A short time ago I wrote a post Dumb and Dumber relating the silly mistakes this elderly lady made. Well today I have to say that I can add another to the list.
Yesterday I wrote a blog on The Market and then for whatever reason having published it, it disappeared. Only after I spent time re-writing the blog did I find out that the post could be restored to the way it was when it was published. Oh dear. As my late husband used to say “If all else fails, read the manual”. So maybe I should have taken some time to find out just what we can do with WordPress.
And today was Neighbours Day here in New Zealand/Aotearoa. I had heard nothing about Neighbours Day but on Friday I found an invitation in the mail box to A Garage Party to celebrate our neighbourhood on Neighbours Day. What a good idea.
Our Wellington Mayor Celia Wade-Brown has thrown her support behind the idea of a nationwide Neighbours Day, saying that it would build stronger, more resilient communities. Click here to read about it.
One of my neighbours had picked up and run with the idea. She organised this for our street and we were invited to BYO (bring your own wine or beer) and nibbles to share. So after I had been to the one only Open Home we had today, with a friend I went to the Garage Party. The party was held in the street and it was an excellent opportunity for us to get to meet and know each other.
We had a very pleasant hour or so together and what a good idea this was. This is a small inner city street and as everybody goes in and out of the street by car, we rarely get the opportunity to speak with each other. I congratulated the woman who ran with this idea and hope that maybe the same thing will happen again in the not too distant future.
And no, Lotte didn’t come. She wasn’t invited but it seemed that most people there knew of her.
Another helping hand
As you can see, she was left at home in charge of writing a post for the blog.
Nothing makes you more tolerant of a neighbor’s noisy party than being there.
Franklin P. Jones
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