Sunny Saturday and Sunday

We had a pleasant day with Klaus and Christiane, showing them the sights and delights of our part of town - started off with a swim at Sentinel Rd beach , then on to Westhaven by foot and then to Sitting Duck cafe at Westhaven for lunch - lovely sandwiches, ginger crunch and a latte, then walked toVictoria Park Market. Home for afternoon tea with the nice linen and china and then dinner. E was here too for the latter two.

They took us out to an Italian restaurant in Herne Bay on Saturday night. We shared a lovely seafood platter for starters then a pasta dish with spinach and fetta for me. Earlier in the day we went to an arts andcrafts market up at the Ponsonby Community Centre. There was a great a great array of crafts and bric-a brack. D bought me a lovely shiny biscuit tin with the Fresh-Up advertising on it. E bought herself a brown phone shaped like a handbag, seventies style. She reckons it will go. There was a great display of Crown Lynn china - small plates $5, dinner plates $10. the domestic crafts are very much alive and well among the younger generation - there were some lovely knitted purses and crocheted badges as well as afternoon teas with yummy home baking. Dieters nephew arrived back fromtheir sojourn in Orewa while we worked witha beautiful hazelnut cake for Dieter, a rolled up shortcake strudel time roll with a delicious nut filling, just like his mother and aunt used to make. My aunt made a different nutcake - with the ground hazelnuts folded into the plain cake mixture, replacing an equal amount of flour, also delicious.