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On a misty morning the webs had collected droplets of dew. As I write this we have had 45 hours or relentless rain. It has over-topped the rain gauge 2 mornings in a row (rain gauge is 200mm - 8 inches) and I'm getting worn down by the audio assault of water hitting the aluminium tin can in which I dwell. My land is between 2 and 4 inches deep in water running off the hillsides above me and the electricity has gone off. Scully turned up sometime yesterday and I didn't hear her imprecations to be let in over the drumming of rain on metal. (She whimpers - doesn't bark.) I only discovered her hiding under the caravan when I opened the door to retrieve a bucket. We need a break and this is forecast to go on through tomorrow. src="

Gratitude

I have no right to complain about rain. We have had more than our share of it but it's running off into the sea. My power is off meaning no heating but the temperatures are mild - we just can't attempt to dry clothes and boots. (Continuous 99% humidity has a lot to do with that.) Meanwhile in other parts of the north of this island people are losing their homes, their livestock, their livelihoods, farms and businesses. Do a Google search on "flooding NZ" or "flooding tasman marlborough" to get a grasp of the extent of it. Like the cat (do you know the song about the cat came back - the very next day...?) the dog came back. She has a house (on pole foundations so no risk of flooding) and a family and a fireplace and dog food and....every time I deliver her home she turns up back here an hour or three later. And it's still raining - 66 hours and counting. I reckon Noah and his crowd would have been at one another's throats by now in a floating caravan ...

Colour

Just a splash of colour, in sunshine, to remind us there are simple good things in life. I have been working on assembling the spouting/guttering. No secret - I wish somebody else would do it. Mecano it isn't despite all the glue and push-fit shapes. Bits of the cabin haven't complied and two small pieces needed to be sawn off. There are clearly tricks of the trade - like which bits to join first - that I've had to learn the hard way (by not joining them first). Maybe tomorrow I will have one side up and the downpipe connected to direct water away at last. One down (or up) will mean one to go. Hopefully it will progress more quickly.

Fickle

This one is for JayCee - whose summer weather on IoM played fickle with her new hairdo And very nice it is too JayCee.

Tamarillos

Known as "tree tomatoes" when we were kids these also go by the Spanish sounding name of tamarillos. They are South American in origin and were brought to NZ decades ago when our DSIR (Department of Scientific and Industrial Research) were seeking out edibles from around the world that could be turned into commercial crops here. Kiwifruit? You know those? They were Chinese Gooseberries when they arrived on these shores. Yams? Yeah well our yams aren't your yams... You might call these oca if you call them anything at all. And as for the tree tomatoes, I'm not sure anyone has yet commercialised these to the point of export. I saw them in a fruit shop in UK once in 30 years there and they were labelled simply "exotic fruit". No kidding! They ripen here in late May and June. My brother, whose birthday is end of May, always requested them as birthday food. He still does. I'm living where I should be able to grow my own....here's hoping because I too pr...

I Can Do Cute...

.... if I need to

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June 15, 2025
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