Posts for Landscape

Not that we lost winter in a hole, but the valley got so soggy over the years that we used the still good autumn weather to dig drainage in preparation for the wet winter time.

The last bit of rain has been some time ago and the weather forecast shows no rain for the next two weeks.

We made use of the long weekend – yes, it’s Auckland Anniversary weekend – and did some farm maintenance.

Merry Christmas to everyone. Its been pretty wet all of yesterday and this morning the valley greets us with a bit of ponding water.

We had a few hours of exploring our little bush strip in the gully.

Spring is in the air. The weather is getting warmer, so I did my walk down into the valley to check the water supply to the troughs, checked all fences and gates.

The early spring mornings here are foggy and cold but beautiful.

When I was taking my little girl across the road to the school bus stop, I spotted a big fat bird in the tree that was watching me: A Kererū.

Winter seem to have finally arrived. Frosty moorings with frozen grass. The was ice on the digger seat!

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

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