ALL BLACK CHAMPIONS!!!

Over the last 8 weeks

New Zealand has hosted the

2011 Rugby World Cup

tournament.

On Sunday our team

the All Blacks

beat France

in a nail biting final

to become

WORLD CHAMPIONS!!!!

This is the illustrious trophy

the Webb Ellis Gold Cup.

It will stay in New Zealand

until the next event in

four years time in

LONDON 2015!!

Huge celebrations and

our time to party!!

Auckland celebrated

with a wonderful

ticker tape parade

When the All Blacks

play an international game

it is preceded with

their tradition

HAKA!!!

(a Maori war dance intended to

frighten the opposition!)



The supporters all entered into

the spirit of the occasion.

Many New Zealand faces were

painted black and white!!

The French supporters

were out in force too!!

It has been a wonderful

8 weeks, with so many

visitors here from all over

the world.

New Zealand enjoyed hosting

everyone who made the

long journey to our

little corner of the world!!

Thank you my dear friends for visiting my blog.

The plaster has now gone - Yea!!!

I will enjoy catching up with you all again very soon.

Be kind to one another

Shane

FOUR WEEKS ON...

Dear friends

thank you so much

for your caring comments

emails, cards and gifts.

You're such a thoughtful lot

I'm over-whelmed.

It has been so nice to find

new friends leaving kind notes

and becoming followers too.

I'm so lucky having lovely

blog friends like you !

A very big special thank you

to two of my kiwi blogging friends

Carole of

Madness and Mess

and

Carolyn of

Little Bear Studio

who came to my rescue

and so kindly did posts for me,

you're both darlings

THANK YOU!!

A very big thank you to

my dear embroidery friend

Jane

who arrived

the day after my accident

with the wonderful

basket of Spring flowers

she planted up herself

don't you all just love it?

Attached to the handle

was a beautiful big blue ribbon

and the sweet

"Paris flower shoppe" card.

Jane knows what I love!

I took this weird photo

as evidence that I did

do 'this' post myself!!!

Thank you my dear friends for visiting my blog.

I appreciate all your comments and

I will enjoy visiting your blogs again very soon.

Be kind to one another

Shane



Flowers for Friday

Dear Friends,

Today Shane has asked me to write a post for her.
As you may know unfortunately she tripped and fell and broke her wrist and sprained the other.
I am so sorry Shane and do hope that you are feeling better and you heal soon so you can make a good recovery and get back to doing the things you enjoy.

Rather than the white, ugly heavy plaster, Shane was sporting she said how she would much rather have a Chanel cast, maybe in pale pink with the logo in grey.
Shane wrote in an email, " I found this Chanel logo to be put on my new plaster cast "  and said what did I think? ... I am sure this will look chic and make you feel better.

The white camellia was the favourite flower of Coco Chanel and indeed one of her signature symbols.
I have two camellia bushes in my garden and they are flowering now.


 "How many cares one loses, when one decides not to be something, but to be someone"
~Coco Chanel

I wish you all a happy and relaxing weekend, doing what you enjoy most
Hugs Carolyn
www.draffinbears.blogspot.com