Eddie got the lawns all done this week. It is looking much better. He did some of it twice as it was quite thick in places. Matt was pleased when he saw them and rang to say so. We thought that was nice.
I went for a walk one day last week and decided to go and find the big Kahikatea tree again. I found it easily enough, but had a bit of trouble finding my way out again. I didn’t retrace my steps, but went in a circle. It was quite funny. Luckily it is only a little bush and hard to really get lost.
We survived the wind over Wairarapa during the week. We took the awning and the tv aerial down, just to be safe.
The wind blew open the door on one of the toilets in the wind. The bottom hinge had come away. It took us about an hour to fix it. I had to hold the door while Eddie worked on it. We put wood blocks under it in the end to help me hold it up. There are big dents on the shower door next door where the door crashed back. The whole toilet block is metal as it is a converted container.
On Saturday morning, Eddie got the side by side and the trailer and we went to the river and got some sand to fill in the hollows under our awning mat. It has been a bit tricky to walk on because we can’t see the hollow under the mat. It is nice and level now. There was a tree lucerne down over one of the tracks down to the river. We told Bastion and he will chop it up for firewood.
There were a few little trees in the gardens that were leaning over, so we firmed them up in the soil. It is stony, so the soil doesn’t hold them very well. We replanted a couple that hadn’t been planted very deep at all.
Louise rang today to ask Eddie about her tractor as she is going to sell it. She wanted to know what he thought it was worth. She was relieved when he told her we would be coming up to do the office while she is away in November. She didn’t think we would be able to go when we are working, but we told Matt we had a commitment for then.
It was really windy all day Sunday, so we hardly left the van all day.
Eddie went and had a nap and I caught up on all the Young Sheldon programmes I had recorded. Eddie doesn’t really like it, but he watched the last couple with me and chuckled a few times, which made me laugh at him.
We went to Greytown to do the grocery shopping on Tuesday. We had a wander around and looked at the shops. There were a lot closed for no apparent reason. Some were supposed to be open too. We found a cycle shop that had a bike cover that we needed to replace, so that was a bonus. We haven’t been able to find one for a while.
We had a nice morning tea scone at a cafe for morning tea.
I needed new jandals as mine broke. I didn’t think we were going to find any, but found them at Farm Source. They are red bands, which made us chuckle. My gumboots and my jandals all match now.
We went into a shoe shop and after a bit of chat we discovered that she was our neighbour in
the farm next door. The racing club is surrounded by their farm. Their names are Tracey and David Donald. The Donalds have been here for many years. There is a stream crossing the road just out of Featherston called Donalds Creek.
We emptied our grey water tank at the dump station just inside Greytown in a small park. There was a cairn there so I went to look at it. It is to commemorate the 100 years of Arbour Day, which started in Greytown in 1890. Who knew? I am not sure if it happens anymore now. I can remember planting trees at school when I was in primary school. Or do I just remember being told about it??
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