A weekend of Labour

These 3 day weekends are quite nice really and having top notch weather helps too! We actually lived all together at our house for the whole weekend (well except for when Sara sent me to my own house to sleep and I even got the children last night!) and we managed to do a lot and really enjoy the early promise of what summer has to bring.
Saturday was a winner for the garden... local resort is under new management and decided that Flax bushes are not native to Wanaka so must all go! Sara knows a girl, who is married to a guy, who worked at said resort and low and behold I managed to score us a few mammoth flax bushes... only 4 flax took up a whole trailer and largest one took 2 people to lift it. Now all 4 are pride of place in the garden and if they do not die they will be one of our most awesomest plants.
Sunday was when we decided to brave town for the Wanaka Fest and our 1 in a 1000 chance to win the rubber duck race... What you say? Rubber Duck Race? here it is in short: Take 1000 Yellow Rubber Ducks, number and sell off for $5 each, place in the bucket of a front end loader and at a specific time dump them in the small stream that runs through town. First duck to get to the end wins $500 next wins a shopping hamper... number 1586, which came in an excellent 23rd, gets nothing except pride of place in our bath.
Monday was champion in every way, like a summer day not a breeze so it was time to 'escape proof' the chicken house so that they will not destroy our vege garden that we plan to grow. Many hours and a few cuts and bruises later the stalag is operational and hopefully we will no longer have to dodge chicken poo where ever we walk. Nicest part was that while reinforcing the chicken run Sara and Mia were creating our first batch of Bagels that were fan ripping tastic and will become a staple of our household.
...and that was 3 days in a blur, probably several postings rolled into one and none of the events explained coherently, but that is the consequences if you allow Lukey to enter a blog posting after a few beers and too much sun.