Autumnal
The pleasant weather has amazingly continued into the weekend, so this morning I ignored the housework to go for a walk. A few resulting photos of autumn-coloured prettiness:
So cold!
t doesn’t help that the heating isn’t on at work yet (no idea why not – normally they turn it on at Easter and off again at Show Weekend, no matter the weather in between those dates (something to do with how much it costs to fire the system up for the first time when…
Winterish
ll of a sudden the season has changed from autumn-that’s-really-late-summer to autumn-that’s-really-early-winter. So cold today! We didn’t at least get the promised hailstorm, but there was an icy wind all day, and some miserable drizzle just as I was walking to work this morning. Hard to believe just over a week ago I was walking…
Golden Bay Part 2 (with lots of photos)
Saturday: We were both awake bright and early, and Dangerous Kitchen (which we’d planned on breakfasting at, having perused their menu the night before) didn’t open until 9, so we decided to head over to Te Waikoropupū Springs (or just Pupu Springs, as they’re more commonly called if you want to avoid all those syllables). …
Timing is everything
That is three cubic metres of firewood. And the forecast for tomorrow is rain. Which means I have to get all of it stacked this afternoon if I want to keep it dry. And I’ve still got a cold. This is going to be fun… In my defence, I ordered it months ago (because they…
Still sick
It’s a cold and miserable drizzly day (I assume this is the far edge of Cyclone Pam that’s sitting somewhere over the North Island at the moment), and I’m feeling cold and miserable and loaded with the cold. And I can report that daytime TV is just as lacking in entertainment value as it ever…
Tea with the Wizard
ook the day off yesterday, partly because I’d volunteered to help out with the Red Cross street appeal, and partly just because my annual leave is starting to build up again and HR are making noises that I really should be using it. The trouble is there’s always something interesting going on at work, so…
Not much to say, so here's a pretty picture
The sky was doing overly dramatic things this morning. Unfortunately, it was doing most of its drama in a direction that I couldn’t get a decent view of from the back yard, and I wasn’t sufficiently dressed yet to walk up the street in search of a better viewing spot, so that was the best…
Hate it when that happens
Nope, that definitely doesn’t line up. Even though I spent ages checking and double-checking and was sure it lined up properly before I sewed the final seam, I must have moved it slightly while I was sewing it and now it is just off enough to be totally noticeable (to me, anyway), so I’m going…
Oops
eally really must get myself a hat. Or at least some sunscreen. Or maybe both. Or I could just be a bit more sensible about how much time I spend out in the sun… yeah, that might be a good idea too. Because I managed to get myself sunburnt again in my lunch break today…