Cyclones have been and gone.

14/2/23 

Thankfully we survived Cyclone Gabrielle. The mistress and I are not accustomed to these things happening. But we slept extremely well and were not disturbed by the noise of the wind and rain. I did see my mistress check that her precious car hadn't blown away through the night. The look of happiness was a joy to see. 

Valentine's day 

Ahh, I am the mistress valentine. She really does LOVE me. I think I better share these. She's so kind and I love her too, but shh don't dare tell her. Remember this is Gnome business we don't share this information. There were no flowers or chocolates at her door this morning so I must be the only one😍.

She took me out for morning tea and a look around to see if any damage around the place.

The odd tree was down, and leaves were all over the place. We were nice and safe and mighty glad the roof didn't blow off. Now that really could have been a huge problem. All houses around here looked ok. I didn't see any Gnomes floating away or running for that matter. The mistress was disappointed about this. I'm glad because her car is so FULL.

Now I must tell you about something about yesterday that I wasn't allowed to talk about. We were shopping at the local Countdown, and the mistress talked to a handsome young fella and got permission to take some photos, but we had to wait until his boss gave us permission to put them on this blog. 

She announced that I was to be patient. So, we wander around, and the next minute she said, "there it is". 

What on earth is that thing. It moved around but not like a gnome. There was no red hat or black boots. He didn't have a book to read or had anybody with it. A..... ROBOT.

Its name was Kai. It had its own park to recharge, it moved, and it stopped. Hmmm

 

Arh she's having problems with this computer again. I am having problems with this Robot. So, what does it do?

It's the first of its kind here in Hamilton and near to we are staying. Gosh, I hope it doesn't find us.

Kai has a job description....he must go around the shelves and record the empty spaces and note any hazards. Health and Safety hazards. 

In the photo, you will see it has a charging station. When it needs to it goes back to the station to recharge. You mean it has a brain. Oh, I need a lie-down and consult my books. 

Gosh does it get paid? In our Gnome world, we never see such things. I wonder if there are any Gnome robots in the garden at home. I'm keen to find this out but it's a long time until we are home.

I wonder what this mistress is going to find next. 

We are off to Paeroa tomorrow for the next house sit. Better check the road conditions before we leave.