Daily Archives: 2012-07-08

Henere arrived around 9:00am and worked on the fence until 5:0pm. One more day should finish the main fence structure and slam posts for the gates – today he got all the running posts in and we tied off the wires. There’s just the stapling of wires to posts, the replacement of a few battens, and the two slam posts to do, then it’s up to me to reconstruct the railings at each end to compensate for the moved fence. Henere won’t be back for a couple of weeks but the main stretch of fence is sheep proof even without the work still to do.

Food: breakfast as usual, Henere and I had fish and chips for lunch, which I went and bought from the Hawkes Bay Seafood Supply in Omahu Road. I had just two lamb chops with mash and cabbage for the evening meal, followed by cereal, banana, and cream.

It being Sunday I swept the cottage, took out the rubbish, paid the bills and watched TV including the plucky Pole’s (Agnieszka Radwanska) almost overthrow of the amazonic Serina Williams at Wimbledon. This in addition to feeding the animals and walking and grooming Bramble of course. Had a lovely fire from mid afternoon as it was cold and grey outside.

The ground is drying out and I let the ewes into the Island paddock for some longer, fresher grass.

Oak Avenue Weather:4℃—12℃ no rain [81.8]