Jan 23rd: Another very hot day, about 30 degrees. I was busy for part of the morning selling raffle tickets as fund-raising for the taekwon-do club and a friend kindly looked after the boys. I rushed into the bank and supermarket while I had the chance and at both staff spontaneously commented that I didn't have the children. That's one of the 'drawbacks' to homeschooling - they have to go everywhere you need to go. I joined the boys for lunch. In the afternoon we went out to see our friend Guy harvest grass seed. This is Steve's flying mate. If you have seen the film 'Cars' then you'll have met Frank, the combine harvester. Our boys love 'Cars' and have wanted to meet a real "Frank" for ages. They were so excited. Then we got to ride in it while it went round and picked up and threshed the seed, four times round the paddock. We helped harvest a couple of tonnes of seed or so in a couple of hours. The best bit was the cab was air-conditioned so it was the coolest we've been for days! In the background you can see the Hunter Hills, which are out the back of Waimate. Being sheltered by them means we have quite different weather from other places even quite nearby and so the weather forecast is often no use at all. I'm off away with the (...some might say "fairies"!) boys for a couple of days so I'll be back with more photos soon.....
No comments:
Post a Comment