Tumbleweed

Following our Wellington housesit at the end of January, we hit the road in Totoro (that’s the name of our little Honda Fit) and made our way north to visit some friends in the Wairarapa for a few days. It was really nice to be there as it’s our future home and we wanted to get a better feel for the place. We spent a few hours at the library in Featherston and noticed that the librarian seemed to know almost everyone who came into the library. We’re definitely looking forward to being on a first name basis with our local town librarian. On the topic of the house, it’s all a done deal now! We’re super excited about being the newest residents of Featherston and we close on the house on March 1. We won’t actually move into the house until later in the year but once we do, we have a guest bedroom and we’re expecting visitors! After our short visit to the Wairarapa, we headed up to the Hawkes Bay which had been on our short list of places to check out properties. Despite not needing to expl...