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Good Start to The New Year!

It’s been a good start to the new year because the weather has been dry and sunny (except for today, of course, there are rain clouds and it feels like it wants to rain).  Anyway, with the good weather, we felt uplifted and ready to start the new year full of energy and enthusiasm.  Well, it started off with Gnome fixing the washing machine!  Yay, we have clean clothes now!!  I’ve been doing a big spring clean inside the house and throwing all sorts of kipple and the like.  It’s a lovely feeling dumping things and making a great big fire…whoopeeeeee!!

Kipple…stuff…just multiplies!!

Kipple

Anyway, Gnome has been doing some manly, physical work (so, I’ve been very nice to him…bringing out cool lemonade and dainty egg sandwiches to keep him going).  He is setting up the platforms for our water tanks.  This time we will be ready for the dry season and we won’t be caught out.  We will have our tanks lined up  to catch the rains from now to April.

Water Security!!

Water Tank.

And as usual the farm has been producing so there is the usual Munchkin harvesting….

Carambola Fruit.
Cleaned Plate of Akee.

More Sour Peach Jam to make:

Sour Peach.

These are Monkey Cap; the taste like peanut butter and have the consistency of peanut butter.  They are nice but kinda get stuck in your teeth because they are gummy-like.  Don’t eat them when you have guests around or you’ll get into a right old mess with orange gums and teeth…Ha-Ha!  I wasn’t trying to put you off this fruit by the way!

Monkey Cap.

We hope that the year is starting off well for y’all out there!!

Munchkin And Gnome Update.

So Hot!!
So Hot!!

We are still here!  Lately the daily RealFeel of 50C (115F) has been absolutely awful.  We have been up at 3am doing our stuff in the cool of the morning (still RealFeel 30C/86F).  The heat has frazzled my brain and the inspiration to write just wasn’t there!

Gnome has been charging on full speed and managed to set up the water tank for the imminent (well, we hope) rains.  This is the new look tank in Belize called Best Tank:

New Water Tank.
New Water Tank.

I think that these tanks are made within the country so they have stopped importing the Rotoplast type.

Rotoplast Water Tank.
Rotoplast Water Tank.

I mentioned to Gnome:

“Hmmmm…I don’t really like the colour of these new tanks.  Quite bland.”

Munchkin.Sitting.Down

Gnome replied with:

“My dear, are you going back to your Ikea days when you wanted everything in spring green stripes or pastel blue?  I’m afraid that we don’t live like that anymore.”

Gnome.Embarassed