Edition 387 Monday 10/07/17
Hi,one of the things I promised myself this time around as a
parent is that I would go on every Daycare/Kindergarten or School trip with our
son.So when the opportunity to attend the great Piratical Rumbustification
arose last week I grabbed it with both hand and hook!!!
I remember with my other children always meaning to but then letting
work and my own inability to prioritise get in the way which I regret to this
day.So without one thought of work off we went to a Pirate party together
Arrrgghh me hearties,yoho yoho and all that!!
Fletcher
reckons Pirates are cool so it was great to have his Dad along on a
true Pirate adventure with lots of swords,guns,treasure and hearty
fun!!Arrrrrrrgghhh,ARRRRGGGHH!
Something
funny about a real live Piratical Rumbustification(try saying that
fast after a rum or two!) is getting so caught up in the moment that you find
yourself singing and dancing(badly) along with the kids…..(maybe a rum or two
would have helped ARRRGGGH)?
Great priceless fun that I know we will remember forever….but
best of all….no regrets!!!
Having recently lost a friend and a neighbour far too early
in their lives things like spending time with my family have taken on even more
importance to me for good reason.
Was left a bit deflated after the footy which finished in a
disappointing anticlimax however in hindsight a drawn series was probably a
fair result all things considered(did I say that?)!!!
Take care, stay dry and warm and continue to make the most of
every minute of every day!
Cheers Jonesey.
Kate Henderson reckons the Lions showed they were not
Pussycats after all grrr!
“Trees are the Earths
endless effort to speak to the listening heavens”.
Rabindramath
Tagore
I
ask myself often “What is wrong with the world” especially from a global
perspective!
This
week I asked myself the same question on a matter closer,a lot closer, to home!
History; After some dealings
with neighbours and the new Super City Council! I was left gobsmacked and
amazed that there was nothing stopping them taking out a 150 year old Pohutakawa tree on our
boundary?( for,weak, lame and totally unsubstantiated reasons)!
At
first I thought our neighbours were joking when they said they had clearance to
fell what is a local landmark in our neighbourhood,beautiful at Christmas and
home to heaps of birds?
Then
I thought Council were dreaming when they said that the new Unitary plan they
had passed removed protection for native trees regardless of their age or
significance?
The
weird irony of this move is that most Council planners and officials I have
spoken to since have genuinely sympathized and agreed it is unbelieveable yet
true Council did this!
Fast
forward;to today we are battling against time to prove this tree is stradling
ours and our neighbours boundary to give our grand old Lady a stay of execution
at least.
Thing
is if we can prove this at great expense to ourselves Council and our
neighbours then tell us they can bring a Civil case against us for the removal
of the tree??!!!
Hang
on a second,I thought these sorts of injustices happen to other people not
us?...all of a sudden we are in the middle of a battle to save a tree that is
possibly partially on our land!
What
to do??....currently we are incensed to the point where we are considering
fighting this all the way and mostly because of the arrogance of our neighbours
encouraged by Council!
Will
we occupy the tree or chain ourselves to it? if we are angry enough. Watch this
space !!
The greatest threat
to our environment is the belief that someone else will save it”. Robert
Swan
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