I have not done an update for a while – the more time I have the less I do!
It is January 2nd and very hot. The computer temp clock was showing 29C. We are all spaced out from our trip fishing last night, but more of that later.
The non-fishing photos show a few things that have been going on here since we finished at school ages ago. The 3 original Pitt Island sheep have gone to live even further north on a larger block of land. They are joining the second pig that we used to have here. He has been re-named Henry and is loving the freedom to roam and forage with other pigs.
Chantelle is very shy about displaying her mosaic talents. There has been a constant stream of plates and pots flowing from her table.
The two Charles Dickens type urchins were first-footing on new Years Eve. They knocked on the back door after midnight and carried into the house wood for warmth, money for prosperity, salt for flavour, bread for food and a brandy for cheer. We had a very pleasant evening with Mike and Rissy etc. eating for about 4 hours then sitting around a fire in the back garden. There was some discussion about when 2009 started as all our watches were different and the fireworks in town started going off at about 8pm. Our 3 left-over fireworks woke up our neighbours safely into the New Year (sorrrrrry!) and that was that.
On New Year’s Day we were all a bit bushed and the boys very dutifully declared that it was TV free day. They then made up for the lack of entertainment by sparking off each other in various combinations. Chantelle wanted to go fishing and some-one had the bright idea at 4.30pm that we should stay over on Puketu Island as the tide came in overnight. That is a measure of how the times change as the kids grow up … we were ready to go in about half an hour.
The other pictures show some of what happened. We did get cut off by the tide. We caught fish and had fresh kahawai for a late supper. We slept for varying amounts of time on sloping basalt. We were surrounded by squeaking rodents that kept me awake most of the night. Paddy and Stu found an octopus in a rock pool. The fishing was hot about an hour before dark, with snapper, kahawai, small trevally, kingfish and rock cod all caught.
We were up at dawn this morning and had a less successful fish before walking out at 7 am, though Eric did catch another keeping snapper. Stuart is posing in front of a Pohutakawa aka Christmas tree on account of its time of flowering.
The countdown to the arrival of Uncle Richard is nearly over.
Our thoughts have been with our Italian relatives over the last few weeks.
Friday, January 02, 2009
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