March 25th, 2008 by charles

“Why am I back here?”, I asked myself the first couple days at Rakaunui. There’s nothing quaint about apple picking. It’s hard work climbing up and down ladders, crawling underneath trees, reaching… reaching. It’s exhausting waking up to a chilly & wet mornings, then being baked by the hot Hawke Bay sun in the afternoon. […]

March 13th, 2008 by charles

 
 

My first bin of apples… Wait a minute… What? Let me backtrack a bit.
 
 

Working at Dog & Bone has been an awesome experience, but after 6
weeks of good times, it was time to say goodbye. Had my camera on me
the last week to capture some souvenirs.
 
 

Me and my angels.
 
 

Saying goodbye to my stinky sandals.
 
 

Spent much […]

March 6th, 2008 by charles

 

Dragged Rich into playing pub poker at J.J.Murphys. Asian guy is dealing for the
table cause I took all his chips… sucka! I got pretty far that night, probably chip
 leader with 2 tables left but with Rich out and me hungry, I went all in with two high
  pairs even though the the flop was a straight-flush […]