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[popeye333]

Freezing here in the Bay 4 deg but feels like 1 - Robie is in Kaikōura after spending the night on the broken down ferry it’s 4 deg there - his son decided he needed his little car down at uni as he has a job that doesn’t fit in with public transport so Robie and his wife thought a nostalgic road trip would be a great break - he looked hilarious in the little car - but the break will do him good - it’s only 2 deg on my sons farm in southern HB - his lambs all have coats but the poor little things .Snow has fallen right across the top of his hills - the highland cattle haven’t come down they obviously don’t mind the cold .Hawaii is at the absolute other end of the spectrum on fire
Mum would have been 107 today - my sister who lost her house to the cyclone came up for the first time - that was tough but we were over the moon some of Mums geraniums that my sister had growing in her garden have survived - the silt has a peculiar smell .We then went out to Mums grave which is in the Esk Valley - I would walk away if I had a property out there - the looting has ramped up again - materials are being stolen out of houses that have started to be repaired - the Police minister came to address their concerns about the looting at a community meeting -while she was speaking the entire kitchen was being stolen out of the camp ground kitchen where some of the residents are staying in camper vans .I reckon they should spray the whole valley with grass seed and leave it - who knows with climate change when it will flood again
Pleased your birthday baking  turned out so well Popeye - can imagine Mr P enjoying his bath - that the thing I miss the most about Taupo the AC baths and de Brett’s were fabulous

We loved the AC baths and De bretts too.. worth the trip from Mangakino