Lockdown Life

So we are back in Level 4, working from home and with essential services only open. Someone was reading the tea leaves though because a couple of weeks ago the COVID Tracer app had an upgrade and now includes an ‘I stayed home’ option.

Feeling good about not going anywhere except the supermarket and the dairy.  

Not Black

When it’s been cold and wet and you mostly wear many layers of black fabulous socks are essential. 

Luckily over the last few birthdays and Christmases I’ve been gifted a wonderful collection of which today’s laundry is a small sample. 

Second!

Second COVID shot done exactly 21 days after the first and I mean exactly. To the minute and even with the same vaccinator. 

How Wide is a Cat’s Bum?

This was a critical question when the new windows were going in. Not for the windows themselves but for the sills that are prime street watching spots at the front of the house. After much discussion with my lovely (fellow cat slave) builder we settled on 10-15cm. Decision roundly and voluntarily endorsed

Rose Path

Today some of the Hikoikoi weavers visited the Port Nic Hand Weavers. Even though we are harakeke weavers and they are loom weavers there are a lot of similarities, mostly the amount of prep required and the patterns. Rose Path is any kind of repetitive pattern, we know this particular one as Patiki. 

As you can see we got to bring home our work which was super special. 

Ahi Ka

There are very definite rewards for getting up at stupid o’clock, not once but twice, in one week. 

It’s Matariki/Māori New Year and getting up before dawn to see the stars of Matariki is becoming more popular.

The view from work on Monday morning after being up at Tangi Te Keo/Mt Victoria.

Gathering around the fire on the foreshore this morning with the extended whānau of Hikoikoi where we weave. 

The words around the amazing fire pit are the names of the 9 stars of the Matariki cluster.

First

I got my first COVID jab this week. Originally I thought I was in Group 4 aka Everybody Else and would have to wait until well into the second half of the year. Turns out my doctor thinks differently. A couple of weeks ago I got my Group 3 call up as I apparently have ‘underlying health issues’, well that’s the only thing on the list that makes sense. And this time I got a lollipop!