rambling rose

Friday 15th December 2023

The day started off nice, but the clouds and the wind came up this afternoon, so not so pleasant as the morning.

We had a lot of rain one night earlier in the week. The wind blew the rain under the iron on the roof of the stables where we store things and made a bit of  a mess. Eddie got some wooden pellets that are around the place and put them on the floor to stack things on.  Everything is off the ground now, so if it floods again, they should stay dry. The toilet rolls we use for the toilets got soaked. Luckily there was only 1 left. Eddie went to get some more and there none there. Matt had to go and get some from Masterton ( I think). He dropped them off this morning. They look nice and tidy now, so I will have to not make them untidy, otherwise  I will be in big trouble.

Saturday 16th December 2023

It was cloudy today and I thought it was going to rain at lunch time, so I brought the washing in and hung it on the clothes horse. It didn't rain, so I put the hose onto the garden this evening. The silver beet looked a bit droopy. 

Sunday 17th December 2023

The weather has been quite odd today. We have had wind, some rain, some sun but not cold. I went for a bike ride this morning for half an hour. I had to put my rain coat on, on the way home, but it had almost stopped by the time I got back.

The wild flowers are looking very pretty and the bees are enjoying them. I shall try and remember to take a picture for next week's blog.

Tuesday 19th December 2023

We had a proper summer's day today. We got to the high 20s. 

Yesterday we did a bit of weed whacking near the gate. The committee was supposed to have done it, but a typical committee and nothing has happened. It will be a fire hazard if it is allowed to dry out too much. Eddie used the whacker and I raked it out of way with the leaf rake. We did an hour and we had had enough. It wasn't very sunny, but it was warm. We were going to do some more first thing this morning, before it got hot, but we decided to give it a miss today and got the shopping instead.

Wednesday 20th December 2023.

Another hot day today, but a bit windy. We went and got Eddie a couple of high vis singlets and a new aerial for the CB. We think it is the aerial that is faulty and not the CB. He thought he didn't need a bit to attach it and now finds that he does, so we are going to Masterton tomorrow to get it.

We have a couple of vans in for the weekend. They are here for a wedding tomorrow

Some poppies have popped out today. Red ones. I think they are the ones that grew on Flanders Fields.

Below are a couple of pictures I have taken this week. The roses are on a fence that I walk past on my walks and smell really nice. The bees like them too. The other one is a spider web that I thought looked rather cool with the sun shinning on it.