Journal.The Past Week

The the weather has been variable during the past week with rain, sun, wind and sunshine. Of course it is the start of our winter now here in NZ. The day temperatures are starting to drop down to a maximum 14-18 deg.C. and nights down to 9 deg.C.

The Huntly Railway over-bridge is now completed and the by-pass extention is now in use. Much finishing is still to be completed so that may take a month or two.

This weekend is Queen's Birthday Weekend and Paul and Gill with Caitlin and Ashley have gone to Taupo. The highlight will be a jet-boat trip up the river (or down stream) I'm not sure which. Tahlia didn't go, preferring to go to her friend's house as she does most weekends. We dont't see her much... only during the weekdays. Tahlia is nearly 17 now so maybe she thinks she is too old to go with Mum and Dad?

Pat has adopted the stray young cat she has fed for over a year now. It is black with white paws and nose. She had me pick it up on Tuesday and take into the vet's to be "fixed"... a good Kiwi expression! We knew it as variously as "Street Cat" and "Blacky". Pat rechristened it "Dudley"... our street name where we found it. Dudley has now been let into the house for the first time.

During our 10 weeks holiday in the UK the stray cat had a rough time having to scavenge for its food and he was very thin on our return.

Pat still thinks of Biggles and gets upset now and then. We talked of him yesterday. And she has the date of him going missing firmly planted in her mind as she has the date of his birth 11 years ago.

I must dig out a picture of Biggles and put him on the weblog.