Rosemary's Ramblings

2013  January Blog              

Not much to say of January, a real summer month, which I enjoyed, but conditions got perilously close to drought even around here.  We are fortunate.  I can water my garden any time with the same “Pump” water that people buy in bottles!  Well, that is not quite true.  At this end of town we mostly get our water from the Glenshea Spring right here in town, but they tell us the water is the same quality.

I have organized a Bush and Beyond holiday for the end of February and look forward to that. I do not have opportunities for long walks now, so I hope I have not become too unfit to keep up with the company.

Ray bought me a book of New Zealand Wild Flowers.  As the book includes introduced flowers that have made themselves at home in New Zealand, and garden flowers that have escaped into the wild, it is a useful book to have.  To become knowledgeable, all I have to do is study it! 

We bought ourselves another large picture.  No, of course we had no room for it!  We had to oust the big picture we had in the laundry.  The 'new' picture is actually old and faded, which is why it cost $20.  It is a seascape.  I have wanted one for decades, but never saw one I liked before.  There is an old cypress tree on a rocky shore, and a huge wave coming in.  The faded blue shades are attractive and somewhat mystic.

What else?  I went to the temple and actually stayed alert.  How?  Because the first session was in French, and I had to strain to concentrate, choosing to ignore the English script on the small screen.  The second session was in English, but with the French script on the small screen so I read the French version to make sure I understood.  It was all rather exhausting, but it kept me awake!

Ray and I have been busy in the section, which threatens to overcome us, but so far we have not been completely defeated.  

I am delighted with the two items of news you will read in other people's blogs. 

All the best for February.   Rosemary/Nan.