Another wet day....

I've done a bit more work on the cards, done some time on the home trainer (aaargh....but better than getting soaked out on the road bike).
We ventured out for milk, muesli and dark chocolate this morning, essentials of course! The river hasn't come over the banks in the city...yet...an ease in the rain this morning could help matters.
Landslips have closed the state highway 4 through the Paraparas again, just after they celebrated its 100th birthday with a vintage and veteran rally from Whanganui with a horse and cart preceeding them into Raetehi...where the road is also closed.
The river road up by the Whanganui River has also suffered more landslips after recently reopening. The Pirate rode up there with friends last Sunday, fortunately.
Now everyone is arriving home at midday as people leave work early to get over the bridges before they close. The worst shoukd hopefully be over by tomorrow morning, but there are twohigh tides before that. A big problem is the whole trees and huge branches that get brought down the river and get stuck against the bridges.

working!

new handmade business cards...I intended to print, but drawing with a fine pigment pen has worked nicely.

Bar none!

Debbie

The tail end of Debbie, first cyclone then storm , down the east coast of Australia, has now whirled her way to the North Island of New Zealand.
It has been raining for most of today...and the next two or three days will be very wet and windy.
Good thing we're not staying anywhere low lying....

River City #3 walk to town

pension!

It has,at last, landed in my bank account...nearly four years late, due to political goalpost moving, nearly two weeks late because of beurocratic bungling.
Now I can get on with Life and breathe a little easier.
Getting that kiln going again once we return to Scotland will not be so much of a worry!

We have been offered the chance to house sit while the friend of a friend goes on his honeymoon..now we must do the maths and work out if what we save in bills will be greater than the cost of changing the tickets....

River City #2