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morning ladies   We have fog!  Not surprising considering how hot the day was yesterday and how cold it was overnight.

Thank you for the kind comments about the garden, it has been work, but I've never thought of it that way.


We had a very close call on the Kaimais on Friday when travelling to our family bbq.  There was a hidden queue due to the primary school at Tauriko having their end of year festivities.  I was driving and following a Lexus with the proper driving distance (as proven by not rear ending him!) and the Lexus driver hit the brakes when we came into a dip in the road.  There was a massive queue at a stand still which we couldn't see and we were travelling at the speed limit.  OMG he hit the brakes and came to a stop just behind the car in front, I hit the brakes and stopped behind him but the van behind us was following closer.  Luckily when I braked, I stayed in a straight line and didn't veer left as the van behind us veered to the left to avoid us and ended with the driver level with MrK's shoulder.  I was physically shaking by now and the look of shock on the driver's face told the story.  We were so lucky the road was wide enough for him to veer to the left and I stayed put.  If he had hit us, we wouldn't be here today.  Luckily it took a few minutes for the queue to move so it gave us time to gather our wits.  I was still shaking though when we got to the bbq.  MrK opened his window to ask the driver if he was ok and he gave a nod and we pretty much followed each other for a while with him keeping a healthy distance behind us. 

Your garden does indeed look wonderful KM;  personal and welcoming.  

That drive over the Kaimai range gets more and more dangerous.  We have to travel it quite often to visit relatives (and to shop at Vetro as a reward) and I'm getting to the stage of being so anxious about it that I search for excuses to avoid the trip.  A while ago my husband counted 72 trucks heading in the opposite direction.  No wonder the road gets ruined so quickly.   And now the coalition government wants to lift speed limits.  Not that many observe them, but if the lid is lifted there will be even more accidents.