The first duck eggs

21 July 2018
breakfast, eggs, kids

Yesterday Jolan came back with the first duck eggs. What a proud moment for the girl.
And this morning she had one for breakfast.
How was it: “Yummy”, says Jolan

Advent, advent

4 December 2022
christmas, event, family, forest, grass, house, kids, land, objects, outdoor, people, scenery

This year marks the first time that it was not us adults doing the wreath but our daughter herself with only very little guidance.

Nature has decided it’s spring

1 September 2022
birds, cats, cheeky, dry, ducklings, ducks, eggs, farm, feed, flooding, goats, horses, mud, nature, night, rain, rescue, sun, twi, water, weather, winter

Apart from the usual winter farm activities, there has not been much exciting stuff happening. It’s been a typical winter with lots of rain, lots of mud but rather warm in comparison. It looks like nature has decided that it is spring.

Winter Solstice & Matariki

26 June 2022
background, box, christmas, content, cooking, ducks, eggs, family, farm, feed, goats, horses, la, land, nature, rats, scenery, shearing, sun, sunset, trapping, twi, weather, winter

The weather has turned from somewhat wet and warm to rather wet and cold. The horses have been rugged up just like the goats. The rodent infestation has become noticeable, so we started putting up more traps on top of the traps and bait stations we already had.

Summer has gone and Easter has come

24 April 2022
background, box, content, detail, eggs, event, family, farm, fog, forest, grass, kids, land, nature, outdoor, people, picnic, places, rain, scenery, sea, tree, winter

Within days, the hot summer weather had moved on and made space for moderate temperatures with rain and fog.

Springtime again and lovely weather

26 September 2021
box, eggs, farm, flowers, friends, insect, land, nature, outdoor, rain, rusty, scenery, winter

It’s so nice to get outside between rain break. The weather has been warming up over the the last days and we are getting 20 deg during the day.

Water everywhere – in the midst of winter

24 July 2021
box, cats, cooking, ducks, eggs, fog, food, garden, horses, house, people, tree, water, weather, winter

It’s been rather wet, foggy and cold in the last couple of days. The cats spent more time inside and expressing a form of cabin fever when awake but they are mostly asleep.The horses are asking for more food, the chickens are hiding in their house and the ducks – well, the ducks are in their element.