THE GIFT OF BEAUTY…
Just love these birds. It’s amazing how well camouflaged they are in the trees.
View ArticleCHANGES…
Well the drastic kitchen deed has started, those dreadful high cupboards ripped out, and for a little while, a huge hole in the wall. Our house is definitely open plan right now. And look what we...
View ArticleWHAT BLOOD MOON…
Down to Castlecliff this morning hoping to get a glimpse of that blood moon – but too much low cloud. All we caught was the sunrise… …and the sea.
View ArticleSTORM WARNING
Woke up this morning and saw this out the window. Rushed out half asleep in the dark with the camera – fiddled with the adjustments without being able to see them, and spent the next half hour trying...
View ArticleMESSING ABOUT…
“when tired at last, he sat on the bank, while the river still chattered on to him, a babbling procession of the best stories in the world, sent from the heart of the earth to be told at last to the...
View ArticleSIMPLY SPLENDID
We have just returned from Australia today, and so much to do… However, I couldn’t resist sharing these photos of the wonderful splendid fairywren (Malurus splendens) which is my favourite Australian...
View ArticlePROGRESS…
Getting there with the kitchen – looks ok but a few things to be corrected yet… …and Rod has been excavating his own little hole in the wall for more cupboards – where the old water cylinder used to be.
View ArticlePATRICK’S BOOK SHOP
An outstanding second-hand bookshop has now relocated to Whanganui from Waverley. Best classic and collectable books I have found. You can find it in Ridgeway Street between Victoria and Trafalgar...
View ArticleWHITECLIFF CONCRETIONS
We walked with a church group to see the Whitecliff Boulders today. The trek starts on farmland which you reach via a winding gravel road not far from Mangaweka. Then there’s a 4.1km walk down the...
View ArticleA GLIMPSE OF HOME
We have been here a couple of years – and just starting to get the outside under control. Been concentrating on working inside until now… This was the front when we arrived… …we’ve got some gardens...
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