Now that I have retired as an English language teacher I have more time for some of the interests I have enjoyed all my life. Needlecrafts of all kinds, gardening, singing, plus family history and church involvement are all important to me.
I
also
mange
the
bookings for
Cliffs Edge, our holiday cottage (“crib” in this part of NZ) at
Otakau on the Otago Peninsula which is available when we are not
using it ourselves.
I am a member of City Choir Dunedin which in 2013 celebrated its 150th anniversary. I'm not the first of our family. I've recently discovered that in 1908 a distant relative of mine, Colin Dale Arlidge, was treasurer of its predecessor, the Dunedin Choral Society.
My
forebears include Brett
It has been so
satisfying living in Dunedin since 2000 to be really able to develop
a garden for the first time.
A lot has happened since then. See pictures in the photo
gallery about how the back
garden got under way with major (for us) earthworks in 2002.
I am the Communications Coordinator for the North East Valley Community Garden.