11-08-2023, 09:50 AM
It sure is cold here. Am keeping an eye on Nephew and Niece - read that as “taxi driver” 
As their parents are away looking at potential housing. They live in Esk and although their place was not damaged they are red stickered which is a real disappointment as they have been working extremely hard to get their place built after living in a little 2 room shed for a several years and although their house is not finished they have been able to move into the part that is,
But with the climate change and the river bed now a lot higher their place would be at risk with just any normal winter flooding.
Niece has horses but their paddock has been flooded for months so they have had to find a place on the other side of Napier to keep them, so an early start to go and see to the horses before dropping them
Kids at school.
It’s a lovely crisp day and the snow is well down on the hills and looks beautiful but it’s so cold out. My feet are still blocks of ice from going to the horses, hope they defrost before having to go back to the horses this pm
Niece is training for the secondary school horsemanship competition.
We certainly didn’t have such a range of sports when at school. Another family who live in Arrowtown have skiing for their winter sport at primary school and the 11yr old’s class went bungy jumping last week as it’s their last year at primary school. Not sure how many actually jumped mr 11 did but his dad reneged
The valley should make good pasture or crops that could be replanted if flooded from time to time but definitely not more permanent things like housing and orchards.
As their parents are away looking at potential housing. They live in Esk and although their place was not damaged they are red stickered which is a real disappointment as they have been working extremely hard to get their place built after living in a little 2 room shed for a several years and although their house is not finished they have been able to move into the part that is, But with the climate change and the river bed now a lot higher their place would be at risk with just any normal winter flooding.
Niece has horses but their paddock has been flooded for months so they have had to find a place on the other side of Napier to keep them, so an early start to go and see to the horses before dropping them
Kids at school.
It’s a lovely crisp day and the snow is well down on the hills and looks beautiful but it’s so cold out. My feet are still blocks of ice from going to the horses, hope they defrost before having to go back to the horses this pm
Niece is training for the secondary school horsemanship competition. We certainly didn’t have such a range of sports when at school. Another family who live in Arrowtown have skiing for their winter sport at primary school and the 11yr old’s class went bungy jumping last week as it’s their last year at primary school. Not sure how many actually jumped mr 11 did but his dad reneged
The valley should make good pasture or crops that could be replanted if flooded from time to time but definitely not more permanent things like housing and orchards.