We have had a few fine days so I have been outside enjoying  the sunshine and doing jobs in the garden. We are on holiday until January 7 and have children  coming up soon after new year so five year old grand daughter will keep us amused and busy taking her to the zoo and swimming pools.
I have been tagging monarch butterfly as part of a tracking programme here to keep an idea on their health. We mainly want to see what happens to the late autumn butterfly's and where they winter over.
Here In New Zealand we are in the middle of  summer although it has been a bit unsettled



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Christmas is now over for most of us. We had a a quiet meal at home with friends. We had planned going to picnic on the beach and it got so hot 31c,we decided to open all the doors at home and have an outdoor meal indoors. Our friends have a two month old baby so we were on baby time.
the work on the back yard cottage is progressing well and I am working on complying with council requirements, the latest has been duck bill ground anchors to  secure the cottage to the ground so it wont blow over in high winds.
I am off work until the January 7 and have children  and granddaughter  visiting in the new year so hope the weather is fine for them.

We have been working on locating the little cottage on the back section for a for while, We had to make level ground by installing two timber walls. The walls are 12 meters long by  1.5m high then fill in the hole. We then drove in the cottage which is on wheels and leveled it up so it sits on blocks.

Raining here today so sitting inside watching it and drawing up plans to add a bathroom to a cabin/ sleep out for a dependent relative.