The new trio of geese have now been here for several weeks and have settled in well. A local friend took four of the original group, (now on burglar alert at her farm) while I retained two of the originals and added the three new young ones – that very usefully, are not related although …
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Winter Rolls In
It did, a frost or two, about four inches of rain in 3 days, and everything outside is cold and soggy. Not too cold though, and the rain drains away fast from here so after a day of fine we aren’t so soggy either. The geese were quite please by the rain, that much and …
Darn Weather and Reflections on a Cat Park.
Over that last week we had a couple of nights of howling gales. I came out the morning after the second night to find Thunder insistantly commenting on a problem. I discovered that a whole panel of his cat park trellis had been literally unwoven by the wind and much was broken. My feline friend …
Surveys
back when I was in my twenties I worked for an advertising company in Wellington’s CBD, (J. Inglis Wright.) I have fond memories of the place, great workmates, pleasant bosses, and a nice workplace. And as a side benefit we were offered extra and well-paid work doing surveys, actual door to door in those days, …
Cat and Conclave
Ever since I got back from Conclave 2, the National SF Convention in Auckland I have had a cat glued to me. It didn’t help that I vanished to town for most of the day, two days after I returned. Or that the next day I was also absent for several hours. Thunder seems to …
It Was a Magpie Summer.
The past 2-3 years I’d noticed that there seemed to be fewer of the Currawongs about (called White-backed Magpies here in Hawkes Bay, probably because they too are black and white.) Normally my shelterbelts are filled with their medodic warbling but the last couple of years I haven’t heard so much of that. Not this …
And the Rain Continueth
Not that I’m complaining, unlike some others. To date since Saturday the the 8th, we’ve had 220mm. Or around 9 inches. It hasn’t been pouring for most of that, just a steady rain/drizzle that has soaked in deeper and deeper. And with temperatures still staying up, it means that we should get the benefit of …
Very Happily, it’s Raining.
In fact it has been for some time. It began on Saturday with patchy light drizzle, 2mls by Sunday morning, and again by Monday morning. 4mls to date. After that it stepped up, to steady drizzle, with occasional heavier showers but not stopping at all. It didn’t feel like a huge amount until I checked …
Autumn is a time to Prepare
I’ve done this by starting to get in winter firewood. First load of old man pine landed on the lawn last weekend. It is now all inside the shed and I’m awaiting the next load. This weekend is bringing the sheep in to check them over. Next weekend will hopefully be departure to a bookrama …
Gently Trickling Rain
16 July 2014
Yes, it continues wet but not that cold. So far this month we’ve had one medium frost – to my approval – but 66mls of precipitation which is keeping the ground very soft, and – to their outrage – the hens very damp. However we’ve had too many gales and the woodshed has sprung a …
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