I'll will start todays ramblings with a pix of the sunrise this morning.  Now this may not seem really important unless it's laundry day.  It's all about that drying time.  Do you think I'm perseverating over this too much -----

This sunrise also meant it was a great day to do my first run.  The hills are killers but the view is spectacular!  

Saturday meant the return of our leased car and the real driving of our new (to us) 2000 Subaru Imprezza.  Check out the color!

We explored several nearby beaches and went to a local high school art fair after a quick trip to the farmer's market of course.  We were cruising in our new red wheels....

 The first two pix are different angles of Mellons Bay and the last is Eastern Beach which is one of the nicest beaches we have walked along.  After a day of exploring we ended up back at Half Moon Bay.  This is an evening shot of the harbor.

Sunday gave us a taste of a New Zealand "Heavy Rain" day.  We are talking POURING steadily all day.  David and I decided to try out our LL Bean rain pants and rain coats.  Thanks Katie for lending me your purple rain jacket.  Our duds worked beautifully.  We actually walked down the hill thinking we would view the winter polar plunge ----- Let's just say the kiwi's were a bit brighter than we were. It was cancelled until July 14th.  Here's a pix of Sunday at Howick Beach.

Monday proved overcast and pleasant all day.  I went to Campbell park with a friend.  It is about a half hour away and just beautiful ---- rolling green hills, sheep grazing,  cows mooing,  birds singing ---- the whole nine yards!   I was "gobsmacked"!!  (This term was used in our local paper --- thought you might want to adopt it)

Enjoy!

Beautiful New Zealand!!