Friday October 18 - Tuesday October 22 (Port Orchard)

Friday
The weather continued to be cool and damp.

I chilled out and watched a wee bit of TV before Cheryl had some friends over for a quilting session after lunch. I also updated the blog to include the Lady Washington tall ship.

Saturday
The Rugby World Cup is taking place in Japan so I stayed awake and caught the All Blacks (New Zealand) quarter final against Ireland, the game started at 3.15 am! I listened to Radio Sport from new Zealand and also followed a text commentary on one of the websites.


 It sounds as if the ABs played superbly in the first half. It did sound as if they lost their structure a wee bit when the inevitable replacements were made. However, they won easily enough, 46 - 14!

I managed a few hours sleep before getting up to another cool damp day so there was nothing to do but chill out again and watch some TV. The fall colours are appearing in the tress above the house.

Sunday
I overslept but managed to be ready by the time Cheryl and Jim came back to collect me for lunch. 

We went to the local Applebee’s for lunch. where they know one particular waitress, who also runs the bar, very well.  

We had a lovely meal, I had some French Onion soup followed by a BLT in a brioche roll. 

We then sat and chatted and watched the Seahawks v the Ravens. It was raining in a Seattle as well as the area we were in, it was widespread!

It was great to see the fall colours and the change since I arrived was very noticeable. 

On the way home, the sun started to break through and Cheryl spotted a streak of sunlight on an island across the water. There was also a faint rainbow that disappeared very quickly.

We then went to Walmarts and I grabbed a coffee at a nearby Starbucks. 

It was getting dark as we drove home but there were some deer along a nearby road so we went quietly along for some photos. 

The mother was on the opposite side to those in the photo and appeared to have three youngsters. One of them jumped the fence very neatly from a standing start!

It was quite late when we arrived home, the girls were hqppy to see everyone! Cheryl usually checks on them as we are drving down the drive, she has a camera she can access remotely, at the same time it acts as a security camera as it is motion activated. 

Monday

We woke to yet nothre cool damp day and I chilled out and watched some TV again. i am enjoying some of the Hallmark movies! I have still been watching the new season shows although i am not sure if some of the new ones will come to New Zealand.

Meanwhile, back In New Zealand, there was a serious fire in a convention centre under construction in Auckland. It started some hours ago and was still burning, the thick black smoke was causing major issues. The fire started on the roof and was difficult to put out there so the firemen were working on the fifth floor and damping down any debris. The fire is right in the centre of the city. One person was taken to hospital with serious injuries, thank goodness there were not more people hurt or worse.

Tuesday

The weather was supposed to clear today and the sun did come out briefly late this morning. However, it was still cloudy and coolish!

In Auckland the fire was still burning although finally under some control. A lot of the water from fighting the fire was finding its way into the harbour and it contains toxic material. There is a lot of toxic smoke still pouring out over the city.

I watched some TV again and was hoping the the weather would improve tomorrow so we can go out. 

After tea, Jim was sitting on the sofa and the three girls were around him, a wonderful photo opportunity, or so I thought, lol! the second I grabbed my  IPad, Maggie came toward me and the others then moved around. 

Cheryl came to help but we just could not recapture the mood! She tried her very best but they would not co-operate, lol!