Category: Comments from Farside

@#$%^& Weather!

Very little sleep last night. In bed at 9.30pm since I’m working on a new book and do my work early morning. Woken abruptly by a massive wind gust at 12.30am, put in ear plugs – to no avail. The wind was ramping up until by about 6am it was screaming in around 150kph. I …

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The Gaggle

At the end of last year the gaggle produced six goslings. Four have gone to a friend, but two have remained with the family. I keep meaning to do something about finding them a new home, but they seem to have fitted in, their father, aunts and mother don’t seem to mind being seven instead …

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Lemon tree very pretty

lemon tree very loaded as well right now. A wet winter/Spring, and a hot summer seems to have seen it producing like a fountain. not that I mind. But it is keeping me busy. Yesterday and today I have delivered – half a dozen to my friend next door. 20 to a friend down the …

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It’s hot!

and it is, talking to various friends, some in Auckland, some in Wellington, I am assured that it isn’t any better where they are. Here we may be getting a reasonable amount of rain (over 3 1/2 inches for the month to date) but the heat has stayed right up there, and all the wet …

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And for those that Heard

I was asked the other day about my time in hospital, and for those that heard something, yes, I spent 10 days – the latter half of November – in hospital. I finished my latest Holmes, shot that off to my editor, and realised I didn’t feel great. I had the acknowledgement of receipt next …

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How Dry It Is!

Not that I’m panicking yet, but here we’ve had no rain at all this month so far, and while the place is still solidly green because of all the rain in previous months, I’ll start to worry soon. Our area tends to the medium. Others get floods, we get a lot of rain, others get …

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Back and Bouncing

or at least – back. On the 21st I was hastily removed to hospital with a kidney stone. That was lasered, after which I was initially fine for a couple of days, then deteriorated abruptly. However I was sent home 9 days later, and a week out of hospital and after that,I think I’ve mostly …

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Voting Tomorrow

Yup, onto my scooter around midday and down to our local school to exercise my franchise as I’ve done every time since 1967. And I suspect that once again I’ll be wondering about those that scream over the results – many of whom didn’t bother to vote. What part of, if you don’t vote you …

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AMAZON ARE INFURIATING!

A few months ago I had a new book out, and wanted extra copies a.s.a.p. Quickest, easiest method I thought, would be to pick up a couple from Amazon. Go there, find the book, buy a couple, go to pay and – find they don’t have pay pal, or not as anything I recognise. Chase …

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Frrrrr-Freezing, and Wet Too.

So July finished on 156mls of precipitation, yes, the whole place is soggy, that’s something over 6 inches of rain, and we’ve had so much this year it’s not all soaking right in any longer. Got firewood delivered the other afternoon, and the driver had to use FWD to depart my lawn. Sigh. And a …

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