Grey weather

 

We were pretty lucky last weekend. Living on the West Coast there is a popular belief that this is the most rained place in New Zealand - it's actually not. the poor North Island has been repeatedly struck by storms, cyclones and huge amounts of rain. This week we have actually had rain and showers, typical Autumn weather - but nothing major. In the last 6 weeks I've finished 2 couch throws for Winter, one for me and one for B but I'm now halfway through a rainbow coloured one for my grand daughter Hailey who lives in Auckland. 

I had to fill up my car again earlier this week and for half a tank it was $3.65 per litre, it cost me $68 so prices seem to be continuing to go up. I wonder when this silly situation will finally end?

I ended up posting a birthday card to my father on Tuesday which amazed me as 1 stamp cost me just under $3 which seems a bit expensive and the length of time sending anything from one place to another seems to take so much longer than it use to. My mother sent me a birthday card in March and it took well over a week. I think the post office system has shut down alot of it's services as people don't use it as much as they use to.

Lastly, I've finally given away the last of the pumpkins I grew over Summer. I kept 2, 1 I made pumpkin/corn soup with and the other 4 I gave away to friends. I think this year I'll try growing them inside the greenhouse over Spring in case we have heavy rain like we did last year.

Linking up with Skywatch Friday and Tom's Signs.