Kimi
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Sat, 11:43pm
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This week's been lovely - frosty mornings followed by brilliant days. On Friday we went to a regional park for a lovely walk along the beach, admiring oystercatchers and dotterels and gulls and just enjoying the sunshine. Then lunch in a particularly nice cafe that's a bit out of our way, so we only visit it when we go to that park. I'm a bit concerned that the cafe mightn't survive long-term, as the pottery it's on the grounds of is closing down, but at least we did our small bit to support it.
The weekend, in contrast, is grey and gloomy so far, but that just means we appreciate the sunshine all the more. Still enjoying watching the mallards and putangitangi (native shelducks) conducting their courtships. And enjoying the new lambs gambolling on farms all around us.
Yesterday we made moussaka (used some of those aubergines from last summer) and baklava - very nice, and also gave a nice lot of my favourite meal: leftovers. Then we watched "Tempest" (the 1982 Paul Mazursky movie) to keep the whole Greek theme going.
The first of my seeds have germinated! A tomato variety I don't know the name of, as its original came in a "Heritage Mixed" packet years ago, and I've save seeds from it ever since. Hopefully the beginning of many.
I know there are a fair few fans of both flying and Antarctica here, so you may enjoy this story:
https://newsroom.co.nz/...ssion-to-antarctica/
Winter flights to the Antarctic are very much not for the faint-hearted!
Wishing everyone a pleasant weekend.
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Do we find happiness so often that we should turn it off the box when it happens to sit there?
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(This post was edited by Kimi on Sun, 3:56am)
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