Area Schools' Rugby Trials

Yesterday Bunny & I traveled over to Rotorua to watch Tawhai take part in the Area Schools' sports. He'd had a hard game of volleyball the night before, but he was a standout player in the Central NI team,playing as lock, a position he is not fond of. The weather turned pretty cold, & there were a couple of showers of rain during the game. Central lost their match to Northern, but they did some great work in the second half. Pretty good effort for their first outing together. The Northern team, however, looked as if they'd played quite a few times as a team. We had a long cold wait after the game, to hear who had been chosen from both teams, for a North Island squad to play an invitation team today. Selection for the final North Island squad will be made after today's game. Tawhai was very happy that he had been chosen for the next round. Great stuff. Kia kaha Tawhai. More pics on Picasa.

More from Blog This

Two more pics from my Picassa photos. One of the ancient church built in the area of the ancient Minoan settlement, & the other shows a typical Cretan lunch spot.

Blog This test

After 3 attempts at blogging direct from Picasa on my computer, it looks as if I might have cracked it! The photo was a random pick. It's of a lovely stone wall in an ancient Minoan settlement. The photo took a while to upload, & it won't link to a web album, but I wonder if it can be enlarged? Can it ever! Just click on it & see it in all its glory. Going to try for some more now.

Testing the new machine

Leigh decided that she would have to test drive her new machine today, even though this really was the "coldest day so far" this winter, otherwise Maurie would have probably sent it back. I risked frost-bite to take these pics, but I thought the occasion had to be recorded for posterity.

Test Link

Sam will be helping me fix this photo link today, & all you non-google account holders will be able to see the extra pics on my web page. Well it looks as if it's working folks. And my Flickr photos are available now as well.

Pics for Megan

Last night we went over to the neighbours' house for Leigh's 50th birthday dinner. As usual I ate too much good food & drank too much good wine, so I suffered a little today. Marg & Adrian joined us, after all they're virtually family, & we had a lovely evening. I was the official photographer, as both Maurie & Sam had left their cameras at school. So here are a couple photos for you Megan. Sam told me what to do to make the Picasa link work, so with a bit of luck you'll be able to go to my web album & see more from last night.

Extra Pics

More pics of Leigh for those of you who are unable to access my web albums.