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Eastern Rosella on the fence line

Life is slowing down

After being rather busy over the last week before Christmas with a film crew on site and the typical “everything needs to be finished by Christmas” work frantic, we are now all truly in holiday mode.

Charcoal cat awkwardly laying in drawer
It's typeof a box

Life has slowed down and there’s nothing much to do other than the few maintenance items around the place. Fixing and maintaining fences, fixing the odd bits that break down like the perch in the chook house that broken with a big bang last night – poor chicken.

And so we decided to just post a few pictures for general entertainment and to keep you all up to date.

Box living
Ziggy loves her boxes - a little more than our others. Any box does the job for her, even the game box.
Another one that likes boxes
Silver is checking out the games box too

All at Pukeatua Farmstay wishing you a lovely and relaxed time and a Happy New 2021. May it bring prosperity and happiness.

Dark skies at sunset
Dark skies at sunset with a view across the Kaipara valley
Ziggy having a break, too
Ziggy, our charcoal cat having a snooze
Moonshine enjoying the view
Moonshine loves the cat tree that Jolan made a few months ago
Our ducklings are growing
We had a few dozen ducklings this year as our ducks kept roaming the property - and the neighbours. New we have a fence and can control their movement better. So more eggs next year and probably less little fluffy furballs.

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Closeup of some flowers

Spring has arrived – with its usual mixed bag weather.

“If you don’t like the weather, just wait 5 minutes.” Spring came with beautiful warm and sunny days, storm, hail, rain and sunshine in between. It was cold and a few hours later warm again and vice versa.
Cows steaming in the cold air against the sunlight

Winter done and dusted

There was nothing extraordinary to write about this winter, really. It’s not been too wet and not too dry, neither too cold or too warm. We had a few frosty nights and a few pretty rainy days but all in all it was reasonably warm and okay from a mud perspective.

And just like that it’s winter again

Feels like summer was just happening. Winter started off beautifully with warm days and sunshine over the long King’s birthday weekend.

Sunshine, rain and lots of grass

The sun has been more prevalent and the odd shower has helped all plants to grow a lot. It’s nice to see so much fresh green in various shades
sunrays through pinetrees with a glimpse of blue sky through the trees

Springtime is here

The weather is getting warmer, and the days are stretching out longer, giving us more daylight to enjoy. The rain is slowly becoming less frequent, making way for sunnier skies.