On Saturday we went across to Cambridge
to the Mitre 10 Mega store. It's very new and a nice place to shop.
We went and looked at their roller blinds and came home with enough
for our living area, except for the big window at the back as the
sizes weren't right for it. We also forgot the kitchen window, so we
will have to go back again one day. They are black out blinds, so the
light can't get in and the heat can't get out. We are going to look
at a price for the roman blinds on the big window at the back. Eddie has put 2 of the blinds up.
He will get the rest up over the holidays. It's quite amazing how
much light they keep out.
I went for a walk on Sunday on the
Wairongomai track near Mt Te Aroha. It used to be a mining area in
the early 1900's and 2000 people lived there. All that is left is a
chimney. Lots of mining bits lying in the bush. It's a bit like a
museum out in the open. Pretty bush too. There are some photos below.
Some sparrows were making a nest in the bumper at
the back, so Eddie pulled all the nesting material out and they moved
to the apartment that the starlings abandoned in the goose neck. That
has been well wrapped up in rubbish bags now. You have to give them
an A for determination don't you? Last night, Eddie was outside and
realized that the air con water wasn't running off the roof as per
normal, so he got up to have a look and found that he had made a
damn, when he blocked the black birds from getting in there. It's all
go around here!
 |
| This is a view from the track where the village used to be. |
 |
| Butlers Incline where the ore was sent down. It is hard to see how steep it really is from the photo. |
No comments:
Post a Comment