I should recap a little and say that last week was spent franctically trying to get the second Memory quilt done. It was finally finished on Friday I thought, then on checking over it on Saturday, found I had missed a couple of short ditches and one whole block. Used my trusty Janome 8900 to fill those in and then spent a few hours sewing ends in. At last it was delivered to my lovely friend Colleen for binding and off I went to pack my bag.
Monday Richard dropped us off at Wellington Airport and we flew off to Auckland to visit our grandson Leslie.
This is the amazing Gollum sculpture hanging in the airport...incredible when you see it up close.
Hired a rental car for a great rate through our AA membership and did some Chrissy shopping in Manakau!! What a life.
This is the view from The Coffee Club where we lunched and then did a bit of a zip around the shops.
Here is our plane waiting to take us home. It was 15 minutes late, but it was such a beautiful day what did it matter?
Richard picked us up again at the airport and then we went out for a lovely meal. I could get used to this!!
Tuesday was Kerry's birthday, so we tootled around the shops in Wellington, and loved walking around Victoria/Manners/Willis street. It is such a pretty city and although busy, not overwhelming like we find Auckland tends to be. We treated the kids out for dinner and then it was off to the Leonard Cohen concert, which was my treat to Kerry for his birthday.
We both enjoyed it and had great seats. Bit hard mind you, but the view was good.
Wednesday it was back to reality. Packed up after the kids went off to work (we all went out for breakfast coffee first) and headed back up the line. It was great timing for my sister Joy who was finishing at midday and heading back home. Picked her up and after a cuppa with hubby Bill we finally headed off home. Here is a pic of my sister's new hair cut. Joy has been through breast cancer and her hair is finally looking beautiful again, not that she is not always beautiful, but a woman's hair is kinda special. I am so proud of her.
So now I am sitting here catching up on all the happenings and the cat is trying to fit into the box on the chair next to me...he had to give up in the end!!
The two memory quilts were picked up late yesterday and it was a very moving experience for us both. I forgot to take some photos but will check in with the customer next year and see if I could get a couple. An amazing journey, and not sure if I would want to go on another one.
One small little quilt to finish for a customer to pick up on Monday and that is it. What a year.
Thanks for visiting and if you dont come back before Christmas I do wish you all the blessings of this season that celebrates the birth of Jesus.
Blessings
Clare
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