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| Mt Ruapehu, New Zealand Time to leave for warmer climes when we see snow on the mountains! |
Our impending departure from New Zealand was fast approaching and we realised we only had a couple of weeks to sell our trusty 4X4. We often buy and sell second-hand vehicles in our own countries (NZ and UK) as we tend to spend enough time in each place to warrant it. It is certainly cheaper than car hire and we don't tend to lose much money doing so.
After a farewell dinner with the family, some outdoor painting at Clare's Mum and Dad's and James taking the bed out of the wagon and putting the seats back in, we headed to our next sit in Auckland.
Here, we were to look after Brad, a 17yo cat and Milah, 7yo lab cross
These two were such great company! Lots of sofa cuddles and long local walks to be had here.
We sold the vehicle to the first viewer within the first couple of days so we were beating the feet for most of our 10 day stay.
People often ask us if we feel sad when leaving the pets we have looked after and although we certainly bond with all of them VERY quickly, we are usually in a position to be handing them back to the people who love them the most - their owners. Milah and Brad were different. Their human Mum had died at Christmas time and the care of the pets had passed to the woman's daughter. Whilst she obviously loved the pets and wanted to do the right thing by them, she couldn't bring herself to part with them so quickly after losing her Mum. And not being able to care for them herself as she lived in a different part of the city and travelled a lot for work, she was relying on a revolving door of house-sitters and family support to care for these two beauties. So no, in this case, it didn't feel real good to leave them :-( Hopefully they will be re-homed with forever parents soon.
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| Random pic of a beautifully forming Fly Agaric ... autumn is upon us |
We had a really great summer in New Zealand. Already looking forward to the next one!
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