13-02-2023, 05:55 PM
(13-02-2023, 11:47 AM)JanW Wrote: Good afternoon - wind is picking up with short bursts of rain - chilling down for sure .My sawmill/farmer son has gladly handed the supermarket baton back to Robie - has decided he is very lucky dealing with product going out the gate on a truck to a building merchant who deals with the customers
The kids who rely on breakfast and lunch at school will be having a miserable day - their Mums probably didn’t have the cash to go to the supermarket over the weekend and stock up
I tried my first purple capsicum last night - must say it looks lovely but is basically tasteless
Found a webcam site that shows the beaches all around - the sea is certainly rough - wasted far too much time on it - better get cracking and do a row or two of crochet
My friend Ali used to say the black peppers were a waste of taste, but looked good in the salad, lol.
I found the cover and tie down, and have repositioned both with additional parachute cord ties, so with luck that will stand up to the gales tonight. I guess we'll just have to see, there's not much else I can do without an adequately roofed shelter for it.
I am glad New World are doing free delivery though, I am very close to running out of gingernuts... ?
Oh! And a very dear friend who lives in Gettysburg messaged me to say Auckland was on her evening news. Nice to be noticed occasionally by the leaders of the free world, lol...