WWQP Bulletin Board Chat

Tuesday.

Thank you Jill for posting all of those photos. If I had a "wish list" it would be to visit Sisters one of these days. It must be quite an experience. Such varied and beautiful work..

Fran, welcome home !! Can't believe that you are back already. What a wonderful trip you have had . All down to good planning I suspect. I'm sure we'd all like to hear more about it. I did follow your blog for awhile but then events here kinda took over...

Went door-knocking on behalf of the local council again yesterday. They want all homes in Kaiapoi visited. Kaiapoi is a neighbouring small town which got badly knocked by the Sept quake and again in Feb and June. We just check on how people are to see if they know what help is available. Half of the houses in the street we were doing yesterday, were cordoned off and waiting to be demolished. Not much fun for the people in the remaining homes. People were amazingly up-beat and cheerful, even though they are still waiting to hear whether or not the land under their homes is stable enough to be rebuilt on. The police were providing some entertainment by using some of the condemned homes to practice commando raids ! They arrive in all their gear, jump over fences, force open doors, leap through windows, all the time shouting and throwing grenades ! Talk about toys for boys ! They gave the locals plenty of warning (because of the noise) and nobody seemed to mind !

Rosie, that naughty puppy !! With such a colourful toy box of her own you'd have to wonder why she had to attack your chair. ! When Holly was a puppy she chewed a hundreds of dollars worth of shoes before we found her... The insurance company paid up ! She had "only"chewed the heel of one, the toe of another and the side of another, one shoe could have provided her with all of that but she chose one shoe of four pairs...

Heavy snow falls down south, none here yet but it is cold and wet and a good day to be indoors..

Hope the week is going well.
Marion.

posted by Marion in NZ. @ 8:25 PM