited a lovely winery, ate lots of good food. Walked the Remutaka Rail Trail (~ 20km - 4 hours)and managed to stay ahead of most of the rain. Eric chose to sit that one out. But he graciously picked us up at the end of the trail. He used the spare time prepping a fun D&D adventure that we played that evening. And we did some OPP(second hand) shopping on our way back on Sunday.

We now have a new closet door! Thanks to the amazing talents of our dear friend Kim Beaton, the boring door to the storage closet in the hall has been transformed. Now people might think we have a proper passage to the dungeon!

Progress continues on the new dining room table…hope to have new photos next time. 

Time Flies

 

Oh what a glorious month!

February once again delivers some of the best weather of the year. 

There have been a few beautiful days that we admittedly stayed indoors for more of the day than I would have usually preferred. 
     A- Eric’s not a big fan of the sun and heat
     B- We adopted 2 beautiful kitties!!!

They are 5 month old sisters. Originally named Ash & Pluto. Now called Embyr and Luna. (the white spot on Embyr is where she was de-sexed- it is growing back) She is what they call a “black smoke tabby”. Her fur is mostly black with white underfur giving her a smoky appearance. It is not a common coat, but quite beautiful. Luna is a medium hair black and grey tabby. They are amazingly cute and friendly and we are smitten. ❤️

In other news, Eric has started building our new dining room table. Pictures to come when it’s finished.

Why a new table you might ask?
Well, we did not expect to have a house with an actual dining room, so the table we brought with us is smaller, with extendable leaves. It shakes when cutting food and not sturdy enough to lean on when gaming. A friend offered up some beautiful wood -elm from some trees they cut down. We added the darker wood - Kwila, for the center board. There will be two narrow strips of the darker wood where those gaps are. And Eric, with help from some friends, are building a new sturdier table. 

I went with friends to the new Disney animation exhibit at Takina (the exhibition center). Really enjoyed it. What I enjoyed most was all the pencil drawings. It is amazing to see how much detail, dynamic movement and emotion is in those pieces. Created simply with pencil and paper. A reminder of things before the computer age. 

They also offered a clipboard with paper and pencil for anyone who was inspired to interact with the exhibit by sketching images of the displays. 

There was no way they were going to be able to include every film from its conception to current day in that space. It was interesting to see which films they chose and which were left out. Everyone has their favorites and we all enjoyed the exhibit while still discussing which of our favorites were missing. 

I think what stood out was the odd gap between 1966 and 1990 where no films were included. 

The only negative was that I had a tooth break and needed a new crown. That sucked!!!!

Feels like we’ve been non stop busy with friends and work. 

We blinked and March has arrived…

I swear it was just New Years…