27-02-2023, 03:29 PM
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My sisters car has turned up - kilometres away from home !
I too really enjoyed Country Calendar- what an idyllic lifestyle they had - that huge bag of possum fur was glorious - they were protected in Australia - one kept coming and jumping on our cats outside run and causing chaos at night - one night my husband went grabbed the yard broom I think it was to whack wildly in the dark and killed the blimmin thing - he then had to get rid of it unseen the fine was $500 for killing one .One of my aunties won the NZ Wool Award with her homespun wool - it was in the Twiggy era - long coat that was so fine and a mini dress with a pill box hat - it caused quite a stir a farmers wife from Tutira making such a stylish outfit
My Nana used to boil up walnut shells and dye aprons for the ladies working in the tomato packing shed - I tried it a couple of times when I was making cloth dolls - the shells dyed the mohair a beautiful brunette colour .One of the most memorable things I did was wind wool around metal rods - which my long suffering husband had to get cut to length at the local engineering shop - wet the wool then baked it in the oven .When I pulled it off it had made the most beautiful ringlets - I had been given a piece of chocolate doll velour so decided to make my granddaughter a little gollywog - she was gorgeous and my 4 year old granddaughter thought so as well - but she called her Dirt - her colour didn’t impact on her place in the hierarchy of her dolls - so it wasn’t derogatory but it was embarrassing
The number of missing people thank goodness has dropped dramatically - the police have had a horrendous job - walking along the difficult shingle on the beach for hours and amongst the mud must have been thoroughly exhausting - no criticism has been of the front line police it was the hierarchy that didn’t act quick enough and then denied it was happening .My sister is really struggling - she has lived alone for years and it’s hard to then move into a very full household of four generations when you are fragile .Her cottage arrives in two weeks so keep telling her to just hang on - my brother and I have both offered her a bed .I had been going through my photos to get some printed for her but I think I will just put them on a memory stick as space is going to be minimal her tiny home
On a bright note several dogs who were presumed lost have turned up - we have a cat called Sooty who has his own Facebook page who lives in Ahuriri - he goes all over the place - business post photos of him sleeping on the office chairs and inntye cafe or art shop or down at the fishing travellers being fed fish - he is a real character - his owner lives in an apartment - he heads home every night - last Saturday some people saw him wandering round at the Sailing club decided he was lost so carted him out to the Show Grounds in Hastings where all the lost animals are being cared for - of course Sooty the Mayor of Ahuriri had a microchip and was promptly returned home the next day - his owner keeps putting a collar on him but he invariably comes home without it
My sisters car has turned up - kilometres away from home !
I too really enjoyed Country Calendar- what an idyllic lifestyle they had - that huge bag of possum fur was glorious - they were protected in Australia - one kept coming and jumping on our cats outside run and causing chaos at night - one night my husband went grabbed the yard broom I think it was to whack wildly in the dark and killed the blimmin thing - he then had to get rid of it unseen the fine was $500 for killing one .One of my aunties won the NZ Wool Award with her homespun wool - it was in the Twiggy era - long coat that was so fine and a mini dress with a pill box hat - it caused quite a stir a farmers wife from Tutira making such a stylish outfit
My Nana used to boil up walnut shells and dye aprons for the ladies working in the tomato packing shed - I tried it a couple of times when I was making cloth dolls - the shells dyed the mohair a beautiful brunette colour .One of the most memorable things I did was wind wool around metal rods - which my long suffering husband had to get cut to length at the local engineering shop - wet the wool then baked it in the oven .When I pulled it off it had made the most beautiful ringlets - I had been given a piece of chocolate doll velour so decided to make my granddaughter a little gollywog - she was gorgeous and my 4 year old granddaughter thought so as well - but she called her Dirt - her colour didn’t impact on her place in the hierarchy of her dolls - so it wasn’t derogatory but it was embarrassing
The number of missing people thank goodness has dropped dramatically - the police have had a horrendous job - walking along the difficult shingle on the beach for hours and amongst the mud must have been thoroughly exhausting - no criticism has been of the front line police it was the hierarchy that didn’t act quick enough and then denied it was happening .My sister is really struggling - she has lived alone for years and it’s hard to then move into a very full household of four generations when you are fragile .Her cottage arrives in two weeks so keep telling her to just hang on - my brother and I have both offered her a bed .I had been going through my photos to get some printed for her but I think I will just put them on a memory stick as space is going to be minimal her tiny home
On a bright note several dogs who were presumed lost have turned up - we have a cat called Sooty who has his own Facebook page who lives in Ahuriri - he goes all over the place - business post photos of him sleeping on the office chairs and inntye cafe or art shop or down at the fishing travellers being fed fish - he is a real character - his owner lives in an apartment - he heads home every night - last Saturday some people saw him wandering round at the Sailing club decided he was lost so carted him out to the Show Grounds in Hastings where all the lost animals are being cared for - of course Sooty the Mayor of Ahuriri had a microchip and was promptly returned home the next day - his owner keeps putting a collar on him but he invariably comes home without it