Tag: 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
View across a lush green paddock with a house in the midground and sunset with lots of paddocks and forest behind in the background
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.
Pohutukawa tree with bright red flowers
The weather is getting warmer, the mud on the ground has disappeared, the grass has been growing lots, making animals and people are happy.
Cat sitting in front of empty bowl, looking up into the camera.
What can I say, the cats are special here. They are probably special everywhere, but I feel that we have an interesting mix of personalities. Especially Moonshine, he’s always good for entertainment.
Girl milking a goat into a glass bottle
We had flooding and cylones. The ducks have been the only very happy creatures but they turned their area into a slimy, muddy mess. Guess that sums up the last few months.
A bunch of alpacas, all but one thin necks and little bodies other than one brown alpaca in the front, being fluffy and puffy
The month is almost over and has been rather eventful. From rain to sunshine to torrential rain again and alpaca shearing in between.
Young girl sitting on timber deck surrounded by pieces of pine branches
This year marks the first time that it was not us adults doing the wreath but our daughter herself with only very little guidance.
Within days, the hot summer weather had moved on and made space for moderate temperatures with rain and fog.
Redish sunset over the hills turning the landscape red
We have not seen much rain in more than 2 months now but rather hot, sunny weather with wind. Both dries out the land, particularly the hillsides facing the Kaipara where the wind blows from and which the hot afternoon sun hits.
Person holding a rather fluffy alpaca head
Saturday was the day of the bi-annual alpaca maintenance
Two alpacas in thick green grass
The first days of summer greeted with a mixed bag of weather. The first day was coldish and still wet with quite some wind. But that all eased down on the second day which turned into a nice, dry and hot summer day featuring blue sky and green grass.
Nothing much really has happened over the last few weeks and hence our updates have been rather sparse. One thing did happen however: Think it really turned spring.