We had a small firework display in the front of the house, and here's Anita & Tom getting to grips with the sparklers.

A fine example of a Palm tree

Upland road

Work and play

Today I've been busy again on the new look for Sport 365 at Sky. The Opening titles are now finished, the set is being constructed and the Break bumpers and interstitials are almost finished. I'm just working on the last few bits before it goes on air on Friday. The rehearsal is on Thusday night.
Joe's new interest is gardening. He spends as much time as possible outside now, and as soon as a door is opened, no matter in which part of the house, he'll hear it and come scootling along to see if he can get out.
It's as though he feels that he's a prisoner in the house and cannot wait until he is released. If for some reason he is not allowed out he screams with an ear piercing cry.
Here he is repotting something.

Joe's recent hobby

Repotting

Joe walking.

Mount Eden crater

One side of the crater at Mt Eden

Discovery on the North Shore

Anita bought a ride on ambulance for Joe's birthday on TradeMe, which is like Ebay. We set off for the North Shore to pick it up and when we arrived at the address, I looked on the box and remarked that the photo of the boy on the box looked like Tom. We had a closer look... at the clothes, the photo on the other side and... Anita recognised the shoes; I recognised the other photo. Then we remembed the modelling he had done eight years earlier in Hong Kong. It was Tom on the 'Ride-on ambulance'. Then I noticed that the girl on the top was Eleanor, a freind of Tom's in Hong Kong. Funny eh?

Tom is on the box.

Tom on the Ride on Ambulance packaging

Music lesson

Takapuna Beach

At a cafe in Mission Bay

Cruising

On the move

Tom and Joe

Weather

The weather has been superb throughout the long summer. It's still sunny although the past couple of weeks the temperature has cooled. Here are some pics of a walk we had the other evening along Tamaki Drive.

Out for a walk

Tamaki Drive