Winter

Well these past few days we have seen some not so pleasant weather, but this is winter in NZ. It has been rain, rain squalls, occasional hail (in some areas of the city) and sun with fluffly clouds.
But we didn't have to shovel anything and we weren't freezing our patooties off so it is very bearable

Yesterday we visited the National Museum of Natural History, commonly known as Te Papa. we spent about 5 hours there and to see the whole place would take days. An exhibit I really enjoyed was entitled The Scots . It featured the migration to NZ by Scots since the early 1800's.
It was interesting to note that the Kicking Horse Pass through the Rockies was discovered by James Hector, (who named it after he was kicked by a horse) he was a geologist working on the route for the CPR. After his Rockie Mountain adventure he moved to Wellington and started collecting samples etc and was really the founder of the museum.

Also there was a feature about the Highland Games in Waipu. They started about 130 years ago and have been going strong ever since. Waipu was founded in 1840 by Dr. Norman MacLeod and his group who emigrated from Cape Breton via Australia. I guess they were seeking the promised land.
The video showed dancing., piping, caber tossing, and the Nova Scotia flag and the Canadian flag were briskly flapping in the breeze.

It made me wish I was going to see the Royal NS International Tattoo this year.

Today the sun is beautiful and at the moment I don't see eany clouds, but they might be forming out on the Cook Strait.

We are going to lunch with several of the gals in the neighbourhood. it will be nice to meet them.