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- Another hideous day in paradise
After a stormy night, and warnings on the TV about tornadoes around the Coromandel, we woke to a brilliant Barrier winter’s day. I could have sworn it was summer again – blue skies; clear calm water; lovely T-shirt temperature.
Peter’s brother Andy is over helping us to do some building. Today we changed a door in my workshop, and tomorrow we start work on building two garden chalets for guests to stay in. The kitchen is about to be ripped out, which I am nervous about, because I don’t quite know how I’m going to be able to cook and do dishes with no kitchen. There’s only so many cans of spaghetti one can tolerate.
Peter and Andy are out fishing at the moment. Hopefully that means fresh snapper for breakfast. I see they forgot to take the craypot out.
Speaking of crayfish, we caught our first crayfish the other day. This was eaten very promptly, leaving none for my poor mother who has been constantly demanding a fresh crayfish be sent over to the mainland when she heard we were moving to the island. It’s only taken us a year to learn how to catch one, so hopefully one day mum will get her tasty wish!
Cyril the crayfish has a warm bath
- Cyril waits patiently for lunch
