Morning team, the temperature dropped over the weekend, even looks like there was some snow down south. Have fun embracing those bone-chilling southwesterly that are howling off the southern alps. If exposed to for extended periods can turn your skin to a hue of cyan.
Hey team, looks like it's gonna be a beautiful weather day today. It's a great day for walk or run. It's possibly even a nice enough day to splash out and use that awkward gym equipment that the council has setup at the beach. Let's be honest, that gym equipment is just an extension of the children's playground. I feel like I'm constantly shouting at my kids to get off those contraptions in case they trap each other between the rusty mechanisms that open and shut like a guillotine for tiny fingers. Yesterday as a family we checked out the waterfall and bush walk at Shakespear Regional Park, It was sooooo beautiful. Best to check it in the arvo so you can head to Army Bay for sun down around 4-5. The whole beach lights up with buttery light.
As a child of the 90’s I was fortunate enough to experience the fad of crochet ball kicking called ’Hacky.’ It was a simple game that taught important life skills to the Kurt Cobain idolising, no social media, phone box collect caller generation of youth that once existed. No self serves, passing is a requirement, a hacky cost $12 (much cheaper than an iPhone) and a rally over 4 would incur beats or brands to the person who messed it up. They were life skills that would be ingrained into the impressionable 15 year old minds and forge the life skills to become a fine member of society. Allan Wrath obsessed over hacky. I was that guy who always had two on me. I would sniff out small groups of dreaded hair 15-year-olds and serve up a rainbow crotcheted ball, for some adrenalin filled rounds. One day after morning tea, we were waiting between H block and C Block (Rangitoto College) waiting to head back into science class. I started up a round of hacky with a few of my mates at the time. I got so involved after a rally of 5 or 6 I tried to brand one of the boys who made a dash for it. I fell awkwardly, tried to avoid a puddle, rolled my ankle and ended up in plaster for 6 weeks. Yup, I broke my ankle playing hacky. Looks like this weekend will be filled with spots of showers and fine spells. Much like how this week has been. The temps are dropping today. Snow is starting to make an appearance down south.