Hastings/Napier

26/3/23

That mistress this morning was up and organized and we zoomed off to the local farmer's market. She likes the ambiance she says. What on earth does this mean.? Look it up in your books she said. It would be so much easier if she just told me. That's wasting my time and energy she says, and you have so much more time than me. Now while she was at the market, I looked it up. So, I now understand. They had nice music and people relaxing and eating nice scrummy food fresh off the farm or local bakery. The weather held out as rain was threatened. 

We then went off to see some friends and catch up and I was invited in too when they learned what our journey was about. One of them said I would be too hot in the car and needed out. That mistress said I was an old soul. Jeepers what did that mean? Check out your jolly books she says. Gosh, when am I going to have some ME time. The mistress said that was the first time I had said this. Do you know, she just promised me my ME time. Great, we now have this sorted. She better not go back on her word I say. 

They are a great bunch of people and have lots of laughs, questions, and the possibility of catching up again before we leave this area. They really praised my mistress for being so courageous. I have to admit I kind and agree because when I think about her comfort zone back home it was totally different from today. Gosh does this mean I really care about this strange mistress? She has plonked me in huge places out of my comfort zone. She just makes me and says if she does then I need to too and to think about how proud my mates at home will be with me. It appears I will teach them, so many things that I have learned, and it's good to share knowledge. This is what life is about she announced. We all learn from each other, and it is very healthy to step out when we don't want to. Hmm, I will ponder this on my ME time!!

This afternoon we zoomed off to Napier, and new we were too late for the market that she loves, but we looked around the place just a little today and came across an Aquarium. The mistress tells me that they used to have dolphins jumping many years ago and believes it has all changed now. 

I must tell you something though, she asked the assistant If I had to pay. She must have liked the look of me and let me in free while the mistress got senior rates. Then for goodness's sake, she plonked me in a hole to pose for the camera. I didn't mind really, getting fussed over. She made me feel special.........Ahhhh

Gee look at the size of this fellas gob

Wooh all those fish. I wonder if they noticed me

Hey what are you doing?

She thinks this is ugly

Where is the turtle?

Look at the size of this fella

Hey Mr turtle, you have eaten too much

Holey Moley, he is huge

Cray fish

He is trying to get out

What's this thing on the window

Octopus he is huge

 

 I had to look hard here

Amazing

Shark

Look at these blue boys

Wooh look at this

Hello

Do you know I have realized that I have had so many great experiences that in my gnome world I never knew existed?

There is something big to say about these humans. I shall have to watch my p's and q's from now on.

After the Aquarium we cruise down the road by the sea and saw all this mess on the beach.

Messy

Jeepers

I wonder what they will do with all this stuff on a lovely beach

OMG, the mistress has just told me that we are going out shortly to see if the local newspaper wants a story, to give the people around here a laugh in these tense times they are experiencing.