Friday 15 July 2016

An ordinary week

Hoping to join Amy and her friends for 
Five on Friday, if I can come up with five.
So let's have a look at my week.

On Monday youngest daughter sent us a picture of a house 
being demolished and said, "guess where this is". 
We both looked and decided it was house in Port Chalmers 
so just ignored it really. But no, it was a house on our main
 road so we went down to have a look.


It was built in the 1880's and then in the 1950's was converted to a rest home which was run by a christian trust. Unfortunately the trust came to the point in the last year or so where it couldn't 
afford to keep it going and so the home closed and the house
 and site was sold to a developer :(  There were quite a few little boys watching, school holiday time, and quite a few
 bigger boys as well. A sad sight really.


We woke to a nice windy day on Tuesday. Generally Monday is my main wash day but I hadn't done a full wash because the day had started out really cold and bleak. Minus 5C  with a good frost.
But look what I found when I walked out to the letterbox, a tiny daisy trying to open, and another one just in the bottom right
 of the picture that hadn't opened quite as much. Talk about hardy.


Anyway Tuesday, I decided to get the towels and sheets 
out on the line and they got a good fluff up in the wind.
I don't think we saw the sun at all on Tuesday but it was slightly warmer because of the wind. We woke to snow on 
Mt. Maungatua this morning and a cold, biting wind.


On Wednesday our youngest grand daughter turned 18 and 
so we took off for the city to look for some hand luggage
 for her. We found something in our price range in about
 the third shop we went into. I do like these sales :)


 And I don't know what was going on but every shop we went into had done a re-lay so nothing was where it had been and we spent a lot of time wandering around looking for departments. Now tomorrow we need to go back in, but to different shops this time, as her young brother turns 10 tomorrow. We thought we'd find something out here, but not what we are wanting. 


On Thursday I had a meeting to go to and I was also on 'soup duty'. This meant I made a big crock pot full of vegetable soup and took it down to our venue. After the meeting was over those of us who could, stayed for a soup and bun lunch. Luckily for me I had wrapped a big old towel around the crock as somewhere along the way as I was transporting it, it slopped over the top and made a bit of a mess of the towel, but not the car thankfully. I have to admit I went to bed for granny nap in the afternoon, :) No photo's for Thursday.

No photo's for Friday either and it was quite a mundane day. We had 'not quite gale force' winds in the morning and bitterly cold as there was snow about. A bonus with the wind was that we got a few more feijoas from the tree when we thought they were finished. Youngest daughter came in for a visit and a coffee in the morning and during the afternoon we went out to do a bit of shopping and hopefully find youngest grandson his birthday present. My GKB found a light meter for his camera so I suppose that was something and I came home with a pair of tights but that's not what we were looking for.  And that's my five on Friday.

31 comments:

  1. Gosh that looks cold, what a strong little daisy flower indeed

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  2. Oh no that sounds so cold, I am amazed that your washing dried. I bet your grand daughter will be thrilled with her present. Have a warm and cosy weekend xx

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  3. Line dried washing smells wonderful but not if the sheets are frozen and although I'm not a nana I'm a bit partial to an afternoon nap myself when I get the chance.
    bon weekend
    Maggie

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  4. A great photo of the daisy, reminding us that even in the harshest environments the beautiful things in life will always fight to carry on despite the odds stacked against them

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  5. I do not want to think of frost - oh no! The summer is bad here in Finland - at the moment it is raining cats and dogs..

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  6. I always enjoy hearing about my blog friends ordinary days. It is interesting to me to see what they are up to. I may have to do one of these posts soon. We lost a lovely old home here in Decatur recently. It was near a shopping center and developers demolished it to turn it into retail space. I hate to see lovely old homes just bull dozed. I loved the picture of your sheets drying. We do not have a clothesline and clothes smell so good and fresh after drying outside.

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  7. Such a shame the old building with so much history was bulldozed. I love to hang the washing out and get it dried it smells so fresh when you bring it in. Hope the snow doesn't last long.

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  8. Lovely photos. Shame about the old building. I love seeing sheets on the line. It looks breezy!

    Have a good weekend

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  9. I so can relate to going to the store, searching and coming home with items that weren't the list, smiles. I love seeing sheets on the line, we have one in our backyard and hubby refuses to allow it to be used he goes, "We are town folk now, not in town!" sighhhh

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  10. We are all wet and warmish here, your poor daisy looks frozen. Shame about the house, it must have had a few stories to tell. :-)

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  11. It sounds like a mixed week and a very cold one too! I hope that you kept warm, soup after a meeting sounds a good way to do that. Happy Birthday to your grandchildren! Thank you for joining Five On Friday, I hope you have a great weekend! xx

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  12. Sounds like a full week to me.

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  13. Send some of your cold weather my way! :) Happy Birthday to your grandchildren. I wish I could hang laundry on a line outside -- it would just get mildew ... UGH. I do miss that fresh smell. Have a lovely week.

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  14. Nice to hear about your week. What a pretty purple bag with the butterfly.
    My clothes dried out on the line today too. I don't even own a dryer.

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  15. Hoping you stay cozy as you are out and about looking for just the right gift for your grand. I can remember hanging wet clothes on the line outside and bringing them inside when they they froze stiff...so they could finish drying inside...eventually :)

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  16. I'm visiting from Amy's Five on Friday. I live in the countryside of Oregon, USA. I live in a 100 year old farmhouse and raise chickens and our son, DIL and 2 grandsons live with us. Great photos you posted! ((hugs)), Teresa :-)

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  17. It grieves me to see an old building destroyed. I know that cost wise it's the thing that has to happen. Enjoyed your Friday Five.

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  18. thanks for stopping by my post yesterday. you had a busy week. i love the way your wrapped the suitcase. those big bags are life savers.. i always feel sad when i see them tear down a piece of history and this one looked in good shape, but maybe not.

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  19. You sound very busy :) It is awful sometimes when old buildings are knocked down. I always love the architecture of older buildings much more than new builds. I also love the history of places so it is very sad when they are gone. I love the photo of the daisy's trying to peek out. Leah x

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  20. You sound very busy :) It is awful sometimes when old buildings are knocked down. I always love the architecture of older buildings much more than new builds. I also love the history of places so it is very sad when they are gone. I love the photo of the daisy's trying to peek out. Leah x

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  21. How sad to see the destruction of the building especially when it was used for Care house.
    That little daisy is quite hardy and determined.
    I enjoyed listening (reading) of you sharing about your week.

    The Lord bless you~~

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  22. How sad to see the destruction of the building especially when it was used for Care house.
    That little daisy is quite hardy and determined.
    I enjoyed listening (reading) of you sharing about your week.

    The Lord bless you~~

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  23. Sheets drying in the breeze, homemade vegetable soup - your ordinary is wonderful!

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  24. Diana, I love hanging clothes on the line to dry! Snow - oh my. The flower is lovely dusted with snow.

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  25. Hi Diana! Oh, it is sad to see such a lovely old building being torn down. Hopefully they will build something nice there. Sounds like you've been pretty busy! Yum, I love homemade vegetable soup and now I want some! ;) Even in the hot summertime, I love it! Happy birthday to your grands and thank you so much for popping i to see my travel blog.
    Be a sweetie,
    Shelia ;)

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  26. I love seeing your clothes on the line too! It reminds me of the days of my childhood. I know your grand daughter will really appreciate that new piece of luggage. And I have to say, I might just welcome a little bit of frost about now...it's really HOT here!

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  27. I always feel bad when a old building comes down.. Its like the things we grew up with are leaving and being replaced.. Dont like it. You were a busy lady this week. But I guess its good for our blood he he ... Wishing you lovely days to come Janice

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  28. Though I know the seasons are reversed in the northern and southern hemispheres, I'm always surprised when I see something like your frost in the middle of July. We're having temps in the upper 90's Fahrenheit and using sunscreen. I read a blog from Sandra today where she was talking about mittens and hat when she went out. She's in Brazil. I always think of Brazil as sunny warm beaches. What an exciting world we live in.

    Love your bird photos.

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  29. It's hard to see those old buildings torn down. Hope you have good luck in your shopping. It's hard when you're looking for something in particular. Enjoy your week! Hugs!

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  30. Houses being demolished is a sad sight, but also an interesting one as we can get to glimpse into it's internal history and decor. Have a great week

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  31. a piece of history, gone forever. it's so sad!!!

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