Back to the job hunting again this morning. Finished just after lunch, so we thought we’d pop up to Paraparam for some driftwood for some flower arranging for Louise.

Parked up on the seafront, then went for a walk on the beach. We picked lots of small pieces of driftwood, being very careful not to pick up or disturb any Katipo (or Driftwood) spiders – although you only have to watch out for the female ones cos the males aren’t poisonous. Personally, if I see ANY black spider with a red stripe I WILL NOT be waiting around long enough to check!!

We thought it would be nice to pop in to the corner cafe for a coffee before the threatening clouds gave us some drizzle to cool down the afternoon. In hindsight, the coffee was lovely but the sandfly attack waiting for us on the promenade was something we should have been ready for – given the way Louise reacted last time. This time though, I seemed to be the target and I managed to kill off quite a few. I got away with their bites in Wellington, but not so here! I ended up with some lovely itchy ankles and feet…..

However, the drizzle only lasted minutes and had cleared up by the time we got home. So the remainder of the christmas flowers (the flowers themselves thrown away about a week ago – they lasted well) got a freshen-up.