Day 13 & 14 - Tauranga

I've combined yesterday and today's events into one post as, well, not very much worth mentioning has happened.

Yesterday I noticed that there appear to be a lot of so-called, 'Power-walkers', here. What's that all about? Why not just jog? Most of these people look like their limbs are attached at opposite ends by some kind of peculiar pulley system. Bill & Ben hanging from a washing line in a storm force 10 would look less ridiculous. How come their legs and arms walk in different directions? I am considering making up a bunch of flyers to hand to them as they go past. Blank with a small note in the middle saying, "Just Jog!".

Yesterday was a beautiful sunny day again unlike today which has been overcast and drizzly for most of it. Found out today that the D-Day celebrations took place in Tauranga yesterday. Lots of old aircraft were about but I missed the photo-taking opportunity. Saw a couple of old planes in formation flight today but the camera was in the car and I wouldn't have had a chance to grab it in time.

I awoke this morning to find that Bert (my pet spider in the shower), who has happily been living there for the past few days has been murdered! Some of his legs were lying next to my shower gel whilst his poor lifeless body was lying motionless near the drain. The only people that could have committed this evil crime are Tania or Aidan. Neither are admitting to it! Short of fingerprinting I may never know the truth. Could Bert have committed suicide? Decided that life above a shower was no longer for him?

Tania went to the dentist to get her tooth pulled today. $150 dollars later she is one tooth less and in a lot of pain. Could this be the world harmonising after the death of Bert? Perhaps.

In happier news, we got a bird-feeder today. Very similar to Grandads, but as Aidan pointed out, it has 6 feeding points instead of 4. We have hung it from a tree next to the decking area. Time to wait and see what peculiar birds it attracts.

Signing off for now as Aidan has challenged me to a game of Risk. Cheerio.