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 Our week started sufficiently windy to prevent sailing on Monday morning. Instead, after dropping Nicky at church to clean with Dale, I took Luna (our car) for a run out. I’m trying to do this once a month as I don’t think the short journeys that we do around town do anything for her long term health. 


It was also the twelfth day of Christmas so the decorations came down, the tree was returned to the garden (in its pot) and the floor was swept. Nicky and I had the last of the Christmas cake with afternoon tea. Earlier in the day, Paul and his son Jason (friends from Blockhouse Bay) texted to say they were on their way to Whanganui and would we care to join them for dinner. Eating at The Rutland Arms was arranged and we had a good evening and natter.


Nicky and I had planned to see the new Paddington film, Paddington in Peru, on Tuesday, being the cheap day at the cinema. Nicky had a morning hair appointment and Covid vaccination booked. However, the vaccination didn’t happen as Nicky was informed that an updated one was arriving on the 20th so her appointment was rescheduled. We arranged to meet up with Paul and Jason after I had done the shopping and hung out the remaining laundry. After morning tea at The Burrow we all headed to the cinema. The film was enjoyable but not as good as the first two. Nicky and I had a cuppa and hot cross buns at Dale and Bob’s home before heading home. Paul and Jason came round to us in the evening for dinner.


The rest of my week has been taken up with sailing, though I did manage to get the back garden grass cut on Friday. Nicky has been doing laundry, sewing and weeding, depending on the weather. Summer hasn’t settled in yet and we are still getting cool, windy and wet days punctuating the warmer sunny days.


Our damson crop is the best yet, but the fruit isn’t ripe so we are hoping that we don’t loose too much to the birds. I’m looking forward to the damson jelly.



Take care, Rick and Nicky.

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StellaMM said…
Netting over the damsons maybe the answer!
January 19, 2025 at 2:02 AM
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