A Bonnetful of Bees

If you’re in Wanganui and looking for a bit of a stretch, this will do nicely.  Especially if you have a dog, as many of the other local attractions like Bushy Park are closed to dogs. This is a circuit of just over 2 hours fatman time, including photos. Peter, Alice and I started at the southern side of the Dublin St bridge, crossed the bridge and walked west as far as the City bridge, crossed again, and headed back down to the van on the south bank.

In Sepember 2007, Mayor Michael Laws officially opened the walkway project, and it is ongoing

Who exactly are we sharing it with?

We park the van and hitch Alice to a lead, something she is not all that keen on with so much to explore that is new. Would we like to go tramping on a lead. Not really. (more…)

Kefir is a fermented milk product, a little like yoghurt, but not as thick, or as sharply acid, a little like like a dairy version of sourdough bread.  It’s relatively unknown in New Zealand except among health food people, and even then not widely.  It deserves a lot more recognition.

According to enthusiasts, it’s simply chock full of probiotics, which aid your digestion, lower your blood pressure and your bad cholesterol, and enable dairy-sensitive persons to eat it in quantity and more easily absorb its calcium. These little fellows may also help you to win lotteries or change governments.  Even if it does none of those things or only some, it will still have a place in my fridge from now on in.  I’m a convert.  (more…)