Welcome rain

Our island paradise has been bathed in sunshine for most of this year and we've had very little rain. Most households and tramping/hunting huts, are dependent on rainwater so it's with a sigh of relief when we finally get rain after a long dry spell. The ngahere (bush) also welcomes the rain, and judging by the display I witnessed yesterday, the birds were hanging out for it too!

Thursday and Friday were fine and windy with a wee dribble of rain overnight; rain was forecast for Saturday morning but that dawned fine and calm and got increasingly more humid through the day. It was hot working in the shop, especially on checkout duty with the pie-warmer at your back. A few spits of rain came mid-afternoon but most evaporated before it hit the ground. I got home at 4pm and smiled when proper rain finally set in and started watering the garden for me.

I was heading out again for dinner and then off to the Bunkhouse Theatre to see a New Zealand independent feature film called 'Sunday' so needed to put on leggings and raincoat for my walk back to the Bay. Just down from the airstrip turnoff several bedraggled kereru were perched on the power lines and revelling in the rain - a chaotic ballet of trying to roll their bodies to the moisture accompanied by wing extension and teetering to maintain their balance.

Looking up Main Road from Whipp Place - only 4 driveways and
12 minutes walking before I'm home

The 70 minute self-financed movie was great and I'm keen to buy the DVD as it captures perfectly the shattering and rebuilding, both on city-wide and personal levels; check out the trailer or watch the film online and support the Christchurch community with their creative endeavours. I visited Christchurch in December 2011, about the time the movie was made, so many of the areas depicted in the movie were my memories too. Beautifully shot and high fives to all those involved - please do a sequel!