Monet

Saturday and updating the Blog while I watch the Tahs-Stormers game. Chiefs have just managed to win what should have been a reasonably easy win but the Lions gave them a real fright.

Monet - we went to Te Papa and saw the brilliant Monet exhibition. My type of artist - real art; and I would think he is probably my favourite artist. The colours - especially some of his blues are magnificent. 

Killing several birds with one stone we had to go to Island Bay to drop off a quilt and the sewing machine has died so we had to visit Kilbirnie for that. We got a phone call today saying it will cost $300 to fix so it looks as if we will be buying a new machine as not worth fixing at that price. While there we had lunch in Kilbirnie. It looked quite wealthy - everywhere else I see empty shops but not there. 

Helen Clark is off to the UN but the real battle is now underway as to who will replace her in my birthplace, Mt. Albert. Being an Elecorate MP, we will have an election but they have to be careful as if a List MP gets the seat it could mean, with Cullen also due to leave, that Judith Tizard could get back in on the List. She is yesterdays politician and of course the Section 92A proponent. 

As for the UN, I read that the Supernanny method of handling children is not in accordance with their ideas and also the UN have passed a resolution that objects to criticism of religion. Most mainstream Christianity can stand criticism in a free world but the Islamists are, as usual, still 300 years behind.  Maybe we need a new world body that only has Democracy's and let the rest of them go hang!

Set the rules for a democracy to be a member and if, like Fiji, the Democracy is overthrown they are kicked out.