Karola went off with Joan in her car, into Hastings to look round the shops and to visit some of Joan’s old ladies, returning for dinner in the evening.

I caught up on the farm journal entries for the last few days.

The sanding and floor preparation team came, finished sanding and applied the first coat.

Paul managed to get his hands on the GIB needed for the upstairs passages; it will probably be delivered tomorrow.

Seems I’ve bought six plates on TradeMe plus another single plate and an eighth plate by accident for a dollar. The first plate is just exactly what I want as my usual dinner plate, not too big, not too small – the Goldilocks plate, willow pattern blue of course. The six plates will be good insurance should I break some.

I tried mowing the thistles in the One Acre using the Grillo but they are too thick, too tall, and just to stringy for the Grillo. Tomorrow I’ll try using the Kioti tractor mower.

Oak Avenue Weather:11.6℃—23.0℃ no rain [?] TdOx2 eggs=1 Mark=0