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well then....

...it's the last day of May & I haven't posted here all month! Have had a couple of weekends away for the Otago Playcentre Association - Napier for a Promotions Meeting & Rotorua last weekend for the Annual Conference. Have been enjoying Playcentre this week with lots of exciting learning happening for children - we enjoyed some walks in the Queenstown Gardens -one particular day we had a blast in an amazing pile of leaves - parents & children really enjoyed the experience - the ducks enjoyed bread that we picked up from Gardens Novotel -breakfast left overs - on the way up to the park. The three below are some of our 4 year olds looking up Lake Wakatipu on our way to the Park! Now these fascinate me - printers blocks - photo taken at the Naseby museum - I see these and think about how much technology has changed - to go up a font size with these babies you had to use a whole new set! the time involved!!!
Can you see the fear?
Queenstown Gondola.

My dare entry for the last No. 8 wired dare - have you checked out the current dare - go the photos LOL.

And congrats to Vicky & Trina who joined the SBO design team earlier this month - some exciting things in the pipework.... not to mention Vicky's baydee that needs to hurry up & be born!

There are some changes happening at SOF too but I'll leave them to Sally to announce!

May must have been a good one as my friend Nik (who I run regular scrap retreats with in Bannockburn) has started a new venture - so check it out!

ok, must go do some real work!

Comments

Sharon said…
You live in a beautiful part of the country - loved the photos and the layout :)
7:36 pm
Anonymous said…
Nice to hear from you again, Lara! Sounds like you've been busy. Love the photos - you certainly do live in a beautiful place, one of my favourite places to visit, actually!

Great layout, too!
7:44 pm
Anonymous said…
busy busy month. Lots of good stuff happening too. Good to catch up on your news. I saw your page last night on the dares site. Stunning.
8:44 pm
Jenny said…
Nice to see some nws from you - I've been visiting here all month
9:11 pm
Penny said…
love the photos.. want to come back to the South. The printer's blocks fascinate me too - I want to play with them.
10:02 pm
Anonymous said…
Love those printer's blocks. Because I love stamps I guess LOL
Great pics here. And gorgeous *little nurse* layout :)
9:46 pm
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