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Huia
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A cloudy day, warm but not hot and enough wind. Perfect for the Christchurch's annual kite day held at New Brighton Beach. This is one of my favourite free events as part of the Summertimes Festival and marks the end of the school holidays. Lots of people of all ages but they were spread out along the beach so it didn't feel crowded. The kites were magnificent and came in all shapes and sizes, birds, fish, butterflies, dragons and a very effective small one that looked like an octopus. The friend I was with finally managed to get both his kites flying successfully, not helped much by me as I was just there to enjoy other people's efforts.
It was a wonderful break from the tidying and cleaning I've been doing to prepare a space for my new bed. (I jumped on the other one holding Georgie-Porgy and it broke so she is going on a diet tomorrow ![[Biased]](wink.gif) )*
*Actually it was not made of wood, but something that looked like compressed cardboard that had been painted. It was a bad buy on my behalf, but I was seduced by the shape ![[Roll Eyes]](rolleyes.gif) Unfortunately the shop is no longer trading and the site is a barren piece of ground.
The salesman (who looked a bit sceptical at my blaming Georgie ![[Razz]](tongue.gif) ) assured me this one is solid pine and is bolted together. We will see if Georgie is up to the implied challenge.
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I went into work for 3 part-days last week, but tomorrow sees me back in full swing for another, and hopefully my last, year. I've thought about part-time, but beyond a bit of fiddling around the edges that's not really feasible.
A significant day for me this week, and Dog's still with us to help celebrate. Unfortunately he won't last much longer and we won't be getting another. That would leave us in our early 80s caring for a dog at a time when we may well be wanting to move into a unit apart from the other considerations.
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Hope that significant day goes well for you, GeeD.
A significant day in extended family here. Son of my new DIL starts High School today and Miss M does also. Not quite so much a jump as it could be as their school is K-12. Uniform differs to primary school. The two of them are hoping to be in different classes to each other. They were deliberately separated in sixth class after being in same class the year before. They both brought home tales from school, so separating was a good idea.
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Ah, the advent of orange squirrels on a folliucally challenged scalp ... so attractive
You may be being unfair to squirrels - they're cute. ![[Smile]](smile.gif)
Huia - that's right - blame the cat. ![[Big Grin]](biggrin.gif)
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Thank you Lothlorien'
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Kite day sounded wonderful Huia! As does a new bed.
Thanks for explaining why we uni workers got an extra "In lieu of Bank Holiday" after Boxing Day Lothlorien.
My eldest niece started high school as well [same school as last year, K-12] as well today, and she seemed to enjoy it -- though "a lot to remember". Better than my younger nieces who both pronounced Year 3 and Year 2 "rather boring". The youngest because the music player was broken so a particular game, Musical Statues, could not be played.
Heard from a friend their daughter was told at preschool by some other kid that they did not want to play with her as she was dark [mixed Malaysian-Japanese-Italian]. ![[Tear]](graemlins/tear.gif) Poor girl.
(Early) Happy significant day GeeD, and hope your full week goes well.
I had a productive day, despite the hot winds blowing through the air vents from outside and heating up my office -- and my bare lower legs as I wore shorts. 40C+ day. Not sure if I've said but we have a environmentally friendly building [with drop toilets!] that is supposed to be naturally cool. A/C was retro-fitted in the middle, and we get a bit of it; but as they were built to Euro standards it struggles a bit in the heat.
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Happy significant day, GeeD!
Working on copy for art gallery monographs and an exhibition catalogue, one of the more enjoyable projects to start 2017.
And it rained this weekend! Not nearly enough to help with water shortages, but the garden revived miraculously.
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Feels like a good day to Tasman-hop
Sounds like a dance from the 60s.
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Depends where you are hopping to, Zappa. Yet another 37+ day down here and several more forecast for end of week. You would welcome it, but it is getting mighty tiresome here. 41 in my area yesterday, more than that westwards.
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A cloudy day, warm but not hot and enough wind. Perfect for the Christchurch's annual kite day held at New Brighton Beach. This is one of my favourite free events as part of the Summertimes Festival and marks the end of the school holidays. Lots of people of all ages but they were spread out along the beach so it didn't feel crowded. The kites were magnificent and came in all shapes and sizes, birds, fish, butterflies, dragons and a very effective small one that looked like an octopus. The friend I was with finally managed to get both his kites flying successfully, not helped much by me as I was just there to enjoy other people's efforts.
It was a wonderful break from the tidying and cleaning I've been doing to prepare a space for my new bed. (I jumped on the other one holding Georgie-Porgy and it broke so she is going on a diet tomorrow )*
*Actually it was not made of wood, but something that looked like compressed cardboard that had been painted. It was a bad buy on my behalf, but I was seduced by the shape Unfortunately the shop is no longer trading and the site is a barren piece of ground.
The salesman (who looked a bit sceptical at my blaming Georgie ) assured me this one is solid pine and is bolted together. We will see if Georgie is up to the implied challenge.
Huia
Heavy cats are a common problem, Huia. I always pick one up when I get on the bathroom scales.
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Depends where you are hopping to, Zappa. Yet another 37+ day down here and several more forecast for end of week. You would welcome it, but it is getting mighty tiresome here. 41 in my area yesterday, more than that westwards.
Miserable bloody 14 here at the moment ... I like the parts of OZ that don't get cold overnigh. Melbourne ... not so much. In fact it's only about 100 kms north of where I live so the only suprising thing is that I always forget ...
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It's -7° here at the moment, but it's been a glorious, bright, sunny day.
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It's 15c here, which I think is great because I have to finish cleaning the bedroom and it's easier when it's cooler. It was over 30c yesterday and I had to keep stopping so I could cool down.
Bed arrives tomorrow morning ![[Yipee]](graemlins/spin.gif)
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Please keep GeorgyPorgy from jumping on the new bed.
That temperature sounds blissful. Over 40 at my place again, yesterday and more of the same at next weekend.
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Interesting few days with 3 grandchildren starting at new schools and B1.1 and B1.2 entering their last years at primary and middle schools respectively. So 2 big fish in small ponds and 3 small fish in big ponds. We have been busy providing reassurance, advice, cheer leading, back up support and various school bits. We are tired already!
TP went to the mall to get away from the heat on Monday and was amused at the number of completely fed up mothers wrangling ratty kids and essential supplies. One small bored person managed to poke holes in an entire display of toilet paper while TP was waiting in line. I think he found it fascinating (not exactly what the mother thought when she noticed). A week not for the faint hearted.
And then the sadistic sales gurus follow this stressful week with flogging lovey dovey Valentine's Day merchandise everywhere. Hmmmm....
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Not a holiday I have ever had anything to do with.
Cooler today but still stuffy inside.
I was guilty once of taking my three to a local Westfield in a heatwave. It was not a cheap outing as there was very little by way of entertainment and we bought drinks etc. Local library was situated elsewhere. However, they did not poke holes in toilet paper display or do anything else along similar lines.
I am suffering from too much heat and not enough sleep. I replied to an email from ex Mr L warning of a virus spread in a photo of cops arresting Trump. It is old news and false. Sent him a link to Snopes, and managed some derogatory comment about being gullible and hoping I would soon see news of a real arrest. Spoke about alternative news etc. In nine years since I walked out, this is the first time I have replied but this was a good opportunity. A swipe at his being gullible, a swipe at Trump, and an opportunity for education about sites like.
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Miss M and Master M, new step grandson, both started high school yesterday. He is apprehensive, having just been diagnosed with mild epilepsy and a form od sensory disorder. He is having occupational therapy which has been some help and is just getting medication sorted for epilepsy.
They attend the same fairly large Christian school k-12 in western suburbs. Eldest grandchild has just graduated from there. Not my choice but better than many other choices there.
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Piglet, spare a thought for central NSW where some places like Moree have endured 36 consecutive days of temps over 35 degrees celsius.
I'm not sure even heathogs like Zappa would enjoy that.
Here in the national capitol we have had two cool rainy mornings in a row - a blessed respite from the searing midsummer fiery numbers. Due to climb again after today, but the garden is looking much less stressed, as is TP.
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Captain Middle and Little Miss are back at school and have resettled into routines OK. MIddle turns 17 in a couple of weeks - hard to believe. Biggest is enrolled in his Uni course - his full time load involves 9 contact hours a week. He is working hard at building up his music tuition business.
One of our home group members talked about selling his plumbing business and retiring in our "share your hopes for the year" session. I (excitedly) asked him what his post-retirement plans were, and he said going on dialysis and waiting for a kidney transplant. It wasn't the only challenging news last night..
![[Votive]](graemlins/votive.gif) For G.
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Captain of cricket Middle? I must have missed something, but congratulations in any event.
The kidney transplant sound worse than it may end up being. The husband of my elder sister had one done a dozen years ago. Not easy, and he took 6 months off, but he went back to work for another half dozen or more years after that, and is still going strong. I hope all goes as well as that for your colleague.
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Captain of cricket Middle? I must have missed something, but congratulations in any event.
No, he's Captain of the School - remembering that he's at the local public school rather than at the hallowed halls graced by his brother.
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Still, congratulations to him - and my aged brain did have him at the correct school.
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Thank you all for your kind wishes. Yesterday went well - my floor put on drinks, then a quiet dinner at home with Madame, Dlet, my father and my mother-in-law. Dlet chauffered both of them The real treat of the day was an extra squirt of tomato sauce on my devon-and-tomato-sauce sandwich at lunch.
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The real treat of the day was an extra squirt of tomato sauce on my devon-and-tomato-sauce sandwich at lunch.
It's the little things...
Like today when at home I was making myself a smoked salmon sandwich for lunch. I was about to grumble at the lack of light cream cheese in the fridge when I found a half-eaten brie. It went quite nicely.
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Back to school today and I was welcomed with open arms as a huge pile dual language, English/Samoan reading books had arrived and need to be processed. The school roll is about 50% Samoan and the books are aimed at helping the parents to help their children. It's a huge step up from when I was teaching.
The problem is that there was an equally huge pile of solely English reading books that arrived late last year (from a difference source) and are still unprocessed.
Part of me wanted to run screaming from the building ![[Help]](graemlins/help.gif)
Being a volunteer(with no 'clout' in the system)I'm thinking of suggesting a dual language group of parents might be invited to help as part of the launch of the new books ![[Two face]](graemlins/scot_twoface.gif)
Seriously though I do think it is worth celebrating.
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Much more decadent a lunch than my usual.
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Have people seen this news story about a million dollar cross in the NT outback.
Not my cup of tea at all. What do people think. (I haven't seen another thread on this topic)
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Not my cup of tea either. Then again I am not in favour of the Big Prawn, sheep, bull or whatever else there may be on our highways.
That website is very vague on details except to say the community wanted it.
A caravan park was suggested in its stead. My sister has travelled extensively in outback and says decent parks are very good, but far too few in number.
The mention of Mel Gibson would send me scurrying in opposite direction.
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The mention of Mel Gibson would send me scurrying in opposite direction.
Snap!
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Gee D I hope you thoroughly enjoyed your decadence, and will do so annually for years to come.
About the cross - Blerk. Did I read that correctly, that one of the promoters was a landscape photographer??? So why can't he just enjoy the uniqueness of this corner of creation? And, I totally agree about Mel Gibson, double blerk.
Huia- iconoclast
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Another Blerk (that's quite a mess we're making – let's send it to Mel Gibson).
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"Seventy per cent of people who come to the Territory want an authentic experience of meeting with and understanding Aboriginal culture and only 3 per cent actually get that."
So we build a gigantic illuminated cross ??????
You can have your Mel Gibson – we have dear Sam Neill, currently voice-over for 'Wild New Zealand'.
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Sam Neill also stars in two of my favourite NZ films - Sleeping Dogs and The Hunt for the Wilderpeople - though I'm not sure I'd agree with his opinion on other matters. Frustratingly I can't remember the issue.
Today is World Wetlands Day and I'm off to a celebration of the Christchurch Estuary.
Monday is Waitangi Day. I've just discovered Wikipedia states that the Treaty was only signed by some North Island Chiefs, whereas it was also signed by some South Island chiefs too.
I'm not impressed!
Huia - proud citizen of Te Wai Pounamu.(the South Island of NZ)
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Julia Zemiro's Home Delivery did a very good interview with Sam Neil.
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Overcast weather,a relief it is cooler. Off to the farmers' market to buy heirloom tomatoes for Caprese salad, planning to spend the afternoon picnicking under oak trees while listening to jazz. Unless it rains.
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Sam Neill also stars in two of my favourite NZ films - Sleeping Dogs and The Hunt for the Wilderpeople - though I'm not sure I'd agree with his opinion on other matters. Frustratingly I can't remember the issue.
Today is World Wetlands Day and I'm off to a celebration of the Christchurch Estuary.
Monday is Waitangi Day. I've just discovered Wikipedia states that the Treaty was only signed by some North Island Chiefs, whereas it was also signed by some South Island chiefs too.
I'm not impressed!
Huia - proud citizen of Te Wai Pounamu.(the South Island of NZ)
I too have a feeling Sam N once voiced an opinion I didn't go along with. But he comes across as a nice guy and a genuine New Zealander.
I'd have to look it up and it's after my bedtime, but I'm sure I remember reading of the Treaty being brought south and signed by some chiefs around Banks Peninsula.
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Family dinners can be interesting around here. Off we went to Cow Pat Pastures, taking homegrown plums, an old sideboard and an unwanted screen door (Son-in-Law is building a greenhouse). I packed a homemade mermaid costume for Miss 4 and a Minecraft sticker book for Master 5.We returned with eggs from their chickens, duck poo juice for the garden, a bale of cornstalk hay from their veggie garden and an enormous slice of cherry/chocolate cake.
A good exchange.
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Overcast weather,a relief it is cooler. Off to the farmers' market to buy heirloom tomatoes for Caprese salad, planning to spend the afternoon picnicking under oak trees while listening to jazz. Unless it rains.
Given your recent weather, I'd imagine that you'd prefer some good solid rain. I know that we would.
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So very true, GeeD. Showers were forecast but didn't arrive and the heat was stifling.
Although February and March are often described as the hottest months of summer, already we have March lilies (nerines) coming up and plectranthus in flower, autumn red foliage. The dawns are dewy and misty, and evenings are wonderfully cool. Nights without mosquitos!
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Onuku was the signing place in Akaroa. A group from our church went there last Waitangi Day. It was also signed On Ruapuke Island (near Stewart Island), near the entrance to Otago Harbour, Cloudy Bay and Rangitoto Island off Marlborough.
I knew about the Akaroa and Marlborough signings, but didn't realise it had been taken as far south as Stewart Island*
* (For overseas people) Stewart Island, Rakiura, is the third main island making up NZ. It's to the south of the South Island. If you ever get a chance to go there - take it. The bird life and the bush are stunning, although crossing Foveaux Strait can be a bit choppy.
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... Cloudy Bay ...
... where The Best Wine On The Planet™ comes from.
**sigh**
eta: Cloudy Bay Sauvignon Blanc used to be imported to Northern Ireland in limited quantities, and one Christmas we heard a rumour that a particular wine shop had some. D. drove 20 miles each way to buy some to give as Christmas presents* (and keep one for ourselves for Christmas lunch, obviously) and, on finding that they were rationing it to three bottles per sale, went back later that week to get some more.
* to people we really liked.
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It's a bit wasted on me Piglet, but I know it's won quite a few medals.
I went out to water the garden early this morning, feeling virtuous because that is what the City Council recommends, when I realized that today was an even date and my house number is an odd number ![[Disappointed]](graemlins/disappointed.gif) . I salved my conscience with the knowledge that I had not watered at all in the last 5 days.
Loth, I don't know how you bear it. We have 31c forecast for today and that is way beyond my comfort zone. I may even have to test out the cooling settling on the heat pump.
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Onuku was the signing place in Akaroa. A group from our church went there last Waitangi Day. It was also signed On Ruapuke Island (near Stewart Island), near the entrance to Otago Harbour, Cloudy Bay and Rangitoto Island off Marlborough.
Huia
Sheila Natusch wrote Brother Wohlers: A Biography of J. F. H. Wohlers of Ruapake. which I must have read many decades ago. I remembered it as 'Pastor Wohlers of Ruapuke' which here appears as the title of an article in 'Te Ao Hou'. Among several references in an online bibliography is an article in Te Ao Hou in 1968 titled 'Pastor Wohlers: A Tohunga by Adoption' which I'd love to see.
Curiously the bibliography of NZ Christian publications appears on a website on which everything else is in Russian.
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Ah, some relief ... a pleasant few days in Melbourne, though predictably the weather was no better than NZ. Then I leapt in the rental car and drove up the Newell to Brisbane and beyond. Just touched 38C in the north of Victoria near Strathmerton, but mainly around 35. Tricky to sleep in the car, as the overnight temperature stayed above 30 until well after midnight, when a storm near Coonabarabran lowered things down to about 25 and I grabbed a couple of hours.
And here I am, happily ensconsed chez Draught, where I am going to be quietly working on a book for a few days, surrounded by warmth, sub-tropical vegetation and birdlife, fermented fruits of the earth, and the wonders of friendship.
Life's tough. ![[Cool]](cool.gif)
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And here I am, happily ensconsed chez Draught, where I am going to be quietly working on a book for a few days, surrounded by warmth, sub-tropical vegetation and birdlife, fermented fruits of the earth, and the wonders of friendship.
Life's tough. [/QB]
Tough indeed, Zappa. Sounds heavenly. Especially the friendship bit.
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Have a good break/write Zappa. Say Hi to FD from me.
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Thanks for mentioning your sheets Loth, it reminded me that I have been promising myself I would wash my fluffy woollen mattress topper when the right day came, it's now on the line.
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Anything like here, Huia, it won't take long to dry. It is not as appalling as yesterday was, but it is still hot and inside is now beginning to heat with the long run of hot days.
When I was looking to buy, a non negotiable criterion was no westerly facing windows. My previous house had western facing windows onto main bedroom and also living room downstairs. I was not having that.
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