Well I know that it has been a while since I have updated and mostly it's because nothing much of interest has been happening, though we did spend a week down in Christchurch where we went on an overnight Tramp that seemed more like an overnight expedition, it was made all the worse by the fact that I had just purchased new boots, which gave me some wicked blisters so on the second day I spent 8 hrs hobbling rather than walking...overall it was a good trip, like most things in retrospect.
(Sir Edmund Hillary)
Anyway today I thought that I would do a bit of a homage to two New Zealand icons who have died lately (both in the past week) as I am at work and have no other photos to upload other that those i can find on the net.
Quote From Sir Ed
"We didn't know if it was humanly possible to reach the top of Mt. Everest. And even using oxygen as we were, if we did get to the top, we weren't at all sure whether we wouldn't drop dead or something of that nature."
Hone Tuwhare - Rain
Rain
I can hear you
making small holes
in the silence
rain
If I were deaf
the pores of my skin
would open to you
and shut
And I
should know you
by the lick of you
if I were blind
the something
special smell of you
when the sun cakes
the ground
the steady
drum-roll sound
you make
when the wind drops
But if I
should not hear
smell or feel or see
you
you would still
define me
disperse me
wash over me
rain
Hone Tuwhare
While I love this poem my favourite has to be 'Roads' but unfortunately I can't find the words for it on the net at the moment...I will keep looking and see if I can't find it. Also good news for me we get time off to go to Sir Ed's public funeral next Tuesday, so I can't complain about that, here in Hamilton they are having a big screen down in Garden place so I hope it's a nice day
