Banishing The Sun
Why would you buy a property in the sun-soaked Wallaceville Estate area and then go to all the trouble to slowly but surely construct a huge solid timber sun shelter the entire length of the side of a house and taking up most of a former lawn/garden area of a lawn-sparse property?
Well, the householders in this property of significant contrasting ages are not sunworshippers as they are all fully decked out clothes-wise all summer long.
Reminds me of an old Yiddish proberb: Men don't build on strange ground.
Stand-Out Festive Decor: Build a Big DIY Nutcracker
Whip up a larger-than-life nutcracker and have it standing guard to greet guests this Christmas. This is an ideal opportunity to repurpose last year’s baubles, leftover Resene paint testpots and leftover materials from previous projects. You could use an old cardboard box for the body and cover it in fabric scraps. Find out how to make your own nutcracker with these easy step by step instructions.
Wellington’s weird and wonderful trivia from 2025
📰 The Post has rounded up some of Wellington’s weird and wonderful trivia from 2025 – from the most popular dog names to the books you couldn’t put down at local libraries.
✨ Our question for you: In a year that’s felt a bit taxing, what weird, wonderful, or just plain fun things have brightened your 2025?
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