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Beautiful weather and no rain in sight

6 February 2019
dry, family, friends, house, land, rain, valley, water, weather

The last bit of rain has been some time ago and the weather forecast shows no rain for the next two weeks.

Maintenance day

26 January 2019
family, farm, food, joey, kids, land, mud, naughty, picnic, tree, valley

We made use of the long weekend – yes, it’s Auckland Anniversary weekend – and did some farm maintenance.

After the storm: Back online

14 April 2018
ducks, event, family, fire, food, friends, house, kau, land, life, night, people, rain, tree, water

The storm that hit us last Tuesday evening with wind speeds of more than 200km/h (Manukau Heads) left us without power and internet and only limited cell phone coverage. Power was restored yesterday afternoon, 3 days later.

Finally rain!

20 December 2017
animals, christmas, garden, grass, land, rain, sea, water, weather

This year, the nice, hot weather started already mid November and by now, we had no rain for 5 weeks and all local water carriers are booked out until end of January. Finally we had some rain and that filled the tank almost up again so we can enjoy the festive season finally without worrying.

Busy weekend

9 April 2017
animals, dry, food, grass, land, rain, rusty, shady, shelter, sun, sunset, waimauku, winter

After the rainy weekend we got busy outside again. Saturday we weeded the paddock and sowed new grass plus added fertiliser. Sunday we got the concrete mixer out and got builders mix and cement from Waimauku Landscape supplies to pour concrete into the animal shelter.

Springtime evening view

10 September 2016
garden, land, night, sun, sunset

This is the view from the guest lounge tonight. I had to share this. What a beautiful spring day we had today. Picked up old posts that we will turn into garden planter walls and landscape features then moved the alpacas around the paddocks and had a lovely afternoon tea on the deck in between. I so love spring.

Finally winter – cold nights

3 July 2016
feed, land, night, sea, valley, winter

I love the seasons and their distinctive differences. Autumn with its colours and now winter with their crisp, cold and blue mornings. I went down the valley this morning to feed the cows and alpacas. We feed they hay to warm them up and they love it. Took some pictures on they way. The alpacas greeted me with frost on their backs. What a lovely cold morning.

Winter weather

26 June 2016
land, rain, scenery, sun, weather, winter

This is a picture I have just taken from the deck just after a big downpour. Still raining but what a scenery. Shows that the landscape is beautiful even in bad weather, but then, what is bad…

Up and out early

5 February 2016
land, nature, sun, sunrise

I love it to be up early when nature wakes up. The air is clean and fresh, energizing. And you are rewarded with a stunning sunrise.

Our bobby calves are growing

8 October 2015
farm, grass, land, life, nature, outdoor, scenery

Bobby calves are growing and enjoying life

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