Cantinone reminiscences a year on!

Sammo and Jane at a communal washing spot

Jane at work creating her licquers

Ian, Jane and Sammo

Sammo at the bowser (wine that is!)

In progress 13 Oct 11

Where's the on-off switch for this laundry?

Cantinone looking East

Ian at the side gate

We left our togs (bathers, swim suits?) in Cantinone, Marche, Italia last year in October at Ian and Jane's home and B&B.  How have we got on since then.  Well we bought some new ones!  ESE's came from Sydney town, Ozland picked out real special by Greg and Kristina February 2011 during THE HEATWAVE.

Wedding at Invercargill

On the 24th September 2011 Blaine Morch married Marion Lienert at St Pauls in Invercargill.  Many travelled to the far south of Te Wai Pounamu (the South Island) of New Zealand to be present and celebrate their matrimony. Parents of Blaine, Father John (Eureka in the Waikato with wife Wendy) and Mother Sharon from Auckland together with Marion's parents from Waimate were on hand to assist. Many other friends and relatives from Auckland (Sharon's parents and relatives); Port Campbell, Victoria, Australia; Anna (John's oldest sister) and husband Ray; Evan (Blaine's brother and wife Michelle) from Perth, Australia; Evan (John's brother and wife Sally) from Greytown, Te Ika a Maui (the North Island) were some of the visitors.

It was a great opportunity for the extended families and friends to come together renewing old links and establishing new ones.

The newly-weds Marion and Blaine

Dad John



Mum Sharon and Blaine

The two Evan Morchs

We're Back!! From Belgium, Italy, Brisbane, Sydney, Ohakune and Invercargill

Back by popular demand!  So much to do for the somewhat aged Sadie Boy (ESE).  What a busy life ESE and the Sammo have had since we got back from Europa on 5th October last year. New Plymouth, Sydney, Brisbane and Invercargill (not to mention Ohakune, the snow country in the central mountains) visiting offspring and younger but special old friends.  Gardening, bottling, preserving, distilling, lawn bowling, being trained by the two 'bichon boys' and oh! that's right teaching by Sammo (fulltime).

Still retirement is doing what one wants to do and when.  All good stuff.  The only sad feature has been the death of Picasso the big, fat, hungry aged cat (in his 19th year) and in his sleep after his normal evening snack to prevent night time starvation.  He now rests at Greystone working up an appetite. 

It is now spring and Greytown and the Wairarapa looks dramatic.  Some of our blossom is shown below.

The white and variegated tulips

Louis and Frankie (the 'bichon boys')

Magnolia grandiflora

Mt Fuji just for Carl's birthday 4th October

The yellow tulips

Go the Warriors and the All Blacks!