Denise Gets Another Tractor

When we first started tossing around the notion that we might buy a little bit of land in the Wairarapa - whereas Jennifer immediately started thinking of stocking the freezer with meat as soon as possible - Denise's first utterance was 'A tractor. A red tractor'. (She's not a John Deere gal as my astute farming friends will have immediately noted). As we've moved further down the track with plans and reality, she has been made to see sense and agrees a red tractor is way down at the bottom of our list of priorities. So low down, we'd have to win at least $750,000 in Lotto.





Denise in seventh heaven. She had the $2,500 asked for the tractor, but realised it would take a bloody long time to drive up to the Wairarapa from Little River, Banks Peninsula

We got our first housewarming gift from friends Diane and Catherine.

A super mirrored tractor that can be stickied on. We will find a very special place for this one.

And a wonderful card! Wherever do they find these treasures!

The front of the

card - the

tractor is paua

The lovely mirrored tractor

that we can apparently stick

on anywhere
It's a very tasteful and modest

size of 12cm long. Not too

much 'in your face'. Good

for touching up the old lippy,

eh Diane?

They have written inside the card : 'To Denise and Jen. Wishing you all the best in your new place together. Looking forward to visiting soon. Lotsa love Cath and Di.'

Just lovely. Many thanks, Cath and Di.

p.s. decorating the spare rooms is down about #'s 16 and 19 on the priorities list. At this stage, we're looking at it as an autumn project. That's autumn 2011.

(Denise says that is absolute rubbish, and you shouldn't be put off. Any of you). (Jennifer says just be prepared for the homey - that's an American word - it doesn't mean what you think it means, it means your place looks kind of welcoming with lots of stuff around and comfortable - and it will be basic for a while. Interesting rough sawn boards, old wooden floors and multiple peeling wallpapers in the same room, sort of basic). We will have power points and beds and drawers and that sort of stuff. You may have to bring your own curtains though if you're fussy about that sort of thing. There will be a new small but very adequate bathroom.

So that was actually the second tractor that Denise has received. The first one, she got last Christmas. It is a lovely little metal die-cast job that took forever to find on ebay. Little red metal tractors are quite highly sought after, let me tell you.

The first little red tractor. As soon as we win Lotto we will be getting a huge replica that Denise can get out of the implement shed and drive down to collect our mail - as that appears to be her main ambition as far as driving her tractor goes. You can see on the earlier blogs how close the mail boxes are - I would be able to walk to collect the mail and back to the house before she's even got to the implement shed (when we get one - about #1 on Jennifer's priorities and #8 on Denise's)