I have POWER ... in abundance!!

How can you not LOVE mornings like this!!

St. Heliers Bay .... MY bay!!

Grrrrrrr ..... my morning didn’t get off to as good a start as what it normally does ... despite the glorious blue skies and sunshine!!!  My system crashed ..... YIKES ...... not a good thing for one who is addicted to .... yes ... addicted to .....  her connection to the big wide world out there!!  That’s what happens when you live at the arse end of the world .... you need this funky little collection of gizmos and gadgets to keep you CONNECTED!

I moped off for my ramble having left it trying to recover itself .... not knowing what I was going to come back to ......

Kohi Beach ... the next bay along

.... but miracles do happen ... it had recovered whatever it had apparently lost and was ready and raring to go.

I'm chatting to the ladies in the picture below and she's wanting her
ball thrown!!

I did wonder if it crashed in sympathy with Steve Jobs death this morning ... he was still so young .... and has left an amazing mark on our world.  He was once quoted as saying “I want to put a ding in the universe” ..... wow ... he sure has done that .... there can’t be many people who don’t own or haven’t owned an Apple product ... and I’ve added the “haven’t owned” especially for my oldest lemming as he is very anti-Apple but HAS owned an iPod ... hmmmm!   RIP Steve Jobs .... your visionary outlook will be sorely missed.  I, for one, love Apple products and I wouldn’t be without my iPhone!

Rosemary, Carol and Vi

My ramble took longer than expected today ... I got delayed chatting on the beach to some of my other dog walking buddies ..... they sit on the bench most days and catch up with the news of the world .... and of course, rugby is a hot topic at the moment!!  There’s so much excitement with the build-up to the Quarter Finals this weekend ... everyone has their own opinion of who’s going to win ... and why!  Flags are out in abundance and I’ve been so impressed at the number of Welsh flags I’ve seen ... which brings me to an interesting thought ......

How come if RWC is happening right here in NZ and all of the flags of all 20 countries are being displayed here, there and everywhere .... are people still unsure of which flag belongs to which country?  A mother in my coffee haunt today informed her friend that I had an Irish flag in my backpack .... IRISH .... with a Welsh DRAGON on it!

Contrary to the popular belief of SOME of my Kiwi friends .... and a CERTAIN South African friend, the only teams heading home after the matches in Wellington this weekend will be Ireland and Aus!!  My Bokke will be taking on the Flightless Fowls in the Semi-Final .... and then the nation .... the New Zealand one that is ..... will be in mourning ...

SHUCKS .... I hope that doesn’t mean I won’t be able to get my daily fix .....

Life has MAGIC ..... I have POWER .... in abundance  ... and OH YES, dreams DO come TRUE!!

Back to the beach for lunch today  .... it was just too beautiful to resist!