As you know, my friend Annie came and stayed this week. It was a quick visit, she arrived at five thrity Sunday night, and left at five thirty Monday night. However, you can fit a fair bit into that time!

We went for a drive out to Sumner, then headed into town. As you can see from the photos we had a stunning day weather wise. It was great to see the amount of tourists in town. Interesting to chat to an Aussie couple who haven't visited since the earthquakes and were trying to get their bearings from the buildings etc that they previously remembered. I wasn't the best person to talk to, as most of them aren't in my memory bank either lol.

When you look around town, you are met by cranes, diggers etc all busy at work. You also feel like your the odd one out as every second person is wearing a high visibility vest.

To end the day, we headed to the dog park (yep, she has dogs as well - and chooks, cows, sheep, goats and a few other assorted birds).

Thanks to everyone who leaves comments on my blog, I really do appreciate it. I never used to have th word verification thing on here, but with a bit of spam being received I added it in. Is it a pain? I could do comment moderation if that was less of a pain for you? Tell me what your preferance is and I'll go with the majority. Have a great week.