A country on holiday

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It has been a gentle week overall, with work quiet for me and Nicky’s regular activities not yet up and running again.

We took the decorations down on Monday, so Christmas now feels truly over, but with many companies not back at work yet and the schools still on summer holiday, everywhere is largely in holiday mode (little traffic - manic in the supermarket - go figure!).

Stella had an overnight stay in hospital this week so I provided her with a Uber service (taxi service seems so last century) there and back. In between the two trips our electric garage door stopped working. One of the springs that helps the motor open the door had broken. Fortunately, with the help of Dawn the landlady and a very helpful man called Neil, it was promptly repaired and so didn’t significantly inconvenience us.

Nicky has continued with her current sewing project, which has required a couple of visits to Spotlight in Henderson for “parts and materials”, which also included the purchase of a LED illuminating wand. No, I don’t see the link either Dear Reader.

I have had a couple of evenings out, with the Deep and Meaningful conversation group starting up again this week, and impromptu drinks up at The Block.

The weather has improved throughout the week, with the rain stopping and the temperatures slowly rising. More and more meals and drinks are being consumed on The Rattigan, and during the weekend it has started to get too hot in the direct sun.

After a late breakfast (on The Rattigan) yesterday, I did a quick site visit locally, and Nicky shopped in Henderson and brought Stella back with her for Scrabble (joined by Steve and Ros). Today started with clear blue skies, so I headed out to Karekare and Nicky to church. The beach was lovely, sunny but not too hot, and very few jelly fish on the sand this week so I had some time being knocked over by the surf too.
This afternoon, even though it was lovely and sunny, we went to the cinema to see Farmageddon - the new Shaun the Sheep movie. It was very enjoyable; great story telling with no dialogue, brilliant animation, and lots of jokes for the adults - they have a local supermarket is called Millyways!


Take care, Rick

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