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 …

This year Luca is not in school uniform. We are an op shop family as most of you know, (thrift store), rarely buying new if we can help it. These days secondhand shopping is really thriving; vintage or retro is sought after. Being a student town, these types of stores are plentiful and full of …

Midsummer brings with it happy, content, tubby animals and fruit, lots of fruit! Ahh Pica has really mastered the napping technique well. She has 3 beds like the above that she goes between during the day following the sun and desired outlook. After returning from our travels the weather was great for a while as …

Over this last week all the photos have come in from Luca’s travels. They are incredible, there are literally hundreds of them, I have tried to contain myself and not put them all on, here are some of my favourites… We asked Luca if he missed anything while on the boat, his response was he …

The bees are the busiest I have seen them. They won me some gardening vouchers recently, (a local competition), I will be rewarding them by buying more fruit trees, because who doesn’t need more fruit trees 🙂 Our buzzy friends continue to enable the vege garden to thrive, I am so appreciative, we are eating …