(16-01-2022, 09:47 AM)kiwimade64 Wrote: I'm back inside, it's getting a tad warm out there.  But I have the washing out and back in again dry, done the ironing and weeded under the windows.  The hose is still going but almost finished watering. 
Jan, it sounds like your lemon tree is stressed and needs a good watering.  Our lemons are dry as we keep forgetting to put the hose on it.  MrK leaves the hose running without a sprinkler so the water is going directly onto the tree roots.  This does the trick but we have to remember to do that at least once or twice a week.
I've taken a pic of the frog.  The fabric it's on is an olive green so it really stands out.
Love the frog Kiwimade.. He is awesome already.. You are soo talented.
I spent time living in Mangakino so Taupo was local for me too lol.
We were living in our mobile home in Taranaki last time the Mountain Blew.
We were coming up to Mango to see my parents and when we arrived the handbasin in the very back of the buss was covered in black ash, simply blowing in from the open windows.. Makes you wonder what we swallowed.
Thankfully being up here I feel much safer. I dont think there has been any volcanic rumbles etc in the Auckland area for many years.