Landscape Impressions

Early morning, just before sunrise in winter, creates a strange light and turns everything blue.

This photo was taken by our lovely Finish guests

Kaipara valley with the railway line

When looking down from the house, it does not look that far and high

Sunrise over the hills in the east. Nice being up early and witnessing the world waking up.

Some plant that I still have not figured out what it is. But it's pretty.

Wide rural views across the Kaipara valley

Water coming down driveway and up from the other paddocks

Chistmassy overnight rain brought a lot of rain to the valley

March sunrise over our neighbours paddock.

Fog in the paddocks at sunrise - a bit of an ghostly impression

A rainbow rising through the fog at our place this morning

Still early in the year and our lower paddock is a bit wet

Woodchopping, and the kids are helping

Sunset over the hills towards Muriwai

Joey is on the other side of the fence - again.

The main trunk to the North via Helensville, used only for freight and special trains

Our little, yet unnamed, cria

A rosella (parrot-like) bird flew by and sat on the deck balustrade

Electric wires attachedto first part, second part to come, then normal wires

Mr Rusty in the fog this morning. Gotta love spring mornings.

Early morning with fog in the valley

The kererū is a large bird with irridescent green and bronze feathers on its head and a smart white vest.

It is unusual to have that much rain just over Christmas.

Rain in the distance of the Kaipara valley

The Kaipara river valley towards Helensville

Some plant that I still have not figured out what it is. But it's pretty.

It is unusual to have that much rain just over Christmas.

Cows get very excited in lots of grass

What a lovely sunrise over Auckland in the distance

The grass has grown, time to move the animals

Fresh spring fern leaf unrolling down in our bush strip

Found this Praying Mantis on our gumboot holder, eating a wasp

Down at the pond

Sunset over the hills with the pond in the lower part

Sunset over Woodhill Forest

We have a smallish strip of bush that we try to keep weet and non-native free

What an awesome light tonoight in the valley. The low sun in still touching some areas and others not.

Spring has sprung but temporarily left us. Only 5 deg this morning.

Summer and all went dry

Sunset over the Waimauku Hills