Warm again

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 Apart from Tuesday morning, which was dull, cool and a little damp, it has been another hot and sunny week. We have regularly enjoyed our after-dinner pots of tea in the back garden with the cooler evening air. My week has again been dominated by working on the paddle steamer, doing seven sailings over six days.


Nicky has had a busy week as all her regular activities have got up and running after the summer break. Along with church cleaning and errands in town on Monday, and Home Group at Frances H’s on Tuesday afternoon, Book Club restarted with a social on Wednesday morning at the newly re-opened Sarjeant Gallery café. In the afternoon Nicky visited Anglican patients at Whanganui Hospital. On Thursday Nicky was back staffing the community library. Friday and Saturday were “home days” concentrating on laundry and weeding.


We inspected the damson and apple jelly on Monday (Nicky had started it on Saturday) and it had set well, so we bottled it into 8 jars. It tastes great, a little tart but very fruity. We are keeping the eighth jar for ourselves as it wasn’t full, and the others we have already started giving away. John from our quiz team Charlotte’s Dummies called in for a cuppa late afternoon, and late in the evening Nicky had a good phone chat with Felicity.


Neither of us slept well on Monday night so we took Tuesday gently. Nicky did some weeding in the morning and I did the shopping. We enjoyed a FaceTime call with Claire at lunchtime. I finished the day with an evening visit to the cinema to see Becoming Led Zeppelin, which I thoroughly enjoyed. At the quiz on Wednesday we came 3rd with 92 points. Nicky’s sleeping pattern continued to be erratic until Saturday night, which even though it was warm was a good night sleeping for her. We exchanged St Valentine’s Day cards and chocolate on Friday. 


Lyn across the road is back in Whanganui, so on Friday she came over for dinner (sausage, egg and spud salad followed by plumb crumble) and a catch up. Lyn brought us some hydrangeas from her garden, to which Nicky has added some ferns from our garden:



Today hasn’t been as sunny as the rest of the week, but it has still been warm. Nicky had a good morning at church and collected me from the wharf after a long sailing mid afternoon. The tuna and pasta dish she produced for dinner was very tasty. She cooks one pot meals to eat in from of The Chase and The News. After a long hot tiring day we both appreciate putting our our feet.


Take care, Rick and Nicky.

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