Sunny afternoon

Four days after I posted the photo of the cold frosty morning, I walked through the same park in glorious sunshine and 16c temperatures. What a change!



I walked in to town and met Skry on his lunch break. We went for beer and burritos at a little place near his office. It was lovely to be able to sit outside in the sunshine and pretend that it's summer already.

Frosty morning

Walking through the park on my way to work, at 7.30am today. At -2c, I was glad to have my big puffy winter jacket on!

Just checking in

It's winter here. Not much going on. Cold nights, frosty mornings, sometimes blue sky and sunshine all day, sometimes rain.

I'm busy planning the garden for the next few months, and getting a tad over-excited buying seeds for flowers and salad veggies. I've never been a fan of most vegetables, but I do love tomatoes, sweet peppers, and cucumber, so if I can grow some of those and a bit of lettuce and onion I'll be very happy for as long as I can keep them alive and edible. As for flowers, if it doesn't smell great I'm unlikely to be interested. On the to-grow list are stocks (night-scented and regular), carnations, sweet peas, and various others. My previous history with growing flowers has shown mixed results, but I remain hopeful of great things in the months to come!

Things New Zealand doesn't have (Part 6)

New Zealand does not have Orange parades on July 12th (and the weeks before and after). No marching season. After way too many years being inconvenienced, irritated, angered, and prevented from exercising my right to walk or drive from A to B, this is a GREAT thing.

It made me extremely happy this weekend to realise that I'd forgotten all about it being "the 12th" until I saw people talking about it on Facebook. Hopefully I'll never need to remember again.