Copper Mountain

I went down to the lake to watch the sun rise.  I pretty much had the beach to myself.  That's the Bullock Creek in the foreground, making it's way on it's journey to the sea.  The Creek is spring fed.

This morning I went to watch little 'h' play netball, her team pulled off a fantastic win 12 - 11!  It was heart stopping stuff!!

After lunch I went into town to clock up my miles (8716 steps = 5.6 k's)  I stopped by the supermarket to buy dessert for dinner tonight.  You see we are having another 'Guess who is coming to dinner" night.  I don't know where I am going, and the hosts don't know who will be knocking at their door.  It was great fun last year, looking forward to tonight.

Blip No. 1929

Year 1929 in New Zealand

The shaky isles was the order of the day in NZ.  There were two earthquakes, the first one in Arthur's Pass, 7.1 causing extensive landslips and damage to roads and railways.  The second earthquake of surface wave magnitude 7.8 caused the deaths of 17 people and caused lots of damage in Murchison.
Black Tuesday, Wall Street crash triggers the 10 year Great Depression.

Famous NZers born in 1929

Fred Hollows, eye surgeon  :  Yvette Williams, athlete  :  Ron Jarden, rugby union player  :  Michael Fowler, architect, Mayor of Wellington  

Famous people born in 1929

Martin Luther King Jr., Civil Rights Leader  :  Anne Frank, Non-Fiction Author  :  Audrey Hepburn, Movie Actress  :  Grace Kelly, Movie Actress  :  Arnold Palmer, Golfer  :  Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, Political Wife  :  Ronnie Barker, TV Actor  : 

For those of you watching the Rugby, I hope you enjoy the game tonight.