Saturday, February 22, 2020

SATURDAY AGAIN

Up at 6 a.m. and it is still dark now as we approach autumn and winter.  Off to the market and bought all the usual vegies but was thrilled to see figs and they are delicious.  There used to be a couple who sold them at the market.  They had planted numerous varieties and had a lovely selection.  The next we heard they had sold their property and the new owners ripped out all the fig trees. Sacrilege...

Anyway, we then went down to the Town Basin for our walk and on the way noticed the gardens on the roundabouts were not looking the best and their was a sign that they are no longer being watered.

At the Town Basin the sky was quite cloudy so we hoped for rain, as forecast, later in the day. 



I walked past the Hundertwasser Building which is coming on well.  The workers always seem to be there on Saturdays.

Although the gardens on the roundabouts are not being watered it looks as though the ones at the Town Basin are.


Just past the garden this is the lawn



and reasonable sized trees are dying.

After a Supermarket shop it was home for breakfast then preparing today's sweetcorn for the freezer, putting a tray of beetroot and parsnips in to roast and cooking another batch of mince.  Unfortunately, Doug was not feeling well with "stomach ache".  It was his hernia which had "popped out" again.  He went to the specialist a few weeks ago and it was agreed that he would not go on the list for an operatioin but if it came out again and was really bad he would call the ambulance.  He tried for over two hours to get it back but in the end we called the ambulance.  This was, I think, about 2 p.m. and all I have heard is that the doctor at A & E could not get it to go back in and he was going to get the surgeon to see him.  Doug has a very high pain threshold so it must have been bad for him to agree to go to A. & E.

The promised rain has been a bit of a fizzer.  A couple of very light showers and some thunder.

I have just fed Sophie, Kim and all the various birds and butterflies that Doug looks after.  

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  1. You could certainly do with some rain there, meanwhile we have flooding in parts of England. Hope Doug's soon feeling better.

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    1. Luckily, it finally went back in and he got a taxi home but will have to go back for surgery.

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  2. I hope that you get more rain soon. The lawn looks very parched.

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    1. I gather the maximum in Whangarei was 8 mm with even less further north. For us the bottom of the water barrel was barely covered. The only rain on the 10 day forecast is possible showers on Thursday but I won't hold my breath.

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  3. Good luck to Doug - I am sure that it must be very, very painful for him.

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    1. He is to have some sort of check (Ultrasound?) and then surgery. Hopefully, it will not take too long.

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  4. Good to see the Hunterwasser building progressing.
    Hope Doug gets sorted soon.
    It looks as if decent rain is working its way towards you..just hope you don't get downpours as they will just run off

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    1. Unfortunately, it was just a small front and barely got to us. Yes, it is good to see the Hundertwasser coming on. They always seem to be working on Saturday when I go past.

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  5. Hope the surgery is soon, this is such a painful affliction to have, we have had wonderful rain, in just 2 days the lawn has greened up again and I haven't needed to go and water, we are allowed hand held hoses between 4 p.m. and 8 p.m.

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    1. We hope it won't take too long for the surgery. At least he was already in the "system". You are lucky to get two days of rain. Barely 8 mm here. We are lucky with restrictions although level 2 is to start on Wednesday which means no sprinklers or irrigation systems. Luckily, we use hand held hoses.

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  6. Luckily for the past week we've had perfect weather. If everyone had been confined to barracks it would have been a nightmare. We're promised some rain for next week.

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  7. What is it with people pulling out fruit trees? In the last few years I have seen new owners remove figs, peaches and a macadamia (different properties). All these were attractive trees and highly productive.
    Glad Doug is home again. Hope it is not too long until he can have the surgery.

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    1. I can't understand it. O.k. if they are old or stop bearing but to just buy and property and remove all the trees. NO. Yes, we hope things will move quickly now for Doug.

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  8. I am so sorry to read about Doug. I hope he is better soon.

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    1. He seems quite good now although he is very tender and bruised which is understandable. We hope to hear from the Hospital sooner rather than later.

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