Late eve

Sous les roses blanches et rouges

Mina et Zia nous ont quitte cette semaine, d'une mort naturelle, elles avainet toute les deux plus de deux ans.
Nous sommes sur que la ou elles sont, elles trouvent quand meme moyen de grignoter des crepes et des hamacs.
Bises de nous.

Stewart Island

Taken from Bluff Hill, the southermost town on the South Island. Sundown on Stewart Island. Tuatara country. Back from a week in the south. Met awesome people, even a Frenchman, chased very classified pair of crocs, and for the first time, developped a contract on something I made up myself. Back in Taupo sun was shining, so I let the laptop off, turned Mambo Number 5 up (thinking Rach, this has got to be on this year summer CD), read the awesome book that my awesome sis sent me from Jasper Fforde, and tried out reciepe that another sister sent (yum mint-goat cheese on zucchini) and Mum's room is all ready. Prayer flags clapping in the wind. Trying to make "creme catalane", a recipe that my dad used to love, sent by sis number three. Played "Bidochon d'or" in the shop. So it's like all'them in here today.
Raspberries are coming up, The bees were taking in pollen while I was reading on the deck. Roses in blossom. A bird or two jumping around. My Trini lizard climbing every wall they can. Molla telling me about coffee roasting in Addid Adeba.
I am real lucky to know the people I know.
Right now, life's good.

Far south

Landed in Invercargill ronud 19h00 last night. Jumped the car to get to Bluff and glimpse the last ray of sun on Stewart Island. Breath taking view point that is.
My pics are all blurry cos got the setting wrong (need cable to upload, will do over week end). Three days working at Environment Southland.
Yay!


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Australe

Hans Zimmer - Time

 Artic monkeys - Do I wanna know?

 Madik ft. Veela - Ghost assassin

The National - About today

Carried by the wind

Mano and cheeky Ozzie

Mag and Atarita

Agnes Obel - Fuel to fire

Merci!

Lots of surprises were expecting us last night, all packed up on our doorstep. We dutifully attached the praying flags to the side of the house. Looks so colourful! The mice are trying out their shoe. And we opened a few goodies to ensure they survived the trip.
Thanks so much!

Happy/lucky us.

Game of thrones...

You can't see it, but I've been making some progress on the inside-the-house  jobs, the laundry, toilet and corridor are now painted, and I know just about everything I need to know about changing a toilet suite (discovered what P-trap and S-traps are, bottom inlets versus top ones, couple, semi-couple and twin system... even got the Bunnings(=Casto) man stuck on one question. Yay me!). Found a model that looks like my one (but  not in salmon pink), but I would like to secure a plumber/handyman in order to install it (good luck with that). The water damaged vinyl (=lino) has not been changed yet, so it's a good time to upgrade the throne, since it's gonna wreck it.
The price range for throne is quite amazing.
Still got to fix a couple of squirting (=plinthes), that also were water damaged that I got out to replace and "Operation indoor wetland" will be over.

Been putting some veggies in the garden and clearing some bushes. Got artichokes to get the Hobbit garden look... Next-door apple tree blossoms are large and fragrant, nice to come home in the evening. Did some weeding. This is going to take a few week ends....

Spent this week-end in the cupboards to paint them white. Just got a couple of doors to run through and will be able to pause. The next big painting job is the living room :-).
I've also made shelves for Mano's cupboard and replaced his curtains rack. Love the drill (=perceuse).

Word of the day is (neo-French): "arrachitures", which is when you rip of some skin on minor wound. What's left on your skin are the "arrachitures".

And yesterday, after a long day or renovating, I watched this.
(Mano and I are so going to surf the web further...)