They're at it again...

The neighbours are chopping stuff down.

There is a beautiful macracarpa hedge growing 

between our property and the one next door.

Well there was up until about a week ago.

Over the years the neighbourhood kids have had a lot of fun in there.

Both boys and girls.

They had huts and hideouts and tracks through the branches,

and not necessarily at ground level either.

But as you can see there is a truck up the drive.

Behind the truck is a very nice young man with a chain saw and a mulcher.

He took down about 30 foot of the hedge in the middle.

Right opposite our bedroom window and in front of one of the neighbours'.

I just hope they're going to put up a very high fence to replace it!

Although it does reflect a lot of light back to our place - oh well you can't have it all ways/

When he feeds the mulcher a lot of very fine sawdust

 comes over our fence and leaves a fine film over everything.

Easy to clean off, just a nuisance really.

At one point I looked out the window and 

one of these wee fellows was wandering around

 in the middle of the road looking quite bewildered,

 in fact he was walking in circles.

I rescued him and put him under some bushes well away from the hedge,

and the road, and thought that all was well.

But no, a couple of minutes later he was heading out again

 but this time stopped for a drink out of a puddle

 and then headed back to the bushes. Phew.

Both our daughters  went over looking

to see if there were any of their old toys there.

there weren't, but youngest found an old Sprite can

 she took home to her collector husband.

Work seems to have come to a standstill now though 

and this is what things looks like at the moment.

Not pretty.

Well that's it for today,

keep well, keep warm if you're in the snow

 and enjoy your day.

Diana

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wandering the silverstream

I took a wander down the banks of the Silverstream today, there was a bit of a breeze blowing but it wasn't unpleasant, reasonably warm in fact. Had to carry my hat though as the breeze kept snatching it from my head and playing with it. I took the left side of the bank after I had gone through the gate - and closed it after me with the hook. A lot of people don't seem to realise the farmers run stock on it at times. That would be an interesting sight, woolly sheep wandering down the road and into peoples gardens. None there today though.

I went further than I have been before and could have kept on going, it was pleasant walking but thought I should turn back when I got down to the stand of gum trees because had to walk back into the wind. It seemed to be further going back for some strange reason...as I said I went further than I had been before past the macrocarpas along the track where the sheep were sheltering with their lambs from the sun and wind. With a large brown horse to keep them company. Then I decided I could go on to the next wind break a paddock away, it was a large stand of gum trees, or widow makers as I sometimes think of them. Quite magnificent though.

Under the bridge was a bit of graffiti, or maybe I should call it tagging as it was quite good, not that I stopped to admire it but it wasn't just mindless scribbling. The branches and logs had built up again from the last lot of floods, some easy firewood for some enterprising person.

Saw ducks on the water and on the wing - oh I saw some gorgeous ducklings waddling along the street a couple of days ago with both Mum and Dad in tow. I have never seen that before, I wished I had my camera, Dad doesn't usually do the domestic thing once the ducklings are born. Cute.

Passed a couple of dogs out and about teaching their owners how to throw sticks and balls and a couple just out for the pleasure of it, like me. People, that is!

Lots of song birds about as well, I could hear them making joyful noises to the heavens, they were all around in the trees but I couldn't see even one, they were well camouflaged.

So a really nice wander out in nature again, much preferable to the city sidewalks if you can do it.

Goodnight all.