Stonehenge Aotearoa.

The power went off one afternoon last week. I was making bread, so I had to knead it by hand instead of in the mixer. I went for a walk later in the afternoon and went past 2 men from Powerco working on the lines. I said, so it’s your fault I had to hand knead my bread. One of them said it was his fault, pointing to the man up the ladder and the man up the ladder, said no it was his fault. We had a chuckle together.

Eddie got the ride on out to do some mowing one day, only to discover that the motor was almost falling out. A belt had come off and when he was putting it back on the whole motor moved. A repair man came and picked it up that evening. He was hoping to have it back again the following night. It finally came back on Tuesday afternoon. There had been quite a bit to do to it. The lawns are pretty thick and because of all the rain they haven’t been mowed as often as they might have been. Eddie made a start on them that evening. We have 6 vans coming in today, so he wanted them done before they arrived.

We went to Stonehenge Aotearoa today near Carterton. We saw the sign on our way home and thought let's go.  It was all very spur of the moment. We didn’t even know such a thing existed until we saw the sign.

It isn’t a replica of the one in England, but made to fit with the stars in New Zealand, It was pretty cool. Inside the circle our voices echoed when we talked standing in the centre. The couple who built it, did a course about stars and learnt about the Stonehenge in England. They thought it would be nice to have one here. It is all measured out, so it fits with the stars above us. The spring equinox sunrise and sunset rise and fall directly over 2 heel stones just out of the circle. There is an obelisk near the centre with a hole at the top. If you look through the hole, you are actually looking at the angle straight above the south pole. We didn’t even know it existed, but worth a visit.

The entrance to Stonehenge.

The dead centre of the ring.

Eddie with the western heel stone behind him.

I have got a bit more done in the gardens. I have done the one by us and started on another one in the middle of the grounds. I am trying to do a wheel barrow of weeds a day, so it isn't quite such a daunting task. Eddie has done some spraying around the edges of the gardens, but it has been too windy to do any over the last few days. Wairarapa seems to be windy place.