Paragraph of the day

Competitive gardener Danyl at the Dim-Post returns to blogging, as we all knew he would:

Spend the evening at a thermal resort. Expensive, but worth the novelty of soaking in a hot pool without thousands of children running about trying to kill each other, as this place restricts entry to those over 14. The pool extends into a  cave-like grotto providing shelter from the sun. We go inside. It’s peaceful in the dark. The warm water feels good on my raw thighs and I mention this to my wife, only to turn and find she’s swum off and I’m speaking to a young man with blonde hair and an alarmed look on his face. He also swims away leaving me alone in the grotto.

 Parental advisory: the whole post is totally worth a read (and explains the chafing reference which is not what you think it means – shame on you) but may contain product placement. But the product placement is Bay of Plenty-related, as I am, so that is fine by me. 

I wonder if Danyl has been reading one of my other all-time favourite bloggers, Jonny B at Private Secret Diary. Spooky if he hasn’t. (This is meant as high praise.) 

Speaking of favourite bloggers, today the Sunday Star-Times dubbed Ally Mullord at Today is My Birthday as New Zealand’s hottest blogger. Quite right too. The three runners up were Ben Gracewood,  Hussein Moses and, ahem, me. At my age, being considered in a hotness contest is nice.