Here are some pictures taken this morning. The early spring mornings here are foggy and cold but beautiful. You can discover glazed spiderwebs in the fences, the semi-wild ducks coming over asking for breakfast and the horses looking out for you.
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June 2, 2021
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A few days ago there was finally a window with no rain and a bit of time, so managed to fill 4 feed bags with pine cones. Pine cones are excellent fire starters, full of resin and a rather large surface, thus burn really well, long and hot.
Riverhead Forest
May 27, 2021
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Riverhead Forest is an urban forest, much enjoyed by the locals for dog walking, trail running, mountainbiking, motocross and horse
Seasons: Bye Summer, hello Autumn
April 16, 2021
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The seasons are changing. Summer went and Easter and Autumn came around. We have been starting to prepare for winter to come.
Muriwai beach walk
April 1, 2021
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A walk on our local backyard beach, Muriwai Beach. Home to a gannet colony and lovely black sand with beautiful sunsets across the ocean.
Making quills out of duck feathers
February 6, 2021
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We created quills out of some duck feathers. They have the big advantage that the quill is actually pretty long already. Still not long enough to actually handle them properly though. Shaved some of the vane off and it was much better.
Life is slowing down
December 26, 2020
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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.
All at Pukeatua Farmstay wishing you a lovely and relaxed time and a Happy New 2021. May it bring prosperity and happiness.
