It’s been a cold couple of weeks here in Wellington.  Not a lot of sewing or photography action, lots of wind and rain.  As well as heading off to Kelburn twice a week for my university course, we’ve been out a Paraparaumu with my parents, and going to movies at the International Film Festival.  We had our last three on Saturday, Sunday and Monday: ‘Fuoco Ammare’, a documentary about life on Lampedusa, an island off Sicily and the first port of call for many refugees fleeing North Africa, ‘Bella and Perduta’, a fable set in Campania involving a decaying palace and a buffalo (yes, really), and ‘Le Ride’, a recreation by a kiwi and his American best friend of the route of the 1928 Tour de France and the experience of a team of Australians and a Kiwi who rode in it.  If a friend ever asks you to ride 3000+ miles on a vintage steel racing bike around France, just say no!  It was uplifting though, and a bit of a contrast with the other two, which were both confronting in the case of Fuoco Ammare  and sad. We’ll be looking for some escapism in the form of the new Jason Bourne movie next week!  Being out tho’ has provided us with reasons to try out old favourites and new spots for lunch or dinner around our movie-going.

It’s been cold – cold enough for there to be a dusting of snow on the hills across the channel, and  heavy snow has fallen in other bits of NZ. Obviously quite different from winter in Brisbane!

Recent pics below.