A decent frost this morning. SwimGym – with more exciting Americas Cup sailing on the big TVs. Bangle – orchard walk – apple.

After breakfast I took Bangle in to do the Monday shop and to buy a new pair of chainsaw leggings, some maize for the geese, and a new work jersey. It all went rather well. The leggings are a vivd orange, reassuringly bulky but light, and have legs not buckles. The maize is for the geese because they’re getting old and their paddock is short on fresh grass so I thought I’d give them a boost now that winter frosts are upon us. The new work jersey is a luxury, my very old woollen (mostly) “Razorback” one has patched elbows but is otherwise still useful. It’s replacement is now several years old and is way too big and has stretched – more like a dress than a jersey – and is fraying at the edges. The new one is soft and warm being a woollen / possum mix.

While in the New World car park I had a long conversation with Gill about converting DVDs into mp4 files. The conversation continued this evening but most of the problems seem now to be solved and Gill’s new computer makes short work of the conversions.

Byron came and did ½ an hour of firewood splitting, only 4 hours to work off now.

Paul Libby called and he’ll be dropping by in the next few days to measure up for the corrugated iron sheets to repair the house garage. Karla suggested I move the hevy logs from the big oak branch that fell and damaged the garage so I did by borrowing the mini-forks from the old tractor and using them on the new little tractor.

I did another stint of wiring up the bit of fence Henare and I worked on yesterday.

In the afternoon and evening Karola and I mulled over the outline plans for the extensions to the big house; Ruth Vincent sent them in an email yesterday evening.

All Thats Left Of The Bonfire Today

Byron’s Firewood Splitting Pile

The L-Shaped Fence Henare & I Are Putting Up

That Big Oak Branch That Damaged The House Garage

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