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🙋♀️Hi neighbours! I hope your all well though all the disruptions of late, its so easy to be swept away by all the stress and miss counting even small blessings we maybe so lucky to have.
It's been a while since I have posted to you all sorry. We have had a heart breaking and … View more🙋♀️Hi neighbours! I hope your all well though all the disruptions of late, its so easy to be swept away by all the stress and miss counting even small blessings we maybe so lucky to have.
It's been a while since I have posted to you all sorry. We have had a heart breaking and making year this year,(well get the bad out the way first) getting a terminal diagnosis for our big old girl Karma (white dog) in Januray-shes still with us and fine atm, having to put down our goat Buddy the next week suddenly...and our poor puppy Hunter- he was a regular at the vets with specialist help figuring out he unfortunately had a rare immune disorder and food allergies on top, he got sick on top, we did everything, but we can only say we gave him the best short life he could have had and lost him late May.
HOWEVER dry your eyes and meeeetttt Bear hes only been with us a short time but living his best life 😍 and Ewok, our new garden maintenance guy in training....did I mention we also got Married early March 👰🤵 a relaxed occasion enjoyed by all at our home, followed by an "bucket list" South Island trip for our honeymoon early May 🥰
.....Iv finally been able to do a couple of custom glass jobs lately too!!
(Talk about rollercoaster right!)
If you made it this far, wow go you star🤩
I wish all of you the best as we move in to the end/start of year, festivities with struggles old and new.
"❤Everyone's fighting there own battles, kindness is everywhere if you cant see it be it ❤"
The Monthly Market is back tomorrow, Saturday, at the Uniting Church hall. (8am till noon) I'll be there with my 2022 calendar and ready-to-hang photos.
House on market, so all surplus items must go. Clothing, linen, ornaments, books, tools, garden statues, planter boxes, pet bowls, hose reels, vacuum cleaner - heaps of stuff. Other items such as fridge, washing machine, freezer but not available until house sells. Jan 021 285 6609
Six sugar products have been recalled by major manufacturers due to lead contamination.
Raw and brown sugar products by Chelsea, Pams and Woolworths are affected, and have been sold at retail outlets and supermarkets throughout New Zealand through October to November 4 2021.
In a statement, … View moreSix sugar products have been recalled by major manufacturers due to lead contamination.
Raw and brown sugar products by Chelsea, Pams and Woolworths are affected, and have been sold at retail outlets and supermarkets throughout New Zealand through October to November 4 2021.
In a statement, MPI said that that the food safety risk from these products is low, and informed customers who have bought these products to not consume them.
Here's what you need to know:
NAME OF PRODUCT
- Chelsea brand Raw Sugar (500g, 1.2kg, and 4kg)
- Chelsea brand Soft Brown Sugar (500g and 1kg)
- Pams brand Raw Sugar (1kg)
- Pams brand Soft Brown Sugar (1kg)
- Woolworths brand Raw Sugar (500g and 1kg)
- Woolworths brand Brown Sugar (500g and 1kg)
BATCH MARKING
- Chelsea brand Raw Sugar (500g, 1.2kg, and 4kg): Lot 21271 through to Lot 21303
- Chelsea brand Soft Brown Sugar (500g and 1kg): Lot 21280 through to Lot 21293
- Pams brand Raw Sugar (1kg): Lot 21270 through to Lot 21302
- Pams brand Soft Brown Sugar (1kg): Lot 21272 through to Lot 21303
- Woolworths brand Raw Sugar (500g, and 1kg): Lot 21274 through to Lot 21281
- Woolworths brand Brown Sugar (500g, and 1kg): Lot 21278 through to Lot 21303
The recall does not affect any other Chelsea brands of sugar or any other products manufactured by these companies.
Customers are encouraged to get in touch with their retailer to get a full refund.
To find out more about this recall, please visit the New Zealand Food Safety Website.
They want to create an app to make it easier for gardeners to share and swap crops and seeds. Read their story and don't forget to vote!
Visit pottednz.co.nz to check out the selection
Each tree is potted into an Italian inspired black plastic pot which has been made out of recycled materials and UV treated to last for many years. A saucer is also provided and your tree comes with a care card. After Christmas you have the option of … View moreVisit pottednz.co.nz to check out the selection
Each tree is potted into an Italian inspired black plastic pot which has been made out of recycled materials and UV treated to last for many years. A saucer is also provided and your tree comes with a care card. After Christmas you have the option of popping your tree outdoors as a container plant or digging a hole in the garden and planting your tree( pot included)Simply dig up next Christmas, remove any stray roots and clean the pot
Come and check these out at
46A Heatherlea East Rd
Levin
Open Saturdays from 9-5
Sundays from 2-6.
Weekdays by appointment ph or text Mary 021362683
Hi does anyone know of a internet provider for people who live rural?
We have a rural property and our internet is always dropping off, every 5 minutes. It is so bad that we hardly have internet anymore. Surely we are not the only ones having this issue. Any solutions or recommendations greatly… View moreHi does anyone know of a internet provider for people who live rural?
We have a rural property and our internet is always dropping off, every 5 minutes. It is so bad that we hardly have internet anymore. Surely we are not the only ones having this issue. Any solutions or recommendations greatly appreciated.
Hi Everyone, this Sunday 7th November we have the pleasure of Lisa Ross as our medium, she will be sharing inspiration and giving a demonstration of clairvoyance. The meeting will be held at the caledonian Hall, 55 Weld St, Feilding at 10.30am. We look forward to seeing you there.
LUNCH, ADVANCE … View moreHi Everyone, this Sunday 7th November we have the pleasure of Lisa Ross as our medium, she will be sharing inspiration and giving a demonstration of clairvoyance. The meeting will be held at the caledonian Hall, 55 Weld St, Feilding at 10.30am. We look forward to seeing you there.
LUNCH, ADVANCE NOTICE FOR SUNDAY 14TH NOVEMBER
Hi Friends and members of the Feilding Spiritual and Awareness Centre,
We are coming to the end of another disrupted year with meetings cancelled and venues changed, hopefully we are settled for a while. Our place of meeting is now the Caledonian Hall, 55 Weld St, Feilding at 10.30am very Sunday.
This is a busy time of the year as it is time to have our Annual General Meeting where we look back over the last year and look forward to the next, part of this process is to endorse a new committee. This year due to changing circumstances for a number of our standing Committee we have had several members leave. so we are asking for people to put their names forward to assist in the running of our Centre. This is a chance for Centre Members to have a say in how our Centre is run and how we move forward in the future. Without more people coming forward to lend a hand the Centre can’t run. It’s not a huge job and of course more people coming forward makes it easier on all involved.
If you aren’t able to come on the committee perhaps you would be able to lend a hand occasionally to help with the running of a meeting, small jobs but important.
On Sunday 14th November we will have Piki Lowe from Feilding as our Medium, following the meeting we will have our AGM, and as a thank-you for your support and friendship, after the meeting the Committee has decided to treat us all to lunch, finger food catered for at the hall.
So Please mark this in your diary, a great opportunity to get together with like minded souls.
Namaste, Valerie
Enquiries 029-902-9555
MEETING SUNDAY 7TH NOVEMBER 10.30AM, THOMPSON HOUSE
4 KENT ST, LEVIN
We look forward to catching up with everyone on Sunday. Our medium is Sue Boyle from Upper Hutt. Come along to experience her spiritual address and clairvoyance which are both delivered via direct channel from her Guides.
… View moreMEETING SUNDAY 7TH NOVEMBER 10.30AM, THOMPSON HOUSE
4 KENT ST, LEVIN
We look forward to catching up with everyone on Sunday. Our medium is Sue Boyle from Upper Hutt. Come along to experience her spiritual address and clairvoyance which are both delivered via direct channel from her Guides.
Healing during the meeting, $1 raffle. Wear a mask if you are more comfortable doing so, the chairs will be distanced and there is a covid tracer QR poster or manual register to fill out. Gold coin collection.
See you all there on Sunday.
Call Sue 021 070 1585 or Carol 027 697 6308 for any queries
These Palmerston North green thumbs ensure hospice patients and their families get to enjoy flowers, foliage and fragrance. Read their story, then don't forget to vote for them!
Wanting to purchase, borrow or hire an old device we used in photography back in in the 1950/60s. A thing you could examine negatives to see which ones were worth printing. I don't know what they were called. Would love to be instructed. Judith Bryers Holloway Tel 0226704389. I live in Levin.
Hi all! Is anyone interested in quite a large collection of pre recorded cassette tapes? Free of course. A variety of hard rock, soft rock, country and western, etc. I can drop off, if in Levin, or you can pick up. Colleen.
Trish Allen is giving away her garden harvest -- again! During the 2020 lockdown, she gave away over 140kg in fruit from her home orchard. This year, she didn’t have fruit to swap but her vegetable garden was packed with winter crops. “I had masses of broccoli, cauliflower, kale, silverbeet and… View moreTrish Allen is giving away her garden harvest -- again! During the 2020 lockdown, she gave away over 140kg in fruit from her home orchard. This year, she didn’t have fruit to swap but her vegetable garden was packed with winter crops. “I had masses of broccoli, cauliflower, kale, silverbeet and French sorrel. So I gave out a lot of parcels of those to anyone I knew who needed it.”
“When selecting the fabric and style of a new lounge suite it is crucial to consider its future environment”
Picture this:
You purchased a brand-new couch this autumn. It has extra wide cushions on the seat. It’s sleek, it’s chic, it takes up one third of your lounge and most … View more“When selecting the fabric and style of a new lounge suite it is crucial to consider its future environment”
Picture this:
You purchased a brand-new couch this autumn. It has extra wide cushions on the seat. It’s sleek, it’s chic, it takes up one third of your lounge and most importantly, you can melt into it on a Friday evening after work.
Fast forward to mid-spring. Sure, you passed all those cold winter’s nights watching movies with the family and you have spent more of the lockdown sitting down than you would like to admit, but now that it’s almost time to pop your bubble your brand-new couch is looking a little… dishevelled.
When selecting the fabric and style of a new lounge suite it is crucial to consider its future environment. To prevent your dream couch from becoming saggy and stretched on the seat cushion after prolonged use, or to remedy the situation, we’ve reached out to James Dunlop Textiles’ Auckland-based Upholstery Specialist, Robert Street, to provide insight into the problem and offer some solutions.
Why does the fabric on a newly upholstered sofa appear stretched and out of shape after only a few months of use?
There are several factors that could come into play here, let’s look at them one by one.
Firstly, it is rare for an upholstery fabric with a synthetic component to stretch as synthetic fibres are very stable. Natural fibres are generally stable but can ‘move’ over time depending on the weave. Twill weaves don’t move (think denim jeans) but basket weaves can move a little. Natural fibres such as cotton and linen can absorb the humidity in the air and ‘relax.’
However, all of James Dunlop Textile’s fabrics undergo the seam slippage test, which is performed as part of the fabric’s evaluation and quality testing process, where any possible issues like the weave stretching are highlighted. Any fabrics with seam slippage test failures are identified and resolved before we manufacture a product for our range.
What is Seam Slippage?
Seam slippage is the separation of yarns in a fabric, usually along a sewn seam or join. Generally, the yarns don’t actually break, they just pull apart leaving an unsightly gap along the fabric join.
So what could be the cause?
With this in mind – we can eliminate fabric stretch as the issue here and look at what the likely cause could be.
1. Foam
Good quality foam loses 5-7% of its loft within the first 3 months of use – this may be a contributing factor here. Some furniture manufacturers use a pre-crushed foam (the Gucci of foams) which prevents this loft loss – while being more expensive, it is worth it as you really do get what you pay for in furniture.
2. The Design
There are two main types of couch designs – cushion seat and fixed seat.
Cushion Seat: The sides of a cushion seat pull upwards, and therefore do not need extra fabric as the cushion flexes to allow the fabric cover to release into the compressed foam in the centre, where you sit.
Fixed Seat: A fixed seat requires an allowance of extra fabric in the back of the base cushion. This extra fabric moves forward, compensating for the foam compressing when you sit on the couch. Once you stand, the foam lofts again and if the extra fabric does not move back to the base of the cushion fast enough it will be trapped, causing a ‘puddled’ saggy look.
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