Another freezing winter day in Martinborough and Chino has found a new warm place to park his bum: our espresso coffee machine.
Today in NZ history- 10/06/1886 - Eruption of Mt Tarawera
- 10/06/1889 - First kindergartens
- 10/06/1906 - Death of Richard Seddon
- 11/06/1901 - Cornwall Park gifted to Auckland
- 12/06/1902 - New Zealand flag confirmed
- 12/06/1942 - First US troops arrive in Auckland
- 13/06/1866 - Murder on the Maungatapu track
- 14/06/1984 - Muldoon calls snap election
- 15/06/1935 - Lovelock wins ‘Mile of the Century’
- 15/06/1959 - Chinese gooseberry becomes kiwifruit
Martinborough Musings 
Hope you enjoy your cuppa-Chinos as much as he is. Freezing here too.
We got our new dryer today. We thought Bruce might like sitting on the warm top of it but he’s not really into it. He doesn’t like technology. In fact, he’s terrified of the vacuum cleaner.
I think most cats hate vacuum cleaners. They must produce a strange sound in a fequency we can’t hear.
Intelligent cat! My fatty Birman would love to sit in a warm place like that but I doubt she could hoist her behind up onto ours.