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Ain’t no April fool

Albie after his BT shunt operation. It looks scary – and it is, but as soon as you know what each of the wires and lines do, it is less so.

Marcus and I out ‘celebrating’ at my favourite Japanese restaurant. As much as we wanted to, its just not the same without our Wrigglesworth with us too.

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Heart Stoppers « The Albinator says:

April 5, 2012 at 1:43 pm

[…] at Ronald McDonald House and Albie was in the High Dependency Unit of Starship Hospital. He had just had his shunt put in, had just had part of his bowel die, and was fighting a good […]

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Took a lunch break to harvest some of the epic autumnal vegetables we have for dinner. Still picking zucchini and chillis(hello climate change) but also picked the first big bundles of kale, pak choi, celery and spinach along with the first beetroot and staples of chard and chayote. Beautiful harvest - so much great organic food for the whānau. Back to work……

Around 10,000 workers from 70 health professions walk off the job today. They're asking for a wage that reflects the increasing costs of living.

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Tick tock it's Chayote O'clock.

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Autumn harvests are looking a bit like this - we still have trombocino zucchini (thanks @maunga_kereru for the seeds, what a winner!), a few last tomatoes here and there, and then a great many figs, feijoas, lettuce, kale, chard and spring onions. .

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First and lasts in the harvest today. The first chayote and feijoa are ready, the last tomatoes, passionfruit and apples are picked. Figs keep on a-cropping, as does the rambicante, a type of zucchini. Chillies are starting to come in now too which is wonderful news for Marcus who loooooves them. But right there in the centre, are the apple of my eye - the very first eggplants we've managed to grow here outside, in our short and mild summer. I left them on the plants for as long as possible hoping they'd get a bit bigger, but now the temperatures have dropped, I've decided to pick them. I'll get back to you on how edible they are! And next year I'll try again!

Next year's summer blooms start right here with this year's seedheads.

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