Trip to Red Claw farm

These are photos I took when we went to visit the Red Claw farm. There are over fifty ponds where the Red Claw are breed to be sold at market. There are different sized ones. A lot are caught. Sorted. Some are then returned to grow bigger. The others are prepared for market.

We had lunch there. Tables were set up on the veranda of the home. There were about twenty-two of us. There was so much food served I didn't feel like eating when I came home. There was hot finger food. Then out came the fruit and sweets. I bought some to bring home to have another day. And a bottle of tasty sauce, which could be poured over seafood, chicken, meat, or added to dishes to add more flavor.

Oh. Bummer

I heard a bump in the night. This woke me from a deep sleep.
I thought it was just a bird bumping into the side of the house so I went back to sleep. I didn't hear any talking. Or any other noises. No car.

I just went out the front to collect my mail.

Oh. What a shock?

My hose and reel is missing. The place where it has been sitting for years is empty. The thief unscrewed the short piece of hose from the reel and walked off with their prize.

The neighborhood has gone to the pack of late.

A few weeks ago a lot of damage was committed over one weekend. Paint stolen from the painter up the street. They brought it to my place where they up ended the three containers over my friends car parked in my driveway. Lucky. The damage was found just after it had been done. And the paint was water based. We took ages washing the paint off. Playing in with water on a cold night isn't good.

They went through peoples cars. Tried to steal another car. They pushed it out on to the street but couldn't start it.

I thought the stealing had finished but no such luck.

They will find their prize isn't what they thought. I was intending to buy a new reel and hose. The hose was old. and the reel was not working properly.