Daily Archives: 2016-12-04

Karola’s second night seems to have gone well and she sounds cheerful.

I spent much of the morning doing the online chores – bills to pay etc – and buying stuff. I ordered supplies for the rat and possum traps, some escutcheons for the cupboard locks (I didn’t know what to call them but eventually Google offered up the right word). My wired Apple keyboard was so filthy that a few days ago I cleaned it, vigorously. Now I need to buy a replacement keyboard.

Later I cleaned the old concrete trough by running a hose at high pressure into it for a long time. I then spent literally hours trying to find and sort through the myriad hose and alkathene connectors and fittings before working on a permanent connection for my Manuka trees next to the railings by the farm shed. Karola did not like me trailing long hoses across to the cottage back door tap. Like mending the broken wire fence, this isn’t finished although it does work. I’ve taken a tee off the pipe watering the Bay tree hedge and, as Karola suggested, put a valve on each leg so that I can water the Manuka and Bay trees independently. Finally tonight I set the rat traps in the house – must reduce the population before Bridget and family come up. During my searching I found a dead Welcome swallow in the house garage, sad, but I should expect more because they keep getting trapped in there when I close the roller door.

Despite being a glorious day outside I spent hours doing computer and web site backups in preparation for moving to the latest Apple operating system.

Henare came as darkness fell, just to get some more unchlorinated drinking water.

A Cleaner Concrete Trough

Spaghetti Junction For Irrigation Pipes

Oak Avenue Weather:14℃—24℃ no rain [73.6]