misc
it's friday night. just got back late from whitewater rafting on the rangitake. i have no idea if that's spelled correctly, but that's how it sounds to me. some random observations i've forgotten to tell y'all about.

1.) there are lots of wild animals here, even though this is an island of birds, as they say. back in the olden days when all the land on earth was one piece, new zealand broke off before mammals ruled. so this is a land ruled by birds. but, they also have wild pigs, deer, dogs, and cows. yes, cows. apparently, they are very dangerous. but let's just be ethnocentric for a while and contemplate the thought of wild cows....ok, we can all laugh now.
2.) they breed deer here. yes, i saw deer penned up like sheep and cattle. i was told that it's mostly for the velvet on the buck's antlers. but can you imagine breeding deer at home? we have the opposite. we are discussing shooting them with birth control. someone asked me why it's not just open season to hunt them. well, because we don't usually hunt in the suburbs.
3.) i saw a pen filled with sheep and cows. living side by side, in peace and harmony, sharing the grass. my heart felt warm and tingly. this place is TRULY idyllic. ;)

toodle-ooo. off to have drinks. yippeeeee!