Drama

This is of the pleasant kind! First we went to a German play put on by students at the Maidment set in Hamburg in the 1980s Besuch aus Busum by Ina Nicolai and the following day, The Seagull by Checkov. It was performed by the Royal Shakespeare Company at the Herald Theatre. Council staff were offered free tickets to a couple of matinees - some of them took a half day's leave and went during the week, but I got tickets for D and me for Saturday afternoon. Had some Vietnamese food at the Aotea Market beforehand - delicious pork spring rolls, and picked up a cute little yellow toast rack at one of the bric-a-brac stalls afterwards. Meant we didnt go to Waiheke until Sunday morning but as we wanted to take over a compost bin (in flat pieces) !! and a full length mirror, we felt less conspicuous then anyway, travelling over at 10am when not many people were on public transport. The final repairs to the hearth have been completed so I was pleased and we had a celebratory fire in the woodburner to warm the place up.

I have been busy knitting a blanket (small one in 6 strips of stripey coloured wools) for an exhibition the Kniterati group is having next year. Just have to sew them together and darn in the ends. The others have been a bit more productive and done 2 or 3 each so far.