Here I Am . . . Mary Chapin Carpenter.

The retirement do went well with speeches from a variety of people.  It was a reunion of a lot of former staff who of course came just to farewell Wendy.  For all the ups and downs of teaching we were a tight staff who developed genuine relationships.  I was most delighted to meet a former pupil of mine who is a beginning teacher at the school.  He was seven when I taught him.   
After the farewell occassion at the school hall I asked Claire if she could drive down to Ohinemutu beside Lake Rotorua.  I stood beside a rumbling steam vent and took this picture of the church.  The extra is beside a steaming vent and I could smell the sulphur.  Good memories for me.