Delicate

Up very early for breakfast and then off to Timaru to pick up Mother. Lots of stops on the way to walk the canine, stretch my legs and take photos.

Lovely lunch of macaroni cheese and oven baked tomatoes then a session with my aunt showing her how to use her first digital camera whilst Mother had a Nana nap. Tea and home-baking enjoyed before back on the road for the trip home to Dunedin.

Stopping at Katiki beach for a stretch of the legs and again at Waikouaiti for fish and chips - best around - which we ate down by the river watching the welcome swallows feast on the wing and a couple of ducks paddling frantically against the surge of an outgoing tide.

Home safe and tired but energised from the change in routine. The canine delighted with all the exercise and having his family back together.