Posts for 2018

The storm that hit us last Tuesday evening with wind speeds of more than 200km/h (Manukau Heads) left us without power and internet and only limited cell phone coverage. Power was restored yesterday afternoon, 3 days later.

What a surprise! Our cat Silver Shadow delivered 3 kittens today.

Today Shady and his rider Jolan had a first time participation at ribbon day.

They hang around, don’t go too far away from their herd and very easily follow you back into the paddock after you opened the gate for them.

A walk down the hill and saying hello to all the animals can be a really healthy exercise and you can discover the odd cool things when you look at details: fence wire knots

Anyone in need of a carpet cleaner? Search no more, we have a cute one for you.

We have officially started the fire season. It’s pretty yucky and rainy out there. Hope everyone is well.

Tonight’s sunset (with some of Jolans soap bubbles floating around)

Although summer is officially over, it almost feels like spring. Flowers in the garden and in the paddocks, raspberries, and chillies are ripening.

Our new ducks have been temporarily located on our front lawn as as with all temporary things, they last far too long. So after a few months and completely destroying our lawn, the ducks finally moved onto the paddock next to the chicken.

the amount of rain we had over the last few days is extraordinary – at least on a subjective level. The occasional hours of sunshine in between evaporate the water quickly, hence yesterday we had 30 deg C. with 80% relative humidity.

Fascinating to see the difference in eggs when I put some of ours into the egg carton too. Keep in mind that our chicken are mostly ex-battery hens that once used to produce those cage eggs. They were not considered good and productive enough for…