Acacia branch, it landed just short of the trailer and garage.
It’s been an interesting week. I’ve experienced thunder and lightning, hail storms and heavy rain before, but nothing like the past week. Gale force wins, (80km +)and snow as well, although I can’t vouch for the snow on the hills at this end of the valley, the cloud ceiling has been about 300 – 500 metres all week.
The kiwifruit pruning is progressing, we’re using a different pruning method (again) the last few days, so we are all getting used to that and being slower on the rows again. There’s only been a couple of short days due to the weather, we finished early Wednesday and Thursday, about 3pm, Wednesday due to heavy rain, Thursday because I wasn’t keen to be holding steel handled and tipped pruning shears above my head while lightning was flashing through the orchard.
There is snow on the hills to the back of Takaka, if it stops raining for a bit tomorrow I’ll get some pictures of it, but as far as the Aorere, I can’t tell, although by the feel of the wind coming off the hills, there must be a fair bit of snow hiding up in the clouds.
Top off the fir.
Chimney minus the cap and sort of tied in place for the time being.
I’ve lost the cap off my chimney, a large branch off the Acacia, and the top off my fir tree so far. The stay wires on the chimney went on Saturday night, so I had the chimney banging and rattling inside the vent till today. I haven’t been game enough to get on the roof till the wind and hail stopped today. I’ve got it stayed in place again, ok, a bit of a lean, but it’s hard to work on a roof with the wind and rain pushing you sideways. I have no idea where the cap is, I’ve been through the paddocks around the house, and along the road.
I know it is Monday and I should have been at work, but as the thunder and lightning, and the hail were still going at 6am, and haven’t really stopped all day, I figured it wasn’t worth driving into Takaka then coming back wet and cold.
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