Back to Thornton for a week

 Wednesday 15th November 2023

It was sunny again today and the wind wasn't bad as earlier in the week.

We've had a couple of overnighters come in this afternoon and Eddie did some of the lawns. Tomorrow he is helping to put up the glamping tents for the weekend glamping weekend, which we will miss. Darren is going to do the cleaning while we are away. We are heading back to Thornton for a week to look after the place while Louise is away.

Thursday 16th November 2013

Another nice day with not quite so much wind until the evening.

I did the cleaning and weeded a bit of the garden at the gate. A lot of the weeds were dead from when Eddie sprayed them, but it looks tidier if they are gone. I wonder if anyone will notice.

Eddie went and helped put up the glamping tents this morning for the Taste Masterton weekend. They put up 9 altogether. They were going to put up the centre poles first, but Eddie said no; do the corner pegs first and go from there. They started about 10 and he was home again just after 12, so they did alright. He was pretty tired when he got back and had a nap straight after lunch.

Friday 17th November 2023

A bit showery today, but not cold. Windy tonight of course.

Matt rang at lunch time to see if I could go and help make the beds and set up the glamping tents. Gabriella (she helps Matt in the office and does the marketing). was doing them on her own and there was so much to do. I went over at about 1 and got back home just before 4, so it would have been  a big effort for 1 person. Fiona Scott (she does the cleaning of the ranch house) came and helped us too. I won't be there to take it all apart. whew! They did look lovely after we had done them. I wished I had thought to take a photo before I left, but I didn't. Very annoying.

Gabriella asked about my Baha'i pendant, so I told her about the Baha'i Faith for most of the morning.

Tuesday 21st November 2023

On Saturday I helped Gabriella to reset some of the tents as the wind had blown them about a bit and some things had fallen over. She said her and her husband had googled the Baha'i Faith and seemed to be suitably impressed by it.

Matt invited us to the bbq they were putting on for the guests, so that was a nice surprise. The catering company that works out of the race course is called Rose and Smith. About 5 years ago, the lady, Paula, came and asked the committee if they had any idea about the value of the buildings they had. They said not really, so she has built up a business using them. Last year there were 78 weddings. She called her business Rose and Simth because when they were cleaning up the building they found a little sign that said the building had been built by Rose and Smith. I thought it was a nice touch.

We had a good trip up to Thornton on Sunday, except the wipers were on most of the way. It is suppose to be wet this afternoon, but it is really lovely and quite warm.

I seem to have got my head around all the things in the office, so that's good. 

Eddie is really happy to be back. He is going to go fishing tomorrow; he says. We will see. He would like to come back on a more permanent basis. I said what about going to Australia, but he isn't too sure. Sometimes he thinks ooh an adventure and other times not so much. He is a worry.