coming to you live from Leigh

and justjenine's living room, where Nat and Britt are doing the dishes after a great breakfast.

Yesterday we "fished" for cockles, which is actually easier and quicker than going to the supermarket to buy shellfish (assuming you have an appropriate tidal flat). Step one: walk out into the shallow water during low tide. Step two: dig your hands under the mud. Step three: pull up the cockles. Between easy-to-get seafood and Nat and Jenine's humongous garden, it looks like feeding oneself is pretty darn easy here.

Also - we went to a brewpub! I admit I was disappointed in NZ beer up to now, but I give four thumbs up (mine and Britt's) to the Leigh Sawmill's Thornycroft amber.

Okay, now we are going to a predator-free preserve, or maybe a beach. (Omaha Beach. Insert WWII reference here.) Jenine (and I) wave at all of YOU.