Lyn Upside Down

I have two fantastic kids.  And I feel like bragging about them because they deserve some recognition for being interesting, curious, independent, sensible, kind, and responsible people.  I also have two fantastic step kids. I'm not really entitled to...

I haven't posted since December and I can come up with several reasons and an excuse or two thrown in for good measure.
My last update was in December - in the middle of a three week visit by my daughter and her gentleman friend plus the holidays, plus our anniversary.  All these occasions were happily a great success.  We enjoyed a delightful Christmas Day at our friend...

Yeah yeah...I know it's been over a month.  What can I say?  Mostly just didn't want to bore anyone with the day to day which is pleasant as all get out to experience but rather dull to document :-)
Suffice it to say that things are going well - we had a lovely trip to New Zealand in mid November, touring the South Island - Christchurch, Queenstown, Te Anau, Lake Wanaka, Franz Joseph, and the Tranz-Alpine train ride from Greymouth to Christchurch...

Mike and I decided to spend Saturday in the CBD (Central Business District).  There was an art installation I really wanted to view and it's always fun to wander around the city.  I remembered to take my camera so what follows is mostly a pictorial record...