Gnomeland Rebuilt

We've finally finished putting the Gnomeland back together (Steve started it, but he went and had a heart-attack and is not coming back to work any more - very inconsiderate of him!)

Anyway, cutting the grass around all the gnomes & fairies etc was a pain and the gorse just wouldn't stop coming back (We have got a sign offering free gorse to anyone who wants to pick their own, but no-one ever does!) So, we picked-up everything in there, including about a million and twenty-one white stones that Isabella collected from the beach, (Thanks Issy!) The whole area was covered in carpet and then bark-chips and the figures (and stones!) put back on top. Looks much better now and will be easier to maintain.

Come Springtime, we'll plant nastursiums and fill it up with flowers.

Fair Trade Fiesta

On Yer Bike's Gumboot Cafe sells Fair Trade products, (chocolate, coffee etc.), in support of worker/producers in 3rd world countries. Today they had a Fiesta to promote Fair Trade, with half-price admission to the village - which, along with the sunshine, made for a busy day. It's been dead-quiet lately now that schools have gone back and Winter has arrived.

Some of the helpers in the cafe were a bit - umm- different!






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Kings of the Caribean

Here's Ben's video, (i hope!)

Naked Ladies!!

We've got Naked Ladies out in the village - always nice to see them :)

Funny though, they always seem to turn-up when summer is over and Winter's coming on - Stupid Naked Ladies really.

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Still Here!

Life goes on - same old same old. We have had brilliant weather lately, weeks of sunshine but then 3 days of rain - 3 very long days.

NEway, had a nice surprise late this afternoon - The Hokitika GirlGuides came to visit. I always tell kids that there is a Zebra out there somewhere, in Waiuta, and i bet they can't find it. So far, in 3 years, only one boy has found it - these girls messed up the average though - they all found it.

The Other Notice Boards

These boards only go outside sometimes - i don't want them fading away and, besides, they tend to blow over when a wind comes up - need to find a better way of displaying them.

Anyway, the photos etc on them are from an extended article in the old 'Looking at the West Coast' magazine - about 15 years after Waiuta died. They're a good picture of life & work in Waiuta.

The little round-faced girl (wrongly captioned Jean Walker), was my mother and the skinny tennis-player lady on the right in the other one was her mother. A year of two ago.





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Photo Opportunity

Okay, the Board's finished & up


Pose like this


Portrait of the Young Man as an Artist


Another Portrait


Cheers Ben - well done!