A Sun-Drenched Saturday

Saturday was a gorgeous day. Absolutely stunning - very few words can actually describe the day we had... so I will let the pictures do the talking and I will try and keep my writing to a minimum.

I'm not a mornings person by any means, but with Heidi I have had to change my lifestyle - for the better. On work days I get her out of bed at 5.30 in the morning to spend as much time as possible before work and to go for a short walk. On the weekends depending on how late I got to bed I get a bit more of a sleep in - say 6 to 6:30am. So Friday night, I get a call from Dad to say they had arrived - by Yacht from Nelson to Wellington, via Taranaki - long story short they had to log up miles to qualify for an upcoming race). I was expecting them to arrive Sat morning - so a little under-prepared with the sofa couches (I have two). Got to bed about 11 that night, and then woke up to this lovely weather. Heidi had a bit of a play and had her breakfast whilst I managed to get in 3 hours of sewing on a boys baby quilt which I will post about next.

I wanted to get as much done before everyone woke up knowing that today would be a day outside. And our agenda was pretty well sorted, to take Heidi for a walk along the South Coast (which is protected from the Northerly and can get very hot down there), followed by some lunch and an afternoon of sailing. Here are some pics of our walk down along the south coast.

Tempting Heidi for a swim - fail! This will be a training WIP.

Even though it looks calm today, the south coast as Wellingtonians will know well can get very rough. When tempting Heidi into the water, a wave hit me and the suction from that wave back out to sea was so great that it swept my new Haviaiana's jandals (all the way from Hong Kong as well!) right off my foot - probably on its way to Australia by now. This was not good, I spent the next hour walking on a hot gravel road without shoes... very painful.

Young Heidi is not yet allowed completely off leash, so I tie her up to a 20m rope to give her some practice.

The Bluebird Ferry, along with the Kaikoura Ranges in the Background

Not all Kiwi's take our beautiful coastline for granted :)

Heidi, warming up her sea legs

In the afternoon, we took Blackout out for a sail. This boat is not hard to miss out on the water as you can see. Heidi took to sailing like a duck to water. She was great and spent most of the time either exploring the boat or sleeping. Well that will do it for this post. I hope you enjoy (envious of the day we had) the photos. Next up, post on the baby boy quilt.