Daily Archives: 2020-04-07

As suggested by Bridget we investigated getting our groceries online. Countdown is urging those of us who are able to come to the store as their home delivery service is swamped. New World said to contact Age Concern if we wanted help as they had delegated their home delivery help for the over 70s to Age Concern. Countdown did say that if we came in between 7:00am and 8:00am we could get priority – and it was naturally a quieter period anyway, so we’re off to try that tomorrow.

Graham Linwood, architect, sent his second draft of a document about the heritage implications of our proposed changes to the homestead and we spent most of the morning discussing it. The first draft came yesterday and we sent our first comments back late last night. Anyway, we’re not too unhappy with it now and have agreed that it can be sent off to Chris Cochran for comment prior to being sent to the Hastings District Council planning department. It also needs drawings fro our draughtsman Ruth so I called her and we chatted about it and about getting her a large-size (A3) scanner so that her hand-drawn plans can be sent electronically to us, to Graham, and to the council.

Large flat-bed scanners were quickly snapped up by thoughtful people forced to work from home during the NZ lock-down. The only ones still available were ultra-cheap (a bad sign) or very expensive. I finally located a one with good reviews sold by a firm in Australia. Sent this info on to Ruth who says she will now order one and has emailed my contact in Ascent in Wellington to get the details. As Ruth pointed out if she gets it herself rather than me buying it and lending it to her she can “expense” it and get the GST back. Well, I’m not arguing.

Most of the day spent on the chook house, or as Karola calls it, The Ark.

Karola noticed that a large branch on the Chinese Hawthorne tree has broken off (photo below); just old age she thinks.

Early evening spent making as sure as we can we’ve listed all the groceries we hope to get tomorrow.

Broken Branch Of Chinese Hawthorne Covered in Berries – The Extra Weight Won’t Have Helped

Oak Avenue Weather:6℃—20℃ no rain [76.07] IKBOrchard TdT