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The sign I had commissioned for our front door area arrived, and we are very happy with it. It was made in the North Island, in a tiny little village that I spent a lot of time in as a child, I lived in the neighboring village ,(even tinier), for a little while. I recognized …

It is a gorgeous autumn early morning here, the sun is still rising, I have just come up from feeding the chooks and letting them out, they eat and head to the orchard for the day. I love this time of the year here in Otago, and when I come up the hill to this …

The apple and blackberry pie turned out well… Luca’s homeroom has regular “Cake Friday’s” so he and Rich have been practicing for when it is his turn to take one in. This one lasted about 2 seconds…. They are baking again today….. Good thing with all the goodies we are doing lots of exercise. A …

It seems a long time since our time in Nelson! So much has happened in the last month. Luca started high school last week, such a big milestone! It only seems like yesterday he started school, oh my heart …. He spent January, thanks to Rich, at the beach, mountain biking, having sleepovers in the …

We are back from our hike and had a wonderful time. The rest of Boxing day was spent keeping cool on the slip and slide…. and fooling around on the go cart 🙂 We had a long drive ahead of us the next day so were all up early and on the road by 9am. …

Wow here we are at Christmas!!! It is Boxing Day here in NZ and a glorious one, such a lovely way to greet the new day, blue and sunny. This month went faster than last, if that were even possible. The beginning saw Luca have his 13th birthday! It was a school day so the …

Well here we are at the end of November don’t know what happened to this month, it disappeared in a flash! Spring is turning into summer, plants that I planted last year are in full bloom this year… We are eating daily from the vege garden, there has been mixture of rain and hot sunny …

We got back last weekend from our bike trip around Central Otago, the hills are covered in in wild Thyme and the smell permeates everything, the scent will always remind me of this trip. We had such a wonderful time and were so so lucky with the weather. It was a road trip to get …

Wow it has almost been a month since my last post, how did that happen!?!!!!! I was only able to see urgent patients during the first part of lock down, but was able to open up to non emergencies on the 8th of September, and has meant a high influx of patients in both my …

We have continued on with the landscaping projects, with a little help from the girls… Lunch always a highlight of the day 🙂 Luca making the most of the slippery conditions…. He and I finally got around the planting the avocados that Rich grew from seed over the last year or so, they are a …