This morning I awoke unexpectedly refreshed and with no desire to go back to sleep until lunchtime. I hope this persists.
Yesterday, over by the eucalypt glade, now with only five more trees to come down, Keith put his axe through my alkathene pipe taking water round the north-east corner to feed a sheep-trough and allow me to irrigate the avenue of lime trees (Tilia x europaea), the five swamp cypress and the kauri celebrating grandson Felix’ 1st in Economics from St Andrews. It was quickly repaired with a 20mm connector, a hacksaw, and some hot water. I had turned off the water back at the homestead garage so we didn’t get wet while fixing the pipe but when I turned it back on there was no water. I checked with one of the other sunken taps to make sure I had the tiny white plastic switch in the open position and yes I did.
After mulling it over last night I remembered this happening a couple of times long ago to another of these sunken taps and the solution was to just turn the tap (well more like a switch – just off and on) several times then suddenly the system behaved. So it was this time – now all is sweetness and light, the water flows.
Following on the visit of the insurance estimator Chris yesterday – he was a young bushy-bearded amiable South African Pākehā – I need to get quotes for the fences and the grass bridge and end of the ha-ha, none of which have I touched since the cyclone 14th March last year. I contacted the same outfit, Baywide Dingos, as did our 121 driveway, the grass bridge and the wooden facing of the ha-ha beginning in 2007. Fortunately their involvement was documented in the this farm journal.
Waikanae Thrush In Mid Chirp (Courtesy Ben Bell)
Three Mallards Meditating – Waikanae (Courtesy Ben Bell)
Waikanae – Spoonbill Feeding (Courtesy Ben Bell)
Waikanae Dotterel (Courtesy Ben Bell)
Waikanae – Pied Oystercatcher (Courtesy Ben Bell)
Spoonbills in “the drain” tidal stream alongside “Summerset Palms”
A dozen spoonbills on the drainage lake between Ormond Road and the big Delegates winery
A dozen doves eating the chooks’ food
Oak Avenue Weather:__℃—__℃ no rain [?]
