on solid ground

You may have heard about the big (7.1) earthquake in Christchurch today--our thoughts are with them, but be assured we are far away from Christchurch, and Hamilton is one of the safest, most earthquake, volcano, tsunami-free zones in New Zealand.

We did have a lovely spring day today, with sun and a breeze, such that our patio finally dried out enough for the paving man to come and finish it! hurrah! He has been stymied for over a week by daily rain. We should have the hot tub within a few days.

We are thinking of the Wines, who must be in full wedding prep mode. We hope all goes wonderfully on Monday.

Manford has had an up and down week, good visit to the doctor on Tuesday, off steroids a week, then on Friday up at 4 am and unsettled, confused, difficulty walking and saying what he wanted to say, memory problems, and headaches, so back on steroids now, and better, but a bit frustrated. Chemotherapy postponed slightly to see how he does over the weekend.

And tomorrow Emily and I will go fetch the bunny, whose name may be Thunder, if it suits.