Friday and Saturday were lazy days in our house. We all laid around, played a little and watched more Little House On The Prairie episodes than I can count. The kids are loving LHOTP and so are Dan and I. Mary is blind and she has married Adam, they are running the blind school in Winoka. Albert has joined the Ingalls in Walnut Grove, baby Grace is starting to walk....okay enough about that.
Sunday morning we got up and decided to go to Kaka Point. Sam made tuna sandwiches, we packed up the car and drove to the ocean. It was a glorious day. There is something about the sound of waves that just makes me feel right inside.
At Camp Columba there was a group in all weekend and they were celebrating dinner tonight with a traditional Maori Hangi. Maori are the native New Zealand people. They have a rich history which the Hangi is a part of. The dig a hole in the ground and build a fire in the hole. They lay rocks or metal pieces on the fire, get them really hot. Then they remove the burnt wood and ashes, put the rocks and metal bits back in the hole and place the veggie and meat on the heat. They use flax as a layer on top of the food them wet paper or rags. Then the hot rocks heat the food. Tonight's Hangi was very interesting, not my favourite flavouring for food but a very interesting nonetheless.
We are on a two week school holiday and we will have a special edition mid week blog so stay tuned.
Until mid week,
Samantha
1 comment:
We can identify with your comment - "There is something about the sound of waves that just makes me feel right inside."...especially the NZ ocean waves.
e&f
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