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We are having remarkable weather. There were turnados(sp) in the Taranaki a few days ago. Unheard of here. The wind started here a couple of days ago, last night an oak fell across the estate gates, a Totara, growing at the times of the Maori Wars has fallen across our stream, a very large silver dollar gum was unrooted and lays neatly along the northern shelter belt. The patio canopy is gone, heaven knows where, and the twisted remains of the metal frame are thrown to one corner of the deck. Flooding in the Far North, I guess the Mad Butcher will be sending a few tons of sausages north again, as he does when these things happen. The city is a mess, and Gisbourne will be coping it today. 160km gusts. Electricity out. I must say it is very peaceful eating a gas cooked roast dinner by the light of oil lamps, and listening to the crashes outside, wondering what has fallen now.
We had a lamb roast, cooked on rosemary branches, minted peas, roast taties, parsnip, carrot, and buttercup, (a type of pumpkin), and good compliment of really delicious gravy.