Wednesday, June 24, 2020

AND IT IS STILL RAINING

Good for the dams and for lazy indoor days but not good for going for a walk or doing anything outside.  Doug has just put some wheat out for the doves and says that he thinks every dove in Whangarei must have come for a feed, the table is covered in them.  

Last night Sophie had trouble getting up in the lounge after sleeping for a couple of hours so Doug asked me to look for a dog sleeping pad for her.  She has a wonderful bed with a foam mattress in his bedroom  that she just loves but he wanted something smaller that can be used in the dining room or lounge.  The wet weather will not be helping her joints any more than it helps ours.  

I found a couple of good looking pads but could not find out if they were available in-store so have ordered them on-line.  The Covid Lockdown has got us used to buying things on-line whereas we would have tried to get them locally before, also, the shop that has these pads is at the other side of town so delivery will be good.

So, apart from getting some beef bones on to cook to make stock for some soup and doing some things on line the day has just disappeared the way they all did over Lockdown.

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  1. Stinking hot here, so outdoor work is restricted to early mornings. Our afternoons are either indoors or in the pool. Phew.

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  2. Glad to hear that you're catching up with your delivery of rain - we'd be in a sorry state without it. I'm doing a lot more shopping online these days; I would like to support my local farm shop but when I went in earlier this week I found that keeping social distance was almost impossible as they'd made very few modifications to their layout.

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    1. Yes, the rain is much needed. According to today's paper it is going to be a drier than usual winter so I hope the dam gets filled up. I think a lot more people are shopping online these days. I prefer to shop local if I can but must say with the current weather having it delivered is a bonus.

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  3. A picture of the doves in the feeder would be great.

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    1. We have tried many times. One only has to think of the camera and they all take off however Doug had another go today.

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  4. Disappearing days will be with us in the USA for a lot longer. I wonder if it will ever end.

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    1. From what we hear it does sound grim there. Do take care and stay safe Arleen.

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  5. You are getting more rain than us this time around :)

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    1. and it appears Coromandel got more than us again.

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