Life continues after Term 3 starts.
A few varied pictures here to keep you up to date with what we have been doing.
There is a lot of building going on in Kaitaia at the moment after years of planning 2 major projects have finally got the go-ahead.
Our College has knocked down its old technology block and the news walls have been going in this week. The photo above shows another even bigger project. The Te Ahu centre is a controversial project that aims to upgrade the Community Centre by adding to it room for a library, a museum, improved cinema and other stuff. It has been controversial because lots of places that have been separately getting on with their business will now be together sharing roof space. There has been much discussion about how much floor space each part of the entity is getting. I do not know what the end result will be like. It is ambitious and hard work for the people trying to make it happen. Not a lot happens in Kaitaia, so the paper has been talking about Te Ahu for at least 2 years. Hence it was great to see the bulldozers coming in and piling work start for the new buildings. More pics to follow. Anzac Day and the A&P show and lots of other functions will be different from now on.
Our cats have been catching lots of goldfinches recently. Pity because they are such pretty birds.
Eric had his birthday a week later than the day because he was away on leadership camp. he was quite happy to tuck into a pavlova when he got home.
Last weekend we slipped off to check out a potential new hunting ground in the Herekino area. We went down to the Grbch orchard afterwards and enjoyed grazing on tree fresh oranges and guavas. Going to little edens like this are very inspiring for me as I envision our place looking like this in maybe 20 years.
When is the best time to plant fruit trees?
20 years ago.
Pat Downer July 30th 2010.
