I think I might be the luckiest woman in the world. Look where I just spent the weekend, all on my calm, silent lonesome: Hairy Hobbit Cottage, up a vertiginous and bouldery "road" (those are ironic quotes) in the hills above Motueka, a million miles from the world. Yes, there was even a hobbit hole!
Each night I poured a deep hot bath in the outdoors tub, and soaked and soaked.
And in the daytime I swung in the hammock, under the fruit trees, listening to the whirr of fat woodpigeons and watching tuis drink from the flax flowers and hop from branch to branch above my head.
It was awesome. I painted and read and painted some more and stared out at the world. So peaceful. Thank you, Liam, for understanding your wifey so well and letting her be in a quiet place for a while. You are a really wonderful bloke.
And while I was away... the mice had a fine old time, putting up the Christmas tree and going along to the Brightwater Carols, seeing Santa arrive in a fire engine, and even having a ride in one, which is pretty awesome stuff if you're Seb. I mean, Santa's Helper.
There was even ICECREAM!!!
And I know there are several people very keen to see my Pretty Flamingo girl. This is what her hair was like on Thursday; well actually it was PINKER than this, but came out quite orange in pictures.
But, frustratingly enough, the pink has pretty much gone now. Back to a goldy-coppery-red. We have a backup plan, involving putting a deep red permanent over this strawberry blonde, to see if we can make a sort of a fuschia pink. Oh my, it is all very challenging!
Looks as though even the rain stayed away for your weekend away. What a lovely place.
ReplyDeleteGlad you're not giving up on the pink hair although the coppery-red looks good too!
And Santa has a new helper, I see. Lucky, lucky Santa!