I was out ’stalking orange’ earlier (new fav phrase coined by a friend today) & took a picture to add to a collection of orange pictures I’ve taken lately but hadn’t yet posted. So here’s a catch up.

Orange shark resting on the beach at Lyall Bay today

Orange airplane cup brought back from a recent overseas trip (you gotta feel special when one of your Board of Directors brings you presents!) … am travelling with that airline next time!

Orange bug at the Nelson shops

Aidan’s lunch box

Orange weekender set

Found an awesome spot on a rock beside the runway today to watch planes and feel the rush as they took off, especially the 737’s. I managed to get high enough to feel like I was eye-level with the windows as they began their roaring run-up to lift-off.

In the wind and spur of the moment before lift-off I just can’t help waving, just to the plane really, never mind the people on it who probably think I’m a 5-year old trapped in a 30+/-40 woman’s body, however The Mister was on one of them today and he reported from Auckland that’d he’d seen me waving to HIM

And if you’re the people that tooted and waved at me from a white car (some kind of Toyota I think) I’m sorry if I should’ve recognised you and given you more than a confused ‘who me?’ wave back. Actually I rarely get over to that side of town so went for a walk along Lyall Bay, and the small villiage that Wellington is had turned everyone out for some air – I saw those ‘friends’ from the white car, bumped into other friends and we walked together for a while, the Xero car drove by and another car carrying a couple more friends.

With Nikau reopening tomorrow after their 9 months closure due to earthquake strenghtening going on in the City Galley where they are housed, I thought today that my batch of scones might be my last for a while. I’m not sure if Kelda (chef at Nikau) is still monitoring my progress but I thought I’d post a photo anyway – they’re looking pretty good straight out of the oven.

Another reason not to park under a tree, apart from avoiding bird poop, is to avoid it being used as a stage for a pigeon to lord it about over the other pigeons pecking around on the ground, and in fact humans. We practically came eye to eye and you could tell he was pumped to be in such a staring contest although as The Mister pointed out he probably wasn’t staring at me given that his eyes are on the side of his head – probably the person standing next to me! Hopefully whoever owns this car doesn’t come back to a whole lot of pigeon claw scratches on the roof from his strutting about.