Out and About

It was a busy day yesterday, going out and about down to Paraparaumu with our list in hand.  We visited various shops, checking off the items on the list as we went along.  It was opening day of Smith City’s latest shop, and we joined the great multitude of customers all looking for an opening day bargain.   We could have come home with large radio controlled helicopter if we were so inclined, but no, Robin wasn’t allowed one.   After all this excitement we really needed a sit down, so opted for lunch at the adjacent shopping mall.  How about the Pensioner’s Special at the Chinese stall – that sounds like us, and quite a reasonable price it was too.

A Chinese meal for lunch

We had various stops on our way home, calling in briefly to the MIL (Robin’s Mum) and two lots of friends.  (No wonder we were so late getting back home to Levin).  We really struck the jackpot on one of our visits and came away with copious amounts of bananas.  Seems that Geoff had found a real bargain in bananas, and bought a whole box of them.  He was only too happy to pass some on to friends and family.  After eating bananas morning, noon, and night, it looks like I’ll be making a few banana cakes and a batch of banana muffins to get through them all. 

We came across a sorry looking little wax-eye on one of our visits.  It was sitting in a tree, looking rather puffed up, and didn’t move away as we approached, camera in hand.  In fact, we wondered if the poor little thing was ill, as it didn’t look at all happy.  These little native birds are usually so busy, fluttering around the trees as they look for something to eat.

.Little wax-eye, perhaps it is sick?

One of the items on our shopping list was a new camera for me. We found some which looked good, and finally decided on an Olympus.  I wanted one with a greater zoom than my current 5,  and this new one has a zooms up to 24.  No doubt it has all sorts of fancy features which will be beyond me, and we will have to sit down and watch the accompanying video together.  An easy “point and shoot” is what I was after, and small enough to pop into my pocket or handbag.  And it’s such a pretty soft burgundy colour – “take me home” it said to me.   I always have my camera on hand, you just never know when you might want to take a photo – friends doing something silly, an interesting scene or wildlife just waiting to be captured.

 

My new camera