Happy New Year!

1 January 2018
beach, coast, family, muriwai, people, silver, surf

Woken up to the meowing of hungry Silver, the cat, to a quiet world outside other than the sound of the West Coast surf breaking on Muriwai Beach over the hills in the distance. People all asleep.

Happy New Year to everyone.

Good bye, sweet summer

19 March 2024
bbq, family, farm, food, friends, land, landscape, weather

Summer has come to an official end, and one can tell. The nights are getting colder, the fog in the morning gets more, although beautiful to watch.

Summer greetings

16 January 2024
bbq, family, farm, food, friends, land, landscape, weather

Half of January is over, and you be wondering what we have been up to.

Welcome to 2024

2 January 2024
family, farm, friends, land, scenery, weather

Bring on the challenges, 2024. It won’t always be easy, there may be hard work, there may be tears, but we will grow stronger together.

Spring made space for Summer

15 December 2023
bonfire, family, farm, fire, outdoor, scenery, sun, weather

Spring came and went, Summer took over without much changing. It’s still raining every other day and the sun shines intermittently. But on the bright side that has made all the grass grow.

Our 2023 Newcomer calves

11 August 2023
animals, calves, caramello, caramilk, family, farm, feeding, rescue

When our son did a placement on a nearby dairy farm during calving season, they forgot to book a calf for the bobby truck. That was the beginning of Caramel’s story.

Fly free Ziggy Stardust

19 April 2023
animals, background, cats, content, death, family, farm, ziggy

Last night we said goodbye to our much-loved cat Ziggy Stardust. She fell aslep amidst her cat and human family, not to wake up anymore.