May and June are Rich and my birthdays, Rich baked me a cake, (delicious), he and Luca are so great at adding the little touches that hold special meaning for me ❤️❤️❤️ We had a combined celebration and went out for dinner and the movies. Luca had gone out to a board game night, we …

When I was in my 20’s and going through somewhat of an existential crisis, as a lot of us do at that age, I was reading vigorously, Jonathan Livingston Seagull, and everything of Paulo Coelho’s I could lay my hands on were piled up on my bedside table. Carrie Fishers sage advice of “feel the …

Love the reds in our gardens at this time of the year, absolutely gorgeous! Note the path along the top of the chook pen in the first photo, it is such a high traffic area and was looking very worse for wear. Rich has done a wonderful job, it feels much more stable and looks …

It has been great timing me being off work, the harvest and fall cleanup has happened on consecutive days and I have been lucky enough for them to be amazing ones☀️️! They are the type of days when I am outside all day and come inside at night feeling sore from all the physical work, …

At this time of the year, it is dark when I leave home and dark when I return. I walk through the front door and without fail, exhale and relax. I am incredibly grateful for how this home came together from very humble beginnings and will never take for granted how lucky we have been, …

Rich is a Kiwi 🎉🙌🎊 We all now have dual passports making travel a whole lot easier. It’s taken a lot of time, paperwork and money but very happy to be at this point. We felt like this when I was able to get a Canadian one. Those of you who travel as a family …

The lemon tree continues to outdo herself… Rich was tasked with recipes that contained lemon. This lemon slice was DELICIOUS! So successful he made it twice 🙂 The bees have outdone themselves honey wise, one of the best in the area according to my “bee guy” so proud of them!!!!! I planted a lot more …

There was an English show when I was growing up called The Good Life, it was about a couple who started a wee farm in their suburban backyard, I loved it. The above scene reminds me of them; we have not got a lot of land but make the most of every square inch. I …

Rich’s brother (Chris) and wife (Dawn) have been visiting us from Canada. So wonderful to see them, it’s their first visit to NZ. There has been a variety of weather; sunny and blue, then torrential rain and wind, with weather warnings and devastation to further north. The summer has not been kind to the country …

There was much debate on their names on our way home with the boys. In honour of the recent watching of Pulp Fiction, we settled on Vincent and Jules. The 4-hour drive was SMELLY to say the least, and everyone was very pleased to get them out into the piglet pen. They will reside in …