Most of the country moved to Level 3 on Wednesday and the first thing most of the country did was get a ‘proper’ coffee and/or takeaways. I held out until Friday then went the whole hog, text and collect coffee in the afternoon…
Saturday, September 4, 2021
Staying In
Saturday, August 28, 2021
Going out
Saturday, August 21, 2021
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.Saturday, August 7, 2021
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.
Saturday, July 31, 2021
Second!
Second COVID shot done exactly 21 days after the first and I mean exactly. To the minute and even with the same vaccinator.
Saturday, July 24, 2021
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
Saturday, July 17, 2021
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.











