mystery monday

S9 put his hand into the mystery monday jar this morning and pulled out:
"Walk around The Historic Village and perhaps buy some gems."
It turns out that we only have $3 for today's mystery, cos we overspent last week!!!
Spot the kiwi(s). Strictly speaking, there's no *s* in the maori language, so the plural of kiwi is kiwi. I know, kate5kiwis is linguistically incorrect, lol. But that's no surprise, cos I prefer to make my own rules.

The lads all had a stationary tractor ride. Then we peeped inside an old garage and found...

a very old fire engine!!
J11 manned the hose and M5 checked the ladder while S9 drove...

We all ran up the hill to the old church: complete with steeple, flanked on either side by native NZ ponga and a norfolk pine tree.

S9 and M5 were astonished and saddened to find a grave of a seventeen year old lad in this old graveyard.


And yes!! We finally made it to the gem shop just before closing, and had long and interesting discussions with the Rock Enthusiast who voluntarily runs the shop on Mondays. He patiently waited while the lads looked around and around, oohing and aahing at the rocks. In the end, each chose a lucky dip and came away with *treasures*. There were seven precious stones in each parcel, which are now all carefully secreted away in little jars here at home. M5 has been informing everyone, "Look! I'm the only one who's got a POWER (paua) SHELL!"