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[popeye333]

Morning everyone

Very light rain here. For some reason we seem to miss the raging type of weather here.. not that Im complaining lol.

The head is better this morning, and Im learning to pace myself. I have a load of washing to do, and Ill start the car and let it run while I check the mail. With hanging that out, that will be my jobs for the day.

Actually I must remember to get the Paint by Numbers out of the sewing room, before I block it off with washing. I haven't done one since I was a kid, and had no patience back then, to let paint dry. And figure out how to set it up so I can do it comfortably somewhere.

Glad things are finally being sorted for you Kiwimade. Restoring to a new normal.

Have a fab day everyone

[king1]

Ok I found the original post, half an hour of searching lol, here's a link

The Flower:

https://tmmb.co.nz/forums/showthread.php...0#pid50940

The Bud:

https://tmmb.co.nz/forums/showthread.php...4#pid55604

I want to know the name of this Rose, I posted the original picture and much later a bad picture of the bud.

Thanks.

see if this helps - its a google image search

https://lens.google.com/search?ep=cnts&r...Q1p3PT0iXQ==

[Mica]

Morning all
bit rain over night expecting more but not cold

zqwerty would a rose business like South pacific Roses or your local botanical gardens be able to help you ID the rose. There are some phone apps that are pretty good at IDing plants too.

KM we have got as far as getting Sky streaming box havent connected it yet

Hang in there Popeye

busy day yesterday - the bolar roast cooked in slow cooker was delicious - plonked it on sliced onions sprinkled over some onion soup mix(no added liquid) cooked on low for 8 hours - end up with lovely tender meat and yummy gravy. 

Eating day today lunch with friends the joining another group for dinner

Planning on scanning more photos this morning - pretty tedious occupation but one album at a time

Enjoy your day

[zqwerty]

Thanks king1, some of those results look very similar; my rose is not as formed into the familiar rose shape as most and above all up close it looks as if it is made out of tissue paper, and has a very olde-world fragile appearance.

[Roma]

Good morning.

Squally with showers outside but warm night and day.

Glad you feel better today Popeye. Are you using 2 crutches or a walking frame for mobility? Mr R started with a frame, graduated to 2 crutches and mostly one now ... I see him occasionally going from one wall to another or a bench or table with nothing, lol! Slowly, but surely. 

An inside day today, I've been to the supermarket, stewed the last of the feijoas and will do a bit more baking. The rest of the day is mine ... cardi and hat finished ... I just need to sew them up.

I hope you solve the rose ID mystery zqwerty.

Stay warm and dry all.

[kiwimade64]

zquerty, I hope you don't mind but I've posted a copy of your photo in the NZ rose group I belong to. Hopefully the collective minds of rose lovers can help identify her.

Painting is all done, time for lunch.

[Oh_hunnihunni]

Well, last night something loose banged with annoying regularity while the wind howled so when it faded I got to catch up and slept the morning away. Then guilt struck, so housework took over, laundry, baking, more crabapples, path sweeping, and now furniture moving...

That ought to take care of last night's Whittakers induced calories. I never could resist dark choc with berry bits.

Still, I get to vack underneath the big stuff, so not a bad idea to shove things around.

[Lilith7]

Glad you're a bit better Popeye, slowly does it.

Miserable rainy day here so Madame Le Dog & I did the shortest walk, not sure she was best pleased. And naturally, I'd hoped to get into the garden again this morning but never mind, I did do a bit yesterday.
Finally finished sheet painting - its messy & I succumbed to temptation & 'hid' a few little things in it for the wee ones to spot if they want to, but its bright so helps with that bit of dark narrow hallway which is what I wanted,& I quite enjoyed doing it.
Just made a drink a bit earlier & Madame Le Cat was trying her luck about dinner; if this keeps up she'll be trying her luck just after breakfast. she can try all she likes, not feeding her so early because I suspect that if do it even once that will be it & she'll try every day. She's a sneaky little fiend, & bossy with it.

[kiwimade64]

The Furry One has finally figured out that daylight saving is over and meals should be on time once more

zqwerty, the lovely ladies in the rose group think your rose could be Paradise although there are a few of us leaning towards Blueberry Hill. I've had Blueberry Hill and the frilly petals in your photo look similar to mine. It grew roughly two meters high and probably a meter and a half wide, and had long elegant buds. Hopefully these names will lead you in the right direction.

I've started stitching the pohutukawa flowers So nice to use colour again.

[zqwerty]

Thank you so much kiwimade64. It's not just the way it looks, I think it is a very old Rose type, the house garden it is planted in is 120 years old.

[kiwimade64]

morning ladies We have a much calmer start to the day with no wind

oh wow, just wow, zquerty! 120 years old! What an honor to garden a property established for so long.

The bolar roast sounds yummm mica, I might steal your idea.

Today the plan is to do the housework... sigh.. but needs must. At least the smell of fresh paint will chase out the spiders, they hate that smell. Then I can work on the runner if the weather turns to custard.

I need to do another round of pruning in the garden but that will have to wait for a fine day with little wind. And of course, the weeds have loved the rain.

Happy crafting

[zqwerty]

The sister house next door (built in 1905 by the same man for his daughter) has just been demolished to build the new type 'flats' (matchboxes) on its old site. All down the street old heritage is being lost from Sydenham and all over Chch, to make way for tenants packed in like sardines with virtually no gardens, totally unsuitable to bring up children and horrendous rents.

If the future this building of small cramped flats will be viewed with great regret by anyone who enjoyed the gracious living of the past in sprawling suburbs, as rapacious landlords steal our souls and spoil our lives with unavoidable huge rental charges.

[Oh_hunnihunni]

Maybe not.

Small dwellings are not necessarily bad things. Most human homes are and always have been cosy affairs, huts, caves, sheds, and tents - easily constructed or adapted, defensible, maintainable, and safe. It is only those who could call upon the labour of others who had the capacity to create gracious living, with lawns and playgrounds, that served no purpose beyond pleasure and play. The current trend towards small living units with shared parks and facilities is a response to our population density, our economic systems, and our declining birth rate.

The thing I think we need to focus on is better design of our shared spaces - more trees, better flow paths for the waterways we are disrupting, and much better transit systems for movement within our increasingly dense occupied areas.

Homes are temporary things, property ownership is a false construct because dwellings last longer than those who build them. It would benefit us all if we understood that taking better care of their construction and maintenance has enormous long term advantages, and that requirement to take better care should not just be focused on tenants, but owners as well. All owners, not just landlords.

[kiwimade64]

I bumped into a friend I hadn't seen for quite some time a while ago and she was saying they were planning to move to a rural area as soon as they could. They have been built out by these matchbox, popup homes and at night, when in bed, can even hear the neighbour peeing in the loo. Buggar that for a joke.

[zqwerty]

Oh_hunnihunni, I live and have majority share in a small 2 bedroom retirement over 60's Unit in a small village, 23 similar units.

They are poorly built; for instance, main bedroom too small for a double bed, washing machine's space/cupboard too small for a standard washing machine.

Poor construction in general, with strange cheap cut price joinery installed.

Current G.V. $425,000, which is a joke of over-valuation, originally sold for about $95,000 in about 2008, just missed out on double glazing, although some has been retro-installed. I no longer sleep in the main bedroom as it is too cold with not much sunshine, I sleep in the lounge by the heat pump all the time now.

Woolston Park is quite run down although there are two good river walks very close to me. My dog Stella used to love walking them with me, I miss her, it's been almost a year since she's been gone now.

The new unit double story flats that have been built next door and on one side of the home mentioned in #8,450 post above, are smaller than this unit I am in, with two bedrooms, one upstairs bathroom, open plan living room on ground floor, there are four of these new flats built on a ground area which used to have a two bedroom elegant house with a extensive garden, the new flats' rent are around $570/week for each one of four. No garages for cars, not even a car port just a tarmac area to park and no shed to store tools and garden tools such such as they are, a small patch of artificial grass like a mini golf course. It is possible to see whenever anyone is using the toilet by the lighted silhouette on the glazed windows of the four flats which back onto the established house I am talking about.

The 2 new flats on the other side are just started being built so it is hard to say what the final result will be but have been told they are going to be single story which is a relief although apparently they could be up to 3 stories high if the owner wishes to do that.

[Roma]

Good morning.

A sunny day after some rain overnight .. a bit cooler.

A sign of the times for sure with the way houses are so close to each other, on pocket sized sections. It took a LOT of getting used to living in town, even though we are in an old, established area with houses a good few metres away from each other. Lol KM, that close would be a sure sign for me to get back into the country!

Old gardens are the best ... I used to see and enjoy quite a few belonging to a rural Garden Group. For a short while we lived next to an abandoned old estate with the trees and shrubs reaching for the sky ... probably about half an acre. I occasionally used to explore with my JR (though I was a bit nervous at what she might flush out). The garden was apparently established by a renowned camelia enthusiast ... the tallest ones I've ever seen and some beauties amongst them. There were quite a few old treasures still flowering in the garden. The equally neglected house still had furniture in it and was unlocked ... quite eerie and easy to imagine ghosts living there, lol! Probably just as well I had limited info about the history of the place.

No plan for the day ... it looks as if the weeds have loved the rain so had better tackle them at some stage.

Enjoy the day all.

[popeye333]

Morning everyone

A mixed bag here, sunny one side, grey out the back.

Trying to get on top of my frustrations. Am doing little things, so I still feel like Im being useful.

RH David came and got the car battery yesterday and put it on his charger overnight. He will return it and I will start the car every few days and let it run a while.

Got a small load of washing done and dry. Ill venture down and put the other half on a bit later.

Its horrible seeing good family homes being replaced by countless little boxes. But some of these tiny homes can be really cool.. We lived in a 40 foot bus. and I can tell you we lacked for nothing. I loved it. Used to be into country music and one night we had 16 guitars being played in it. Its a sign of the times that we have to accept.
I do drive through places now and think well these places always seemed miles apart, but now joined into massive cities with the towns spreading to each other.

Up will be the only place they can go.

Im using a walker Roma. I've never been able to use crutches. Have tried countless times when others have had them and I simply cant co-0rdinate everything lol.

No plans for the day. Just getting through will be enough.

[Oh_hunnihunni]

My flat was built in the 1960s, in a council pensioner village of twelve bedsit units, they'd call them studios now. They're brick, 30sq metres, small kitchen and bathroom, and are only updated rarely when tenancies end. Mine was updated in the mid 70s, when a shower replaced the bath - same mixer unit still functions today, sort of lol. Since being transferred out of council management we've had insulation, heat pumps, and wet area fans put in by govt reg, but because these are such solid construction most of us don't see much point in them - though the heat pump gets a bit of use in deepest winter. I'd love a new kitchen, the cabinets are worn out, but that'll be done when I'm gone. Meantime the place is perfectly adequate for my needs, at my age, and in my family circumstances. But the best bit is its location beside an acre of lightly fenced reserve with massive old trees and sloping lawn that anyone can walk through with their dog, or just enjoy as a cool space to look at or be in. That makes the tiniest, even slightly run down living space worth putting up with. It feeds the soul.

A lifetime covers a range of housing needs, the small space for the singles, young, or old, then the next one up for the couples, the bigger space for family or groups who like to share, it changes as our lives change. For me it is those shared parks and gardens, with space to grow things, or just to sit and enjoy - safely and easily accessed, that is as important as providing roofs over heads. And if we could just do both with more consideration for the lifetime and purpose of the buildings within an equally considered environment we might be a healthier and better housed community all round.

Maybe if we could remove the property profit component it might be easier to do.

[Lilith7]

Good to hear that you're on the mend Popeye.

I may have got slightly carried away with the sheet painting.. somehow, a helicopter has now sneaked in there...

It's odd isn't it, that somehow, with all our advanced skills & knowledge we can still build tiny,cramped,sunless dwellings made of inferior materials with little or no outdoor space when we're very well aware of the problems involved with such homes, including not just the materials but the effect on those obliged to live in them.
But of course, those who build such homes are apparently only concerned with making money - as much as possible, as quickly as possible.

And this reality is made all the more bitter when we look back at earlier times when our govt of the day decided to start building state houses, which met the need for both jobs & housing; with many being out of work & people forced to live in slum dwellings.
This was a time though, when politician's actually wanted to help & improve conditions.
A time when a politician could say:

"Then Minister of Housing Walter Nash told New Zealand it could not prosper or progress with a population that "lack[s] the conditions necessary for a 'home' and 'home life', in the best and fullest meaning of those words".

http://www.nzherald.co.nz/opinion/news/a...d=11346757

It seems highly unlikely that any of the present govt could - or would - ever say anything even approaching that. We really are idiots...

[Oh_hunnihunni]

Well, it is a daunting task taking the money factor out of the calculations of the greedy.