The first of September, and the weather gods gave us a beautiful spring day, which also happened to be Father’s Day in the Southern Hemisphere!
The tulips are blooming, and the sun has been shining…
Pop and Floyd are soaking up the midday warmth.
The day has been a busy one for the Bonnici Carter household. Call from the youngest son at 7.00am, Russ receiving visitors for morning tea, Sandy doing a beach clean up and Sue off to spend the morning with Mary! All before lunchtime.
Dan, Al and Russ post lunch pic, Dan, Lex and Floyd visited Russ and Pop for lunch.
Floyd patiently waiting outside for the leftovers!
Then it was the excursion to bring back the electric scooter from Orewa to Silverdale…Sandy dropped me over and first stop was to the garage to pump up the tyres. One went up the other went down, until a couple of very kind men helped the damsels in distress and got the flat one full!
Off I tootled, battery went down quite quickly, so a coffee stop and scooter recharge at our friends Don and Russ’s en route! Feeling confident I was ready for the ride home, all the runners and bike riders giving me a very cheery greeting as they roared past my 3km an hour scooter!
Last hill and power getting low….and then a very nasty noise as the machine stopped three houses from my destination. Seemed locked in gear and Sandy and Sue shoved and heaved it close enough to home to run an extension lead to charge!
Not to be! I think I have killed the battery or something – will need a man to check it out!! Good intentions to give Russ a walking machine but he will have to wait a little longer!
Jax and Steph turned up for the promised butter chicken (the scooter episode having taken a lot longer than anticipated) so Jaxon ended up making it!
Anyway, even though not all things run to plan, it has been a good Father’s Day with Russ talking to or seeing all his boys! And the promise of summer is around the corner.
All who wander are not Lost girls 