It is a long time since I last blogged. I have occasionally taken photos of what is new in the garden but then ran out of day and oomph and not done a post. Life has been busy. On top of all the usual day to day things last week we had two loads of firewood delivered which we then had to move and stack. The man we buy it from is retiring and selling off the last of everything so we wanted to be certain of plenty of wood for the winter.
On Friday we went out for a delicious lunch with Parkinson's N.Z. They shout us the meal as volunteers. We also won one of the raffle prizes and ended up with a pair of Queen size sheets something I was going to buy for when a cousin and his wife visit early next year.
It has been hot 28 or 29 degrees but we had a very pleasant walk today and then instead of going to someone's house for our pre Christmas get-together we went to a cafe in a park and sat under a verandah looking at the trees which was very pleasant. We still have one more walk before Christmas.
Doug went to the car before me and when I arrived there was a parcel waiting. It was from one of the walkers and contained a delicious gluten free Lemon, coconut, Almond cake and a lovely card.
Our crazy government are planning to BAN wood burning in stoves. If it is adopted people will have to burn smokeless fuel instead. Bonkers!
ReplyDeleteAs I understand it the Regulations here are more about the woodburners being clean burning.
DeleteYes, as the newer ones are.
DeletePlus you can only buy green wood for storing in a large quantity, but no inconvenience..as that is what one does anyway when you have a stove
As our wood is untreated timber offcuts there is no green wood.
DeleteA lovely day and a lovely surprise. I've seen your high temperatures. A good start to the summer.
ReplyDeleteI think it is going to be a little cooler tomorrow which is fine by me.
DeleteFirstly, hiking is simply wonderful, secondly, meeting like-minded people is very valuable, and as you already said, one of the greatest gifts one can receive is to experience appreciation.
ReplyDeleteThe cake looks delicious.
I'll bake tomorrow :-)))
Best regards.
Enjoy your baking and the results.
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