Patio Improvements

The pellet patio has had an upgrade.

We went to the plywood man in Tauranga and came home with 6 sheets of second grade plywood. Eddie nailed them to the pellets and then we covered it with an awning floor cover that we bought a few months ago. We were going to put it over the pellets, but then we realized it would break where the gaps in the pellets are. It is so much easier to walk on and the clothes horse doesn't fall through either. So all in all a great afternoon's work.

Of course now I have to sweep it ha ha.

the patio

Centennial Drive

 Here in Matamata, we have a lovely walk that was set up in 1940 for the centennial celebrations. There are lovely mature trees growing there and most of them have a label so you know what type of  tree it is. 
When we lived here before it was where I always walked the dog. They are allowed off the lead in this area, so they enjoyed running around free and checking out all the pmail.
I took some pictures when I walked through the other day. It is quite stark at the moment as all the leaves have gone. I will take some more in the spring time.

Wiremu Tamihana's totara tree

This tree was planted as a memorial to Wiremu Tamihana. He was the "King Maker" and friend of Josiah Firth, one of the first settlers here in Matamata. He was the first Christian chief of the Ngati-Haua.

This oak was planted as a memorial to Josiah Firth. He was the founder of the Matamata estate and of the first European settlement of the district in 1865.

The entrance by Bedford Park.

Further along the path way

a little catch up

We are a bit over the rain. It isn't too bad today with showers. I may even get the washing dry. The weekend was pretty gloomy with fog most of Saturday and rainy yesterday. We went over to Mt Maunganui to catch up with a cousin of mine who lives in Timaru and was up for a holiday. We had a lovely catch up. We went out and had coffee in a little cafe that they had found. We came back over the Kaimai Ranges about 5 30 and there was nothing to see but a sea of fog with Mt Maungatautari poking up like an island. The horizon was a violent red. It looked quite impressive.

We emptied our toilet for the first time on Saturday. All good, except we have realized we have used the wrong moss. We used sphagnum moss and it is supposed to be peat moss. The book said sphagnum, but the video says peat. We wonder if sphagnum is the name for peat in America. We had another look at the video and realized our mistake. I have gone around all the garden centres here and there is none in Matamata, so I will have to go to Cambridge tomorrow and get the right stuff, so we can start again.