Day 26 - 27

Okay. So the good thing about having an open home is that - even if nobody visits - you end up with a tidy house. And that has to be a bonus! We do have someone very interested in buying, but they have to sell first. So, if you need a house in Cambridge, let me know! Cambridge, New Zealand that is.

Day 24 - 25

Last night we had some evening visitors to view our house. It turned out that the mother of the family and I went to the same school. So that was an interesting talking point. It was also interesting showing our property at night time. We all had torches and my daughter demonstrated the flying fox in the dark! The visit was great and I hope to hear from them again, but you never know. The swimming pool thermometer said the temperature of the water was 20 degrees, which it was about a week ago. We put the cover on to get the temperature up a couple of degrees and maybe some of us will be brave enough to have a swim this weekend! Here's a photo I took this morning of the cover on the pool.

Day 22 - 23

The house sale journey continues, even if I'm too busy writing elsewhere to remember to write here! I put the open home signs out for 3 hours yesterday to see what a week day would be like and I didn't have any visitors. I might try it another day. One of the other things that we did at our open homes at the weekend was to encourage the children who visited to use the flying fox. Here's a picture of that. Today I was putting out the washing and had a visit from a heron. I'm not sure if it's the same heron that visited us very regularly a few months ago. This one just landed in our tree long enough for me to take a photo for the blog. Our previous visitor stalked around the swimming pool on a regular basis - never going in though. Or it would sit on the swimming pool fence looking like an ornament. Perhaps it's back!

Day 20 - 21

We have had some visitors to our open home this weekend. It's interesting to meet people and find out how our house fits or doesn't fit their needs. Most people are still waiting to sell a house before they can buy. Others are just browsing. Everyone seems very impressed - especially with the property. Two of the children that visited today even had a swim! It's been gorgeous weather here and quite hot. Now all I need is someone to arrive, fall in love with the house and not have to sell before they buy!

Day 19

We had another good cricket win today. It's gorgeous sunny weather at last, and due to stay that way for the next two days of our long weekend. I have lots to achieve, including preparing for open homes on Sunday and Monday. Lots of writing deadlines too, so I don't think I'll be outside enjoying the sun. It's just good to know that there is actually a sun in this universe! I was busy with teaching again yesterday and very tired in the evening, so I inadvertently missed a blogging day. Never mind. And I also haven't prepared any photographs for this post. Maybe tomorrow I'll get snap happy in the sunshine. Enjoy your weekend!

Day 18

It's been another very busy teaching day. I also had some writing assignments to finish so the day felt like one huge rush from one thing to the next, interspersed with several important phone calls. I didn't get some things done that should have been done but there's always tomorrow. I still have a house sale sign on my van window so I'm doing some low key advertising on my travels. The noticeable thing of today was the strong and blustery winds. Of all the weather choices, wind is one of my least favourite. Let's hope the weekend weather is calmer, sunnier and warmer.

Day 17

I've been busy teaching today so I haven't had time to think much about house buying and selling - which is probably a good thing in some ways. Tonight I've been looking at some of our old photos of the house the way it used to be when we came here 11 years ago. Unbelieveable would be a serious understatement! I am reluctant to let anyone see the evidence. Words like overgrown wouldn't be an exaggeration. I can't remember it being like that at all - but the photos tell the true story I'm sure. The miraculous change has been brought about by my very hard working and long suffering husband. He has transformed the property - and that explains why his emotional connection to it is greater than mine. Some lucky person will reap the benefit, I'm sure.

Speaking of lucky, I found my lucky Japanese coin today when I tidied the van slightly. It had been lost for a few months and I have certainly missed it. Then, coincidentally, when I was looking through my photos to see what I could add to illustrate this post, I came across this photo of a four leafed clover (also lucky) that we had growing here for some time.
My friend Margaret had a patch of them in her garden and she kindly gave me one of the plants which I grew here for a time. It doesn't seem to have duplicated itself though. All I have left is the photographic proof! Here it is. So I'm feeling lucky and that's all I'll say about that!