On 3rd to 5th March, Rebecca and I tramped Mt Arthur and the Tableland near Nelson. Photos here.

Got my hedge and the tree in front of my house trimmed. Pulled a selection of light switches and plugs out to check the wiring has PVC insulation.

My cellphone died, and being busy I hadn’t checked messages for a few days. Dad and Suzanne came round Saturday the 4th expecting to find me dead. Sorry about that! Tim has since given me his old cellphone, so I am TXTable again.

The next day had Griffs and Heather over for lunch. Suzanne created a garden for me which is still alive a week later. And Heather and I unpacked my stuff from the boxes and found places for everything. I’ve set up the front room as an office with the bed back from the street where it is a bit quieter.

Good Friday the Electrician checked my wiring and found the old fabric wiring is only looping from the meter to other parts of the board. Everything going back from the switchboard is PVC insulated, so it is ok. Also managed to get the oven working by bypassing the timer on it.

Had friends over for a BBQ on Saturday. The last BBQ of this summer. Went pretty well I think. Some people were pretty determined to sit outside even in the rain, but in the end we gave in and moved inside.

Today (Monday) Michelle, Brian and I tramped the Panto-Parau-Farley tracks in the Waitaks. A decent 4 hour walk, with some nice views, tree cover and interesting fungi.

The inorganic rubbish collection is due on my street. Collection day was notified as being today, but I don’t think they realized it was a public holiday. There must have been at least 100 vans/trucks/cars cruising up and down looking for good stuff. It’s interesting what they think is worth taking. I had a small rusted thru piece of roofing iron, it’s gone. And an old chest which was once very cool, complete with the airholes for being locked inside; but now is borer-infested and falling apart; and that’s gone too. Though they’ve dumped the plaster board I had in it on the ground.

OK, now this blog is up to date!