The swollen Manawatū River at He Ara Kotahi bridge (Awapuni) on Wednesday morning. The bridge has been closed.

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Paul and Vann visited us in Palmerston North

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We have new tenants

Baby’s Mum is Russian and Dad is Chinese and Mei is de facto Grandma

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Feijoas are ready again and are kind of larger than last year

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Browns Bay

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Great Barrier Island visit to Paul, Jonquil, Vann and Darren just two years ago. (More photos on blog)

Medlands Rd – background is Medlands Beach and it is John and Grandson, Vann

John and Vann feed the chooks and Vann has lost his leg

Darren and Paul – we are about breakfast. Not sure if that is a 6 pack that Darren is showing off or is it a barrel

On the Barrier

Darrens old abode

A galloping rail

Before I went over to the Barrier I attended our Naval Reunion on Motuihe Island and had to practice our drill.

Very smart, are we not
Jack Donnelly (Burp no 2 ) is the Guard Commander and we (Bash Bishop and John Currin) are do a training run for the ceremony on Motuihe Island and our reunion. We had not used the Lee Enfield rifles since the early 60’s but it all came back, gradually. We are on the barge crossing over to the island and our only practice run.

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Very strong winds today and blew down neighbours roadside tree

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New addition to the family – John is a great grandfather and Darren becomes a grandfather

Hope has given birth this morning at 10.00am to Meilani Elisara

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Pouring with rain so time to make my plum jam

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Mei at Bason Park

Near Kai Iwi Beach, Whanganui

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John turns 80 and celebrates with a family dinner

Traditional long noodles for breakfast to ensure a long life

Our table is prepared for our mini banquet

One of our home stay students, Zirui, gives Matty some instructions on using chopsticks

Matty is very studious

Our gathering dining on multiple dishes

Mei, John and David

Part way through the dishes

My cake and a bottle of Moet left over from Christmas

And cutting the cake

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Have been updating our kitchen – see all photos here – https://www.curark.com/

Part of our old kitchen about to be removed

Part of our old kitchen about to be removed

Kitchen being dismantled

John surrounded by kitchen cabinets and drawers, all assembled by me. 2 hours to do the first drawer and 2 minutes to do the last.

John surrounded by kitchen cabinets and drawers, all assembled by me. 2 hours to do the first drawer and 2 minutes to the last

Starting to layout the new kitchen

Bench tops ready for fitting and prep and paint the wall

Having a trial run for Chinese New Year eve. Mei busy with the wok. Kitchen is usable, waiting for some doors and some electrical connections. Have installed electric hob with a two burner gas hob alongside.

And a bit of a snack for the Year of the Tiger

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We called into the strawberry gardens at Whanganui

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Mei relaxes on her Xmas present

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Mei helps Len do some concreting while still wearing her slippers

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My Kowhai has not flowered before, the caterpillars scoffed the lot but as you can see, this year it is absolutely ( got that word from Jacinder) covered in blossom. Most impressed.

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My future food supplies

https://ift.tt/uugz00 tomato plant and a courgette nestled between some bags of compost and top soil so as to be protected from the tornadoes ripping across the Manawatu . Will plant them out when these inclement conditions disperse

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On a recent drive through the Desert Road and there was Mount Ngauruhoe and then Mt Ruapehu

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Mei at the eye doctors having a test

We were lucky in that we had a Chinese optician doing the test so I didn’t need to do much translating and her test came out well. No hurry for glasses yet.

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