Tuesday Schooling

Writing and drawing

Lovely pictures for Mummy

Monday Activities

Date and walnut cake making

And eating

Watching the storm heading towards us

Teddy bears picnic video call with Mya’s classmates

Obstacle course around the garden

Walnut Cracking

It’s walnut season again and after a very wet and windy night there were a heap of walnuts on the ground, so John and I sat down and got cracking. We’ve got a great stock of them now ready in the freezer for the winter months. 

The End of Another Week

Learning to Knit

Butterfly drawing



Macaroons making

And a lovely autumn walk along the lake front

A Reminder for the Future

So we don’t forget and remember to be grateful in the future...💜🙏

Today is Thursday 30th April 2020.

- We are at Level 3 after being in total lockdown for 5 weeks

- One New Zealand Dollar equals 0.60 USD.

-Gas is 175.9 cents per litre

- Schools have been closed since end-March and are teaching remotely on-line. School for the children of workers that have to go back to work can attend school upto year 10, Others will continue to be home schooled online.

- If you can work from home it is encouraged.

- Those that are over 70 or immune compromised need to stay and home and not go to work (we have a government subsidy)

- Banks are only open 1 day a week. Westpac 10-1pm on a Wednesday’s ❤️

- There are lines/tapes inside the stores on the floors to keep people 2 meters apart. Stores are limiting the amount of visitors and some have queues.

- Some restaurants are open only for takeout, home delivery & pick-up.

- Parks, beaches, hiking trails and walk-in places are not accessible to the public.

- All major and minor league sports competitions have been postponed as well as kids sports.

- All festivals, entertainment events have been banned/ cancelled.

- Weddings, family celebrations and birthdays have been cancelled.

- Young kids can’t understand why they can only see grandparents & other extended family and friends on a screen or thru a window if someone visits in person or on Facetime online.

- Hugs and kisses are not exchanged.

- The churches are closed or online.

- We have to stay away from each other more than 2 metres.

- People are wearing masks, some places even REQUIRE that you wear them to enter! People are even sewing their own cloth masks for sale or donation to medical facilities.

- Some antiseptic/cleaning products are short in supply.

- Stores are closing early to stock shelves. Some 24hour services stations have been also closing early (not many people fueling up/people working from home)

- Store checkouts, pharmacies, doctors, service stations (night window) and even fast food drive-thru windows have added plexiglass between the employee and the customer. Have to reach around or under to pay!

- You can't find isopropyl alcohol easily. .. the supply per person is limited.

- New Zealand, Australia, USA, Canada and Europe have closed their borders. Government has made it mandatory for those emergency flights home have to self isolate for 14 days when returning.

- There are road blocks to stop you travelling in and out of the district. (around the country)

- No one is travelling for leisure. Airports empty. Tourism has the worst crisis in history.

Thursday Study

Mya did a great project on Sir Edmund Hillary

I baked coconut sugar buns

Ended the day with an online Brownie meeting, felt pen and water experiments with her friends. 

Wednesday Living

Story writing today...

Drawing project

Fresh air cycling

More art

I baked multigrain onion rolls today