My 4th year with WordPress

Four years ago, the world was a different place.

New Zealand had decided to go to war against covid!

Covid propaganda was everywhere, and anyone questioning the narrative voices were silenced.
It was certainly a lesson of how 1940’s Germany came about, and how it could have been much worse, if it wasn’t for people standing up against the mandates.

(it’s notable that the killings started in Germany after opposition voices either gave up or were silenced somehow.)

It was a pretty dark time, and you simply lived day to day.

Nothing could be relied on -freedom of travel, the ability to go to work, pay the morgage, schools could, (and did) close at the drop of a hat.
I remember the relentless pressure to get vaccinated and still get routinely tested anyway. (I still don’t get the logic of that) , every radio would be blaring out ad’s every 5 minutes about covid. The ad’s were always very emotive and were changed every week or so.
Facebook in particular were been censored (The Government had access to facebook)

I could go on, but I’m sure you get the picture by now.

I wanted to record those times as accurately as I could, hence the reason for this blog.

A depressing moment for me, was how a police officer just dragged the NZ flag on the ground, after taking it off an anti-mandate protester at Wellington.

New Zealand today is a totally different place, hence this blog is now more about my life’s journey than anything else.

I can’t see myself closing this blog though, even if I have nothing interesting to write about, because I want to keep the memories of those times alive, least we forget, and make the same mistakes again.

Our new house – clearing up the section

We are never stuck for things to do on our new property. It took most of a day to remove two dead and rotting trees, as well as any young privet trees that got in the way.

We still come across the occassional issue, as is the way. (the more you look, the more you find..

A pine tree slowly grew through some fence wires and lifted them up, which eventually broke the corner fence post with all the strain!

Our new house -battling those agapanthus’es

Little agapanthus are sprouting up everywhere at the moment, but are easily dealt with by a good sharp spade, the problem been there are so many of them..

The bigger ones took hours of backbreaking work to remove until I worked out it’s easier to use a block and tackle..

On the plus side, I don’t need to work out at a gym or ride a push bike anymore to keep fit, which is why my bike is looking sorely neglected in the garage..

Our new house -part 6

Although we are blessed with two wonderful children, I think my wife would have have liked a third one.
Our kids are teenagers now, so the pitter patter of little feet had become a distant memory.

So with that in mind, and the fact we have started a new life in the country, it seemed appropriate that we should finally have that third youngster running around the house.

And here she is….

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