Tuesday 10 January 2012

Day 8: A Break in the Weather....

There was a slight window between showers when we woke up.  Molly made progress clearing a few vegetable gardens. I finally finished weeding around the tropical apricots.

the tree is somewhere in the middle, surrounded by kikuyu (which I can now spell)


After breakfast, Molly interviewed Alec about his economic system.  I overhead bits and pieces while I wrote, but that is her business...

I got a Facebook message from a friend who now lives in Wellington. I’ll call once my phone works again—it seems not to be able to send or receive from this location. Molly has a co-op contact in Wellington as well.  Maybe it is worth a bus trip from our next wwooff? More will be revealed.

Morning Dog Walk was late, but uneventful.  I finally dressed for the weather—wearing my unitard mid-thigh swimwear under my rain jacket, with crocs.  Meanwhile, some of clothes are finally dry.
jeans, socks, shoes drying

Molly made a good lunch:
The afternoon tasks included clearing a huge hexagonal garden bed for Molly. She also found some time to document stuff for her internship, and chill out a bit.


the beds before


in progress



after





Molly hauled the weeds to the compost pile

then took a break...
Evening walk was damp




 
inside work
protected from the rabbits organically
My tasks for the afternoon included repairing the umbrellas:




...and weeding out the tomatoes:
 
above: BEFORE

below: AFTER



Molly, beautiful Molly, in repose, caught unaware:


Dinner: Molly cooked soba and veggies.  I cooked the Nadis-Schwartz soy sauce and honey chicken for Alec.  With chard, onions and carrots.

In the evening, Molly and I worked on the Split Decisions puzzle that Dick had emailed and Alec printed out for us.  Is “gallish” a word? The internet doesn't think so. It goes well with “Garnish” and “googol”.  But there were several “proper nouns”—Google, Oslo, Corvette and Mach…maybe Games magazine owes me a t-shirt...

5 comments:

  1. I'm still working at it, but "mach" came up for me, too. Isn't "mach number" -- for speed -- decapitalized? Thanks so much for the blog. Seems like, again, you are leaving things better than you found them.

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  2. I am so enjoying this trip, Molly & Teri! Helps to balance out my days of taxes, Lakers and Nesbo mysteries.

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  3. Teri - Just went back and read every word of this blog - I am so loving it! This is my fantasy trip (one day). The land looks magical and beautiful, and it looks like you are working hard! Always a smile on your face though. Keep writing and thank you for sharing with all of us.

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  4. Great trip diary so far, Teri. Your story just flows!

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  5. Keep on truckin'! Good job; I'm ready to move now.

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