A new day, a new beginning,and here we are driving towards the sunrise this morning in our beloved housebus Emmylou. Yes, I'll show you in a moment. First I want to explain a little.
Back in June last year on his return from our awesome Alaskan trip, while I went on to UK for 2weeks with cousins, Kerry had a whoopsy with his heart and ended up having a pacemaker/defibrillator fitted.
He recovered very well and is very fit and able, with a few limits on activities involving high frequency electrical gadgets. That's doable, but having a defibrillator also excludes him from driving heavy vehicles. YES! I KNOW!! This was by far the biggest blow. NOT ALLOWED TO DRIVE THE HOUSEBUS!! Our dear Emmylou which Kerry, with some help from me, restored from a mere wrecked shell, over 30yrs ago. It was devastating news, which we didn't realize how much it had affected us both until yesterday morning when a lovely lady from the transport dept rang and told us they had granted Kerry a dispensation to drive the housebus.
WE CRIED WITH RELIEF AND JOY!!
So here we are today, parked by the Waikato river for a picnic, after just getting a new COF. In Pukekohe, having breakfast at a cafe, and stocking up on good nosh for our lunch in this beautiful spot , not too far from home.
See what I mean. Isn't this stunning? That's the Tuakau Bridge over the river, just next to the park. It's my favorite bridge in this part of the world.
There was one small cloud above us, and it was so peaceful and serene.
We lunched under a tree with the company of these handsome bachelors, who were perched ready to snap up any crumbs. Love them.
It was such a healing time. A joyous time.
My mental health has been unstable over recent weeks with times when I can't face social media,and even sometimes anything social. This is due in part to my other health issue, being Polymyalgia Rheumatica. An autoimmune condition like Fibromyalgia. Now we know what it is we can deal with it, even maybe reluctantly, taking the steroid treatment. Seeing specialist in several weeks.
So now we have this awesome reprieve with Emmylou, I am hoping my mood will be boosted and I can enjoy life more fully again.
So, we revelled in this wonderful day and the awesomeness of traveling the roads in our bus again. Back home, we parked her up by the cottage where she looked so happy to be back out in the world again, and part of the family once more.
We sat in the cooling shade and caught up on the morning paper, glancing up at Emmylou often and pinching ourselves. Yes it's really true. And to prove it, we took her out again
To end the day with burgers and chips at the coast beach, just 5mins from home. So we saw the sunrise and the sunset with our beloved Emmylou today, and couldn't be happier.
I'll leave you with a few more pics of the sunset. Blessings and love, Trills.xx
And just as we were about to leave, this magnificent horse was walked past for his evening canter along the beach. AWESOME!!
Goodnight, God bless.xx
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