A new appliance and pollen

We have had some cool and wet days lately. One day it got to 13 degrees at 3: 30 and that was the hottest it got. 

Louise’s granddaughter, Kaia was 6 a couple of Saturdays ago and there was a birthday party in the pavilion here. We went over and had pizza for lunch and sang happy birthday. We brought 2 pizzas home as there was so many left over. We had one for tea. I heated it in the new little oven, but  did it for a bit long so it was a bit crunchy around the edges. I did the second one for a bit less time and lower the temperature with a much better result.

The new little oven.

I made  potato and cheese souffle in my little oven one night for tea last week and it came out really well. I am definitely liking this one better than the other one we had. 

Eddie has been cleaning off rust from under the caravan and painting it with some protection. They said it would need to be done for the next COF and he told Dave he would do it. He is very pleased to get that out of the way.

Yesterday I heard a grey warbler for the first time this year. I think of it as a spring indicator. The Maori used it as a guide to start planting their crops for the new season.

grey warbler or riroriro

The grey warbler or riroriro

There is a lot of pollen on the truck and around the edges of the puddles at the moment, so another spring indicater. No wonder we feel a bit stuffy in our noses. We aren't too far from the pine forests where the paper mill in Kawerau gets its logs. With a southerly wind blowing, we get the pollen all around us. Some days the dodge looks quite yellow on the cover of the tray.

We have cleaned all the fly screens, windows and vents over the past week, so it is already for Dave.