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Nico ([personal profile] vilakins) wrote2007-03-23 06:17 pm
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Volcanoes, a cat, and cricket

I didn't do much that was exciting today, but Greg did. I bought him a three weeks early birthday present: an hour's flight over the three volcanoes (Ruapehu, Ngauruhoe, and Tongariro) at the other end of the lake. He took lots of crater and lahar pictures, plus a good one of The Village as he came back in to land.

We were visited by a cat this morning, a magnificent and very friendly Birman (think fluffy Siamese, blue eyes and all). I don't know if he belongs here or is a neighbour's cat looking for daytime company. Unexpected cats are the embodiment of serendipity. :-)

We also watched NZ beat Canada, who are another team with promise. I hope that teams like Ireland, Kenya, and Canada will get invitations to play the more well-known teams in future, but the big cricket news is the murder of Pakistan coach Bob Woolmer, an appalling tragedy. News just in as I type: they seem to have arrested someone for it.
[Edit] No, it was a completely unfounded rumour from Delhi.

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[identity profile] hafren.livejournal.com 2007-03-23 06:45 am (UTC)(link)
The police are denying the arrest. You two seem to have wonderful birthday ideas. I do hope we shall see Greg's photos! If you're anything like me, you were scrabbling frantically for a camera when the cat came round and couldn't find one!

[identity profile] vilakins.livejournal.com 2007-03-23 10:08 am (UTC)(link)
Yes, it seems it was a spurious report from Delhi.

Greg got lots of pictures of steaming volcanoes and crater lakes, and I have several of the cat; he was rather a poser. He was so cute, following me around the apartment. I'll put the photos in an an LJ gallery when I get home, and do some picspam posts. :-)
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