How lucky are we to have Jacinda as a leader at this time? Watching the senile ramblings of certain other leaders makes me so glad to be here. So we go for another week and then open up a bit. Good to see construction getting underway and an expansion of online services. If you think […]
Saturday and a little catching up on my latest Coursera course. Then called away to the ice cream shop ($2 ice cream cones, not bad). Some of us tried wii dancing afterwards, luckily I couldn’t photograph myself. We’ve also started a competition in share trading. Vicky, Mike and I put 300 NZD into an app […]
Finishing up my accounts today, it’s been a pretty good year so I have some tax to pay. This one is going to be tough: We went for the usualt afternoon walk in somewhat threatening weather but the rain held off. Imagine building it with picks and shovels. https://nzhistory.govt.nz/media/photo/alexandra-redoubt-0
Woo hoo, we are into week 4 and hoping that we will move cautiously to open up some more services, particularly online deliveries and services requiring no interaction – eg maybe we can get our grass cut again. Got some delicious mushrooms today picked from the nearby paddock and Hania made a terrific soup. The […]
End of the third week and life settles into a pattern of sorts. Work in the morning, couple of client tweaks and then some study on Coursera to bring myself up-to-date with the latest on online learning. Not a lot has changed but it’s good to re-visit the academics once in a while. Ana’s staring […]
Blast from the past. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CompuServe Easter Monday, a piece of lamb from our neighbours in exchange for free range eggs. Casseroled with apples and turned out well. Also enough left for slow cooking and a good bone for stock. Cranium to round off the evening.
Easter Sunday, except that we are holding Easter over until tomorrow so Mike can share it with us, he’s worked the past few days on the front line. We have a whole lamb rack of ribs from the neighbours which I’ve never cooked before so tomorrow should be interesting. It’s not like the tiny racks […]
We slept in today and mooched around the house until lunchtime. Later on Vicky, Ana and I went for a walk and decided to explore Mātakitaki Lane which runs off the main road opposite the Sports and Rugby Club. Mātakitaki pā has a bloody history being one of the sites of a major battle during […]