Fantails

 Autumn is here all ready. It was almost like waking up one morning and realizing that summer has gone for another year. The mornings are darker and cooler too. The days are still warm, so that's nice. We have noticed the trees starting to change colour.

We will be leaving Waiarapa on Saturday morning. Our first stop will be Clive, near Hastings to spend a couple of nights. We are looking forward to moving again.

Our tomatoes have nearly finished, so that is good timing when we are leaving. The wild flowers that we planted were a great show and now there are lots of seedlings coming up. I hope no one thinks they are weeds and pulls them out.

On Sunday we took down the awning. On Monday we went into Masterton to the VTNZ for the COF for the van. That is a certificate of Fitness that heavy vehicles have to have. They aren't cheap, so it's quite nice to get a discount via the New Zealand Motor Caravan Association. We passed, so that was a relief and we don't have to worry about it again until September. 

Lately there has been a fantail coming into the stables behind us in the evenings. It sings and flits about for quite a while and then disappears. It is very cute. Yesterday there were two of them. We enjoy watching them.

A Fantail Story.

Many years ago, I worked in a glass house that grew orchids for export. One day I was working by  myself in a little glass house, when a fantail came in. He sat on a wire near me and started to sing. It was so loud and I wondered how a little bird could make so much noise. It sang and sang until I thought it would burst. I could feel my eardrums vibrating with the soud, it was so loud. It was amazing and then it flew off and I felt really priviledged to have heard it.