Spring has sprung the grass has ris - I wonder what a Tui is?

1. the children trying to buy back their tolerance pay
2. the house that reminded Spook of ours
3. where Lake Wanaka drains into the Upper Clutha, with Josh's old campsite just to the right of the outlet.

An all work and no play day, with me clocking a magnificent 7hrs of cleaning and Spook coming home for tea and back out to work. He has to go in at 6am tomorrow for tank cleaning.

Otherwise the day had very spring-like qualities again - dry, windless and tweeting birds. Always gives me that optimistic feeling that we get back home with a day like that.

Finn has stumbled upon the origins of the word 'nipple'. He has recognized a similarity in shape between the nipple and the mountain. Mt Everest is the biggest mountain in the world and is in Nepal. With his Dyslexic ear, he figures the words are probably spelt the same. A fine example of how his education is developing.

Spook and I still throwing ideas around with some creative plots for the evacuation!

grateful for:

That black and white bird that looks like a magpie, but I think is a Tui, and has a beautiful voice.