Monthly Archives: Sep 2020

Waking up in the early hours of this morning by seeing the sun peeping through the windows while our dogs waiting for their daily run.
What a joy to have a blessing day after working with a person who is deaf, speech impaired and CP yesterday.

A quick check on the plan list as there are so much to do before the Summer arrives and I will get too busy. A couple fruit trees need to be planting before flower buddings out in the field and several blueberries shrubs will be planting near the old vegetable garden. A small group of shrubs requires to be planting in the large central garden.

An hour break came and have a cuppa while watching a Deaf Bible group over Zoom. A delightful break gave me a well deserved while Rusty managed to do the bricklaying down the edge runner by the driveway for he did not tell me as his battered hip will have to wait for the surgery. Our dogs ran around and keep coming back to me while I watched the Deaf Bible group.

A quick to hang the last load of washing on the line. Plus a colossal bedspread hanging on the line and over the ladder outside. Head over to the plot where I marked the area for the apricot tree in the old house area and next to the current apricot tree. Viola an apricot tree planted has done with a little help from Rusty for he was doing well BUT not a massive job. We rested through lunch for there was nothing much on television because there were too many rubbish shows. I head over to another plot further out in the field for the plum Hawea tree, so this tree can be a companion to our current plum tree for I forgot the name of the plum tree. Sigh! Hours fly out, and I stopped for now until another day to complete the tasks. Here are the several photos I took today. I can look back how much we have done so far since we moved here 2014 November. The video was taking too long to upload.

Just before I finish off and I would like to acknowledge that tomorrow it is our NZSL (New Zealand Sign Language) Week which postponed from the first week of May 2020 due to COVID19. BUT WAIT – there is another awareness week. This awareness week is the International Week of the Deaf. From tomorrow I will post daily blogs/themes so you can learn from us – D/deaf people.

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It had been a madhouse despite the lovely fine weather so far today. This morning I was rushed off as we went out to a local town after making a few enquiries despite one delayed message.

Our girl dogs woke me up before 7am without realised that they woke Rusty up earlier before 6am. Rat! There was something outside as their ears pricked the sounds through the windows or floors. Dragged me out of bed to let the dogs out for their runs plus their toileting leaving Rusty to stayed in bed.

It had been raining since last evening, BUT it was only 6mm of rainfall so far while I carried a cup of coffee into the courtyard and waited for the dogs returned from their runs. Sighs! Dogs came back and demanded their breakfast now than later. Our routines are different between Rusty and me, I gave two chicken wrap sticks to the girl dogs, and some nibble treats to Joseph, the older dog. Then couple tux biscuits for Jazz and Joseph plus a lump of puppy meat from the tin can for Nova. Enough and enough for them until Rusty got up to feed them more treats and biscuits. Rusty loves providing them more than me.

Reading online newspapers – more worst news and nothing brings us some good news. We got tired of too many information about COVID19 cases for we do NOT worry too much. I am just staying calm and moving forward without too much stress, or there is no need to fear because I know God is always with us. But really God does have plans for us each day which brings the mad or cheerful day.

Oops, there goes the sirens go passed and our dogs howling. Sigh! Another accident or emergency medical urgent for the hospital?

Finished sending a couple emails in regarding the funeral coming up next week – remind note for the Minister on booking another interpreter for the Deafblind lady who lost her husband during Level Four – note it was NOT linked to COVID19. And a ‘thank you’ email to a different lady before we head out to the local town. Driving toward the local town, we saw the banged car, which was ‘written off’ near the railway line. There was a bad accident, and the traffic was closed several days ago. We knew that area very well, and there have been many accidents there.

Arriving home at last! Praying that our dogs do not make any mess while we were out as they always make chaos such as digging up the courtyard garden, ripped pillows, chewed out the inside lining of the old sofa which reserved for Joseph to sleep on, chewed up the firewoods and many more. Mmm, not bad for there was less mess. If you are wondering why we could not keep dogs outside the house where there is fence off around the large boundary. Well, you never know if someone is walking with their dog along the private farm road, a farmhand guy who doesn’t mind our dogs riding on a motorbike, a stranger who can not read the sign ‘Beware of Dogs’ on the gate by thinking it is okay to enter the property. Our neighbours do not mind for they know I am deaf and our dogs are great to raise alarms by barking if someone tries to entering someone else’s properties.

A quick lunch and then do works in the office at our home during Level Two. You can not blame Aucklanders who have caught the second wave of COVID19. Still waiting for video chat as he replied by saying he is busy and apologised. Finally, a break so I can do the gardening by planting a couple hellbourne shrubs in the shaded area next to the carport. Putting the final touch of mulches on top of the ground until dogs ran out to greet me. Dogs walked back to the courtyard gate for Rusty told me that he needs the courtyard gate opened while he does the sanding the window trims plus painting the frames. A dogs’ way of communicating me so I can follow them to wherever there is someone at the driveway gate, Rusty may be in the barn. There is no use for anyone to shout or yelling at me for I can not hear them far away without the dogs.

Back to work and still waiting for the video chat while I do a different approached – genealogy research. Oh boy! what more I discovered in the genealogy this afternoon. Gotta share the family lineages to a newfound cousin, BUT it is vast information and a large number of children in the families. Relax and wonder how I will reduce the downloading by sending off to this newfound cousin.

Blast! Nova bought a couple large piece of broken window glasses in her mouth. Stupid girl!!

It is never ending for us in our home.

Mm, perhaps I will post the newsflash after making contact with the founder tonight. Watch this space!!