21 April 2013

It is officially autumn now. We have had the most severe drought in North Island in the last 70 years, and the whole North Island was declared a drought area. With autumn arriving, we got bits of rain, but not much. The farmers called it a "green drought". The grass was green but with no growth. Luckily, it has changed, we had some rain during the week and today we had about 30 mm so far. This also implies that I will have to start work in inside tasks.

The last of the veranda posts are joined and sanded now, but not painted yet. We will have to wait for a sunny day.

I started work on cutting and removing the old studs between the bathroom and the kitchen to be. Sorry, the place is a mess, I cannot take a picture. That job went well, but it had a complication: I got affected by the dust and developed a sinus infection. It meant that I had to get antibiotics. It also delayed my progress. We also went to help friends with the finishing touches of a unit/flat renovation in Hamilton. We spent two days on that.

Next week we need to replace the hob in our kitchen in the Cambridge house, and that will require some cutting and joining of the bench top.

Well, even with getting older, we never have a spare moment. That is, excluding rest breaks whilst doing a job. But we are not complaining, we are enjoying it.

Let us hope next week will have more to report about
Bye