Busy week ☺☺

Hello ☺☺ back doing a crochet hat with a pattern I was testing for a blog friend Teresa ☺

It is a great pattern and link will be below with completed hat......

Some great marinated pork ribs that Paul whipped up and salad by me 

last week I went to stay for the night at Sarah's house and she has 3 cats and never easy getting a simple face pic of them not moving lol 

Her youngest boy Batty was in a music performance 

here we are waiting.....me, Frank, Sarah, Shannon 

and there is Batty rocking on with his guitar

plenty of good instrument playing and they did "Money" by pink floyd 

he has a pretty neat electric guitar 

of course I was very proud of him and had a great time watching ☺ 

back at the house attempting a pic of Dexter with Sarah's help lol 

and Dante' ♥.......then next day, Thursday I drove on to our city place

because yes.....this.....for Friday night 

but Thursday night relaxed with crochet and watching those railway journeys I love ☺

I managed to finish it that night. It is a crochet around hat with a clever ribbed brim 

and here is the completed crochet hat ☺☺ link to Teresa's blog the owner of this great pattern 

a-hat-for-paige She made 2 for her grandsons first, then for her 2 granddaughters, thanks Teresa for that pattern. I was one of many who tested it out for her ☺☺

so Friday night we got ready for the love of my life ☺♥♥

Paul not a big fan but he went with me cause he loves me lol 

there were 2 support bands very loud of course 

does Paul look keen here lol 

and oh my.......here he comes 

plenty of great lighting and smoke 

ALICE ♥♥♥♥

yes I am a crazy fan......first heard his music when I was 15!!

amazing he is for someone almost 70 

stage show included Frankenstein and usual guillotine 

rocking with schools out and yes, I sang along ☺☺

the back of my new t-shirt  

and the front...... 

here are 6 of my t-shirts from over the years and 2 others at city place and 3 which I wore out......so 12 at least I have owned and loved lol 

played tourist before we drove home on Saturday......St Pauls cathedral in Melbourne city 

and last night Jason and Jess (with her back to us) stayed the night and Julia came to join us all for breakfast......

and Woody had a bit of fun with their friend Foo Foo and Shrek.....

Just us now here back home and may do a little van trek in a week

Any Alice fans out there? Anyway may your weekend be a good one xoxo

Auckland zoo visit

Hey there family and friends.....here we are at the Auckland zoo checking out the otters.....there were 4 of them but as usual by the time you take a pic they move on lol 

the tiger was up and about for 2 seconds.....so I got in quick 😉

here is part of the tiger enclosure....there was another one asleep way off in the distance in their other enclosure....

a colorful Macaw 

nice parrot, think called peach face 

great big turtle and there were 3 of them and can just see one other on the left in background 

spider monkey as close as I could get a pic as all the others turned their backs and ran lol 

lemur enjoying the sunshine 

would you believe this is an orangutan under its little red blanket lol 

we saw it and it covered itself up 👀

Kea if you look real hard at the rock 

and this is their enclosure waterfall

pretty nice for them I guess 

flamingo

2 elephants here 

and Woody found this one to ride lol 

when we have been other times there has been lots of roosters, but seem a bit reduced now....this one had a big chunk of bread in its beak and the seagulls were going crazy after it lol 

rhino who would not lift up head to show me his horn......

but this is special and new baby giraffe 

ostriches 

yep the best shot I could get of the lion area.....just her 😀

baby tortoises called a leopard tortoise  

the adult ones 

and love bird nesting boxes painted by a local primary school.....so colorful 

and there were plenty of happy lovebirds 💓

meerkat on guard 

and a few more 

back to better view of the giraffes 

so cute seeing this little one.....her name is Kabili which means "twice" in zulu.....she had a twin who unfortunately died and they were born premature....but she is thriving 👍👍

a peacock enjoying some bug eating 

and a tuatara 

Tuatara are rare, medium-sized reptiles found only in New Zealand. They are the last survivors of an order of reptiles that thrived in the age of the dinosaurs.....can live over 200 years and do know of 1 Henry still productive at 111!!!

we had a good day and got plenty of walking done......today we have just been doing a bit of appointment stuff and enjoying our last few days left here in New Zealand......

and here is the gorgeous regal "Dante'" one of my Sarah's cats.....he is relaxing in her car lol 

love this kitty very much and think he is now 13 😊 she posted to facebook so I pinched it 

and on with more knitting to relax a bit 

and also today we parked on a road where the planes fly over and I snapped this HUGE singapore plane........awesome

well may you get to all enjoy a good weekend whatever you are doing xoxoxo