We're invited.......

  

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Have you got

Royal Wedding fever

as we have here?

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We've been invited to a

"Right Royal Wedding Dinner"

My friend decided months ago

to host a dinner party

on 29th April 2011!

Because we are in the

Southern Hemisphere

we are 11 hours

ahead of London.

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Photo is of an english field maple to decorate the Abbey.

We are all contributing to

the food and wine

(a very Kiwi thing to do)

I'm doing roast vegetables.

We will have a

'Medley of Baby Vegetables'

such as

baby beets, turnips and carrots

plus

parsnips and potatoes!

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(may be the coach carrying Prince William to the Abbey)

Our main course will be

Roast Beef with

Yorkshire Pudding and

all the trimmings.

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(This car will carry Kate and her father to

Westminster Abbey)

It's too early for foody

photos as the big day

is tomorrow

however they will come

soon after the event!

Wishing you all a

Happy Royal Wedding day

and I hope you will

all join in a toast

to

Prince William and Kate

and wishing them

a very happy and long life

together!

Take care,

be kind to one another,

and love life

hugs

Shane x

ALLELUIA -HE IS RISEN!

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“He is Risen” coloured pen drawing by Sami Haren.

HAPPY EASTER!

Be kind to one another and

LOVE LIFE!!

Hugs

Shane x

The Carnival is Over....

My darling family

have been and gone.....and

I'm just getting back on my feet!

Forgive me dear readers

for being AWOL for sooo long!!!

Every moment was so precious.

From the moment we collected

them from the airport

I knew

we had to make the most of

every minute

Remember the twin Horace bears

I bought for the girls months back?

They loved them to bits.

And here is Horace #1

(or is he Horace #2)

who knows!!!!

Whichever - the girls decided to

feminise him with some

of their Bling - isn't he gorgeous!!!

I set up my own

"Spa for Granddaughters"

and we had a very fun

pampering day!!

We also had a wonderful

10 days up north
swimming and  kayaking

every day

and always monitored by

Johnathan!

I took this photo at

Kelly Tarlton's

Underwater World.

It's a silhouette

with Auckland city in

the background

(sorry no faces)!!

but, in the blink of an eye,

it was time to say

Au revoir
to my precious French family..

I watched their plane

until it was no longer

a speck in the sky and

went home to a very

empty and silent

house.....

Welcome and thank you

to all my new followers,

I will be visiting you all

soon.

Apologies to my regular readers

for my long absence,

I hope you haven't totally

given up on me...

Be kind to one another

and

LOVE LIFE!!

Shane