Getting closer

12 January 2016
building, house, night, vet

Yay, we are getting closer.

Yesterday the electrician finished his work and it’s great to have lights everywhere to work even longer to get all finished. The floors have been sanded, all walls painted, the bed in the guest bedroom is up and has been tested and found good. No cost spared, a good quality IKEA solid timber bed with drawers. Head piece to arrive in a week or so. We have bought new duvets, cushions and covers.

The vanities were finished last night and the plumber is expected today to finish all plumbing, then we will have working bathrooms too.

Vanity top in the making: Made from old Australian railway sleepers. We love recycling and UPcycling.

Now only doors and trims left to be done.

Mixed bag weather – it must be spring

11 September 2023
animals, cold, dry, farm, mud, nature, night, outdoor, rain, sun, weather

September came and marked the beginning of spring. Two days prior however it was the coldest night of the year with frost on the car windscreen.

February was more exciting than needed

1 March 2023
animals, cats, cylone, farm, fire, flooding, house, land, life, mud, muriwai, people, rain, rusty, valley, weather, winter, ziggy

February was thought to finally bring summer. What it brought instead was more rain – and storm.

Advent, advent

4 December 2022
christmas, event, family, forest, grass, house, kids, land, objects, outdoor, people, scenery

This year marks the first time that it was not us adults doing the wreath but our daughter herself with only very little guidance.

A goat ending story

30 September 2022
accident, animals, family, farm, goats, la, life, rusty, scenery, vet

How do you transport a goat that does not want to lay down, is somewhat hyperactive (on three legs) and takes interest in everything?

Nature has decided it’s spring

1 September 2022
birds, cats, cheeky, dry, ducklings, ducks, eggs, farm, feed, flooding, goats, horses, mud, nature, night, rain, rescue, sun, twi, water, weather, winter

Apart from the usual winter farm activities, there has not been much exciting stuff happening. It’s been a typical winter with lots of rain, lots of mud but rather warm in comparison. It looks like nature has decided that it is spring.

Ducks for bug control

14 August 2022
animals, cayuga, ducks, farm, garden, house, outdoor, plants

Today, we made an attempt of getting the ducks out of the duck run and into the garden for some bug and snail control. They were not too keen to get out and needed convincing, some of them we simply had to literally throw out.