18-04-2022, 12:21 PM
Good morning from a chilly cloudy Hawke’s Bay - great day for crochet and the last of the hot cross buns
Robie had a very welcome call yesterday from his baker in the Ukraine - he was shot in the leg two weeks ago and has been taken to Poland - his wife and children and her parents are also in Poland - she was already on the official list to come here but covid stopped her so there will be no delay getting her in - her parents not so straightforward but Robie will find out what can be done - the first thing he asked Robie was is somebody feeding the cats - when the bakery shut at 5pm the staff have always taken the leftovers out of the pie warmer etc down to Clive Square where all the homeless are and THE baker started feeding the cats - he ran weekly illegal raffles instore he cooked a beautiful stew and dumplings and sold tickets to the staff to trap and get the cats desexed and released them - he is welcome back to live here for sure
Popeye I hope you have more success than we have had - the MP never attended our meeting about the kids - he sent a representative who was not at all interested - so we have a meeting with an owner who is renting 5 motel blocks for emergency housing - hopefully he will at least allow them to have at least a microwave in all units but we are going to try for airfryers for the nine families who have reached out for help .A lady I know does home help for the DHB had her hours increased to go out in the evening to put the residents to bed in a very well known rest homes as all their Phillipino staff were no longer allowed to work here and were sent home -she is being paid $68.50 an hour ! she repeatedly arrived to find several residents with their dinner sitting in front of them untouched as they were unable to feed themselves - spoke to management and was told shortage of staff etcetc - so she called a reporter from the local paper but before she talked to them warned the manager - her hours were miraculously changed she now goes out earlier and feeds them and management help to put the residents to bed - I bet there are old people all over the country living in appalling conditions just like the kids are stuck in motels - so fight on Popeye but it does get exhausting
I wish I could work out how to put a photo on here from my iPad - my desk top computer is in a box somewhere - my granddaughters have settled well in Oz with their cousins - they pooled their resources and bought an apartment very close to a train station so it’s convenient to Uni .My son sent them a photo of two beautiful highland cattle he has bought which he told them jokingly had replaced them in his life - will email it to you two who I have your emails
Kiwimade I know what you are saying about your stand - when my old boy made mine for my pattern I hadn’t realised how often I stopped to pick the pattern up to peer at
One of my Aunties who died at 84 had a baby out of wedlock as they called it back in the day kept her baby which must have been so hard way back then - she married when her son was 7 to a man who turned out to be the love of her life - which was a far better outcome than if she had been forced into a shot gun marriage
Hunni your jacket sounds like something I would love but never had the courage to wear - thats what I used to love about making Cloth dolls your imagination could run away with you -
Better get cracking day is running away with me
Robie had a very welcome call yesterday from his baker in the Ukraine - he was shot in the leg two weeks ago and has been taken to Poland - his wife and children and her parents are also in Poland - she was already on the official list to come here but covid stopped her so there will be no delay getting her in - her parents not so straightforward but Robie will find out what can be done - the first thing he asked Robie was is somebody feeding the cats - when the bakery shut at 5pm the staff have always taken the leftovers out of the pie warmer etc down to Clive Square where all the homeless are and THE baker started feeding the cats - he ran weekly illegal raffles instore he cooked a beautiful stew and dumplings and sold tickets to the staff to trap and get the cats desexed and released them - he is welcome back to live here for sure
Popeye I hope you have more success than we have had - the MP never attended our meeting about the kids - he sent a representative who was not at all interested - so we have a meeting with an owner who is renting 5 motel blocks for emergency housing - hopefully he will at least allow them to have at least a microwave in all units but we are going to try for airfryers for the nine families who have reached out for help .A lady I know does home help for the DHB had her hours increased to go out in the evening to put the residents to bed in a very well known rest homes as all their Phillipino staff were no longer allowed to work here and were sent home -she is being paid $68.50 an hour ! she repeatedly arrived to find several residents with their dinner sitting in front of them untouched as they were unable to feed themselves - spoke to management and was told shortage of staff etcetc - so she called a reporter from the local paper but before she talked to them warned the manager - her hours were miraculously changed she now goes out earlier and feeds them and management help to put the residents to bed - I bet there are old people all over the country living in appalling conditions just like the kids are stuck in motels - so fight on Popeye but it does get exhausting
I wish I could work out how to put a photo on here from my iPad - my desk top computer is in a box somewhere - my granddaughters have settled well in Oz with their cousins - they pooled their resources and bought an apartment very close to a train station so it’s convenient to Uni .My son sent them a photo of two beautiful highland cattle he has bought which he told them jokingly had replaced them in his life - will email it to you two who I have your emails
Kiwimade I know what you are saying about your stand - when my old boy made mine for my pattern I hadn’t realised how often I stopped to pick the pattern up to peer at
One of my Aunties who died at 84 had a baby out of wedlock as they called it back in the day kept her baby which must have been so hard way back then - she married when her son was 7 to a man who turned out to be the love of her life - which was a far better outcome than if she had been forced into a shot gun marriage
Hunni your jacket sounds like something I would love but never had the courage to wear - thats what I used to love about making Cloth dolls your imagination could run away with you -
Better get cracking day is running away with me