Wide Open Spaces.

DEAR SPOOK, posted these photos as they show what is on our minds - well, Meg and I anyway! Finn continues to be happy and interested in our life in Wanaka whilst totally embroiled in his life here. Due to my work commitments of the last 2 days of the holidays, I wasn't able to keep an eye on his nutrition. When I tried to establish what he had actually eaten yesterday, I was offered a quote from the movie Kung Fu Panda. "A dragon warrior can live on the dew of a honey tree for a week" He himself had only required 2 weetabix and a bag of crisps the entire day, which included a game of 5 aside football......or 5 divided into 2 sides. Finding him had not been easy. There was a note left for me saying that he had gone to Connors. His pal Shane phoned at 3.45pm looking for him. I asked him if he would let Finn know it would soon be time to cycle up the road before dark. When I phoned Connors mum to find out where he was she said they had all gone to Caol to play football. I was panicking as it was getting dark quickly and he had no lights and was now 2.5 miles away instead of the original 2. I phoned Shane's mobile and was informed that Finn was in Inverlochy. This was now 4 miles away. I couldn't believe how fast he was moving, and all in the wrong direction.

It turned out that Aaron's Granpa had run them over to the floodlit park (so it wasn't actually dark yet, according to Shane's logic). I think the game pretty much ended when Finn kicked Aaron on the hand and he had to be taken to hospital to have his fingers strapped up.

Time had been ticking away when he had to get his dinner, get organised for school and go and stay at Grieg's. I liked the simplicity of Wanaka. He was iether home or in Sam's house!

I have completed this week's work effort. It falls far short of your working hours as usual. But it does feel like quite a lot. The phone rings more often here and it had just rung 5 times over a very short period, when it rang again and I barked down it. It was Granny phoning to tell me that your father had noticed the waterfalls all around the house and had cleared all the gutters yesterday. Sorry Granny and thankyou Papa!!

I hope you have a great weekend in Invercargill. Can't believe it has taken year to get there. Enjoy your wee holiday.

xxx