September marks the arrival of Spring here here in Aotearoa (New Zealand). We were however enjoying the end of summer on the old continent, so there’s very little energy being used while we’re getting even more than August from our energy exports to the grid. How did we do?
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Third Month Since Installing Solar Panels & Battery
August sees us here in Aotearoa (New Zealand) getting more sunshine as the days get longer again. Also, we went away to Europe in the last week of the month. How did we do?
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Second Month of Solar, With Exports!
Second full month of electricity usage, and the first full month since we are able to export power to the grid. How did we do?
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Christchurch Cafe Review: Black & White Coffee Cartel (City Centre)
We live near the city centre, and walk past this particular cafe almost weekly, but had never once gone in for a slice and a coffee. Today, we decide to pop in and see if it’s any good. Spoiler alert, it is decent 🐱
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The Wizard of New Zealand
It’s only taken me almost two decades… but we now have a photo taken with The Wizard of New Zealand 😹
There will eventually be a time when The Wizard will consider retiring from being the unofficial tourism ambassador to the city, and that will be a sad time indeed for Christchurch.
He is such a lovely person to listen to, it didn’t take long before he started to share the stories of his life, along with nuggets of advice on how to live a better life. I’m very glad for this photo opportunity and to speak with him, however briefly it was.