It huffed and it puffed

Friday 28th August: I had put some curtains on the line overnight as I knew I'd be busy in the morning. At 6 I was woken up by the strong gusts of wind outside and wondered where I might find the curtains. At 7 I found them just hanging on by one peg each and already dry as it was already 12 degrees! We rushed off for our piano lessons then drove out to the new house. We were due to have our new cooker and fridge delivered this morning but they didn't come until after 2. Fortunately I had taken lunch out with us. The wind was sooooo strong, I actually got thrown off my feet at one point. The boys had taken their kites to fly in the bottom paddock but it was too windy when we tried. However the goat and ewe were fascinated with us and the kites and were running around with us and then enjoyed eating the grass in the different paddock.
When we were stripping paper in one of the bedrooms in the old end of the house we got right down to newspaper. Most of the newspaper came off in such small pieces we couldn't get enough information from it to date it. Finally we saved one piece and I searched on the internet for the story on it, the premiere of the film "Round the World in 80 days" which turns out to be from 1956!
We were home mid-afternoon and the boys exchanged the buttons they earned this week for their schoolwork for computer time, while I cooked a coconut curry and ginger slice for tea. The wild winds finally eased but more are forecast for the weekend so we won't be able to get any skiing in this weekend.
After the boys went to bed Steve and I spent the evening collecting information for our tax returns.
This morning we received permission to demolish the concrete block sheds in the garden. I took 2 photos of the view from the spa on the deck - one with the block shed in the way as it is now, and the other with the view once we get it removed (maybe some grass seed will help too!). The final photo is the view from the front door down to our entrance gate.