Sunset at Raglan . .

FISHING BOAT HOME AGAIN . .

SUNSET ON RAGLAN HARBOUR

Last Sunday night Ellena and I had dinner with my eldest daughter, Meg and my grandaughter, Lia, out at Raglan where they live. This gorgeous little sea-side town is about a 40 min drive from my place, meandering through and over hills covered either with native bush or sheep ! It is a lovely drive and I never tire of it.

We brought fish and chips from a shop on the wharf, very popular with the locals and fish so fresh it was jumping, then back to Meg and Lia`s for dinner out of the newspaper wrapping - don`t forget the watties !

Lia May - my gorgeous girl ..

Lia is my first Grandchild - her mother is my eldest daughter, Meg, her dad Jamie is not with them now but he does play a big part in Lia`s life which I am thankful for.
There is something special about the first grandchild, I know cause I was my beloved Grandmother`s first, we shared a very special relationship, without her I would not have experienced the kind of love a mother should give.

Lia and I share a love of the the bush, beach and my bees ! The picture above was taken in the Waipoua forest in Jan, Lia is standing on the rails that surround the magnificent kauri tree, Tane Mahuta. This 2000 yr old native NZ tree is one of the very few old kauri left, thousands of acres of kauri forest were destroyed by the early settlers for buildings and ships masts.

Lia is 12 now and in her last year before High School, she will be going to Sacred Heart Girls College here in Hamilton, the same college her mum and aunties went to ..