Dim Sum Weekend

Over the weekend Miang and I repeated Dim Sum on Saturday and Sunday. The first was with old friend Mark Warner from Cambridge, who was out here reviewing the MacDiarmid Institute. After lunch we took him to Zealandia (The Karori Sanctuary) where Mark was captivated by Tuatara, Kaka, Bellbirds and a New Zealand Harrier. Mark's delighted face says it all as he gazes at the Tuatara.







On Sunday, we had a cousins' occasion with Merle and Sam Lindsay down from Marton, and Ross Johnston up from Dunedin. Ross is the son of the oldest of my mother's 8 sisters (Doris) and Merle is the daughter of my mother's younger sister (Essie). Here are we three with the beautiful quilt which Merle had made for me, entirely out of offcuts from men's green ties. Extraordinary.