The Usual

Just a normal week best described as 

The Hoard

Today is the Petone fair! As is tradition I walk the length of Jackson St and back, support local makers, buy dumplings for lunch and then spend the afternoon recovering. 

Lots of wonderful stuff this year but not sharing too much detail as a fair few things are birthday presents. 

Trust Me

Our usual Waitangi Day activities in town didn’t happen this year but a few of us got together anyway and we reached a small milestone. We are half way through the first hono/join on our rā/sail!  It’s a long, slow process as adding each extension is a 15 step process and there are 250 strands (I think) but we’re getting our groove on and it’s amazing to see progress. 

Unexpected

On my way to an appointment yesterday I spotted these beauties. No idea what exactly was happening but not your usual parliamentary sighting. 

Weavers Away

Last weekend was our now annual weavers long weekend away. We took over the library at Ohakune college and wove up a storm. 

And because food and weaving don’t mix the library work room became a snack kitchen!

Resolution

I will not keep nice boxes just in case and especially not just because. They will go in the recycling as soon as possible. Same for nice packing material. 

Sticking to it so far but we’ll see how that goes, old habits are hard to break. 

Quiet Start

An enforced quiet start to the year. After a lovely quiet Christmas with family I picked up Covid on the way home. Best excuse ever for avoiding chores and watching too much daytime television.