08-07-2024, 02:58 PM
Good afternoon from a glorious sunny day in the Bay - school kids and their Mums will be love being able to get out and about
Have just eaten a number of tamarillo and was looking at the amount of yellow flesh left inside the skins so thought I would offer them to the birds - was like a feeding frenzy - hope I haven’t made them ill but they have picked the skins clean .This year has been a good season for the growers - oranges should be better priced this year for those not lucky enough to have a tree - the crops are good .Glut of cauliflower as well - I should make some pickle -
My Malaysian neighbour came over on Friday night with a meal for me - she had seen my boys here all dressed up to pick me up for court - she is used to seeing Robie in his PaknSave uniform or them both in tee shirts etc - she thought we were off to a funeral ! Boy it was HOT - I like chilli and curry but it was next level - but nice of her -
Hope your cat has avoided a trip to the vet Hunni - hopefully she has damaged herself somehow and it will heal it’s when a dirty old Tom cat with a mouth full of bacteria chomps on another cat there are problems.My little Manx thought he was so tough and kept fighting with this huge Tabby in Taupo - came off second best every time- damn near bankrupted me - was much better when he was contained in Oz .
Tolling the roads will be welcome to those transporting stuff around the country - we have the highest transportation costs in the OECD most of it caused by trucks being held up on congested roads or reduced speed limits .Napier Taupo road is a perfect example of unintended consequences - the govt dropped the speed limit so now if a truck gets held up coming out of Auckland which often happens they run out of legal hours to be behind the wheel - half way to Napier in the early hours of the morning when there is often not another vehicle around.Another driver has to be driven up to bring the truck to Napier to get the load there be opening time - that’s three drivers involved in that last part of the trip - it all adds to the cost when there is no need to have trucks crawling along the Rangitaiki plains in the early hours of the morning
Just picked a big bunch of jonquil - spring has sprung under my lemon tree
Not only do we have Lulu lighting up the world at Wimbledon the kiwi U17 basketball boys are into the finals of the World Cup - the best we have ever done previously was 12th 22 years ago - no doubt the USA basketball scouts will be looking at the young kiwis in a different light .Pleased the French election has gone relatively smoothly would’ve been tough if there was rioting during the Olympics
Have just eaten a number of tamarillo and was looking at the amount of yellow flesh left inside the skins so thought I would offer them to the birds - was like a feeding frenzy - hope I haven’t made them ill but they have picked the skins clean .This year has been a good season for the growers - oranges should be better priced this year for those not lucky enough to have a tree - the crops are good .Glut of cauliflower as well - I should make some pickle -
My Malaysian neighbour came over on Friday night with a meal for me - she had seen my boys here all dressed up to pick me up for court - she is used to seeing Robie in his PaknSave uniform or them both in tee shirts etc - she thought we were off to a funeral ! Boy it was HOT - I like chilli and curry but it was next level - but nice of her -
Hope your cat has avoided a trip to the vet Hunni - hopefully she has damaged herself somehow and it will heal it’s when a dirty old Tom cat with a mouth full of bacteria chomps on another cat there are problems.My little Manx thought he was so tough and kept fighting with this huge Tabby in Taupo - came off second best every time- damn near bankrupted me - was much better when he was contained in Oz .
Tolling the roads will be welcome to those transporting stuff around the country - we have the highest transportation costs in the OECD most of it caused by trucks being held up on congested roads or reduced speed limits .Napier Taupo road is a perfect example of unintended consequences - the govt dropped the speed limit so now if a truck gets held up coming out of Auckland which often happens they run out of legal hours to be behind the wheel - half way to Napier in the early hours of the morning when there is often not another vehicle around.Another driver has to be driven up to bring the truck to Napier to get the load there be opening time - that’s three drivers involved in that last part of the trip - it all adds to the cost when there is no need to have trucks crawling along the Rangitaiki plains in the early hours of the morning
Just picked a big bunch of jonquil - spring has sprung under my lemon tree
Not only do we have Lulu lighting up the world at Wimbledon the kiwi U17 basketball boys are into the finals of the World Cup - the best we have ever done previously was 12th 22 years ago - no doubt the USA basketball scouts will be looking at the young kiwis in a different light .Pleased the French election has gone relatively smoothly would’ve been tough if there was rioting during the Olympics