Kia ora and welcome to our May news,
A very wet start to the month! In the first two weeks of May we only had 2 days when it didn’t rain. Peter only had 6 customers during his shift at Hamilton Gardens whilst Ann beat that the following week with 3 visitors. The rest of the month wasn’t much drier and it was a challenge to find a time when the grass had dried out enough to mow.
Peter’s model railway is progressing well. The Model Centre in the UK were having an Easter sale and Peter got a good deal on this crane for the railway.
One morning whilst on their morning stroll around the village, Honey managed to pull Ann over (again). Only this time it was at the edge of the path so Ann bashed the back of her skull on the edge of the kerb. Seeing a car speeding around the corner towards her Ann tried to roll over and lift her head off the road and on to the path but the dog lead was wrapped around her with Honey still attached. Luckily the car avoided her and then stopped to help. A villager also ran across the road to help. Ann had to phone Peter to collect her and Honey, then he and Sox walked back to where Ann’s car was parked to collect it. Ann had quite a lump at the back of her head and a cut which took a day or so to stop bleeding/weeping. Needless to say, Ann had quite a headache for a couple of days but is fine now, and Honey was completely unaware of all the trouble she’d caused.
The end of Autumn means the trees get to show off their stunning colours.
We visited a local book fair in Te Awamutu – Ann found 9 books whilst Peter managed 4 books.
Our bonsai club arranged a trip north to Auckland to visit a bonsai collection, a bonsai pot trader and a nursery specialising in natives. It was a great day. We saw some excellent bonsai, managed to buy some large pots which we’ll use to repot some of our trees in July, and at the nursery Ann bought some NZ native plants which she’ll hopefully turn into bonsai trees over the next few years.
The girls are doing well – although the cold, early starts don’t impress Honey.
Sox, on the other hand, is always ready for a walk.
