COOLER

We have had several days in the very late 20's and early 30's so it was great when it was a bit cooler yesterday and to cap it all off we had much needed rain overnight and early this morning.

So it was a wet trip in to the market this morning.  Luckily, it had eased off by the time we got to the market and cleared up completely mid morning.  The garden is just loving it though.  Although it was cooler yesterday there was a wind blowing which dried things out.

I only really needed to get avocados but ended up getting a Lebanese cucumber and aubergine as well as a couple of waist high Heliopsis which should be good for the butterflies and bees.

Because of the heat I have not been using the oven so as it is cooler (forecast of 22° today) I bought a chicken at the Supermarket and the smell of it roasting has been delicious - in fact the chicken, served with roast potatoes, roast kumara (sweet potato), roast beetroot, carrots and beans was a most delicious lunch with leftovers that will do us a couple of days.

While I was cooking lunch Doug got the two new plants in the ground.  We enjoyed the recent mussel fritters so much that he bought some at the supermarket and is making more fritters ready for tonight.  We can now take it easy this afternoon.