The week just gone...

No, the photo below is not taken in Rotorua at the geysers 

but one day during the week as my GKB

 was heading up the road to pay a couple of bills.

Council workmen had hit a water main while

 digging up the street, for goodness knows what,

 and this was the result. He actually rushed back

 home to get the camera so he could take some shots.

a geyser - not

It looks quite spectacular, as, I think, does my lovely girl below. 

This is Caitlin, our middle grand daughter at her graduation.

She has just finished a years study and could

 leave her course now but has decided to go on

 and do the second year and get the full diploma.

So this was her graduation for the components

 she has already achieved.

Caitlin - middle grand daughter

And below are some of her proud supporters.

Five daughters, four grand daughters, three mothers

 three cousins, two sisters and one great grandmother. 

Which adds up to five ladies believe it or not, not eighteen.

Of course this is just my side of the family, 

her other grandparents were there as well as a couple of other family members. All very proud.

grandmothers, mothers, daughters and cousins

We all had a lovely evening at the Town Hall,

 good food and drinks, non alcoholic as well as alcoholic.

 Lots of photos taken. And I won't tell you 

about the tiki tour I took on the way home. 

Suffice to say what should have taken approximately

 10 minutes took me about 25. I took one wrong turn 

and things went downhill from there, haha. 

 I knew where I was, it just wasn't where I should have been.

food bank collection vehicles

 And that brings us to tonight when we were sitting home 

quietly minding our own business and we heard sirens coming

 down the street and then an ambulance pulled up outside.

But all was well, it was the annual food bank collection 

with the ambulance heralding the arrival of the collectors.

We had forgotten to get anything for it but I managed 

to find some things in the cupboard that we could donate. 

The service clubs man (woman and child) this appeal just before

 Christmas to boost the food bank supplies over the holiday period.

Christmas goodies

And talking of Christmas holidays, 

I have decided to take this week 

off just to do those things I need 

and want to do for and with the family. 

Apart from a lunch date I have on Friday 

that has been organised for a few weeks.

One of the things to do is wrap Christmas presents

 and I need to do this before school finishes

 and little grands start to appear occasionally at the house.

Tomorrow morning is a visit to eldest daughter

 and then some Christmas shopping with little mother.

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joining in this week with:

Blue Monday
and:
roses of inspiration

And that's it for another week.

Happy Christmasing.

Diana