"Is it Saturday Yet?...."

Mona Vale Homestead

Yes it is. Saturday of a 3 day weekend for Labour Day on Monday. YAY!! I love this working concept of having public holidays off. While it was nice to be paid time & a half on public holidays when worked, I have to admit it's much nicer to have it off & to chill out & relax. So that is what I did today.

Pretty much nothing! While my Husband studied I lay on the couch, caught up on some TVOnDemand, read a blog, did some cross-stitch & yes of course got the washing done. A pretty successful day of nothing. And I really enjoyed it. It is quite nice to just laze about & not do a hell of a lot really. I haven't got a list of stuff to do & thought why not.

I did go for a wonder to Mona Vale Gardens after lunch for some air. It was very windy today, leaves & seedlings & everything being blown around.

A Red Rose

Mona Vale was really quite stunning in the sunshine. Sitting there you can hardly believe there is a bustling city surrounding it all. I remember sitting in the central library in the city, studying & amazed at how even on the wettest day in winter the city still bustled. It's what makes me love this place. Christchurch will not look the same again after the 10,0000+ earthquake/aftershocks it has had but the heart of it still beats & it will look amazing once again (when people in high places get their act together - but I won't go into my opinion of all that now).

After Jane Seymour perhaps?

Mona Vale Bathhouse

Avon River through Mona Vale Gardens

Tomorrow Church with some other house work thrown in there & then Monday a quick wee trip up & over the Port Hills to my favourite place in all of NZ AKAROA!! We'll nip over there for some lunch & no doubt plenty of photographs.

Finally watched 'The Hobbit' this weekend, I some what enjoyed it. Not so involved as the LOTR trilogy but not bad. I'm still curious as to how Peter Jackson has made such a small book into 3 movies. Split into 2 maybe but 3?? Oh well shall wait & see what happens in the following two. No doubt though it'll probably be a year until I watch the 2nd one on DVD. Who knows?

Ta ta for now..... will share Akaroa soon. Enjoy your weekend...!