Gail’s aunt Louise withered away and just became too weak to go on.
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My mother’s best friend, Bob had his own battle with cancer and went peacefully at the end.
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The man most responsible for us being in NZ, John McDougall, died of a heart attack.
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And Trish’s mother, Dot, went down the cancer road. |
Brundell headed off to Italy for Erica’s 55th birthday party. On the way there he stopped off in South Africa and on the way home it was Holland. |
Stephanie went home to attend her sister Flo’s weddings in France where they have two ceremonies (one civil and one church). She stayed there for a few months avoiding the NZ winter. |
The Booze and Buildings Tour. Matt, Lia and mother also did Italy via Prague and Barvaria. |
Titania did Hong Kong for the first time on her way back to Sydney after visiting home in Singapore. |
| | Flo and Denis honeymooned at two island paradises, Mauritius and Reunion. One for each wedding?. In France you have a civil cermony and a religious one. |
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“did” New Zealand in November. Was a short visit and weather was hit and miss. It hit and they missed out on a traverse across a volcano. On the plus side they had an extraordinary kayak session in a fiord.
They only dropped in at Malley Manor for an overnighter. It was 15 years since I last saw Brenda. We have been emailing the past few years, but this visit gave us a chance to actually get to know each other better.
And the one morning we did have was filled with a quick dash up the peninsula to a lovely beach on the Manukau Harbour, back down and to the other side where
the Tasman Sea hits the black sand beach at Karioitahi. See their photos at Shutterfly.
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Ne discovered glitter paint and added sparkle to her paintings. From there she progressed to small wooden shapes that can serve as ornaments.
Both were very popular at an exhibition in Papakura in Dec.
