Happy New Year Everyone! 2025 here we come 😊 This was taken on Xmas Eve, we were out for a hike in the morning before Luca headed off to Lemon’s. So nice to have an updated family photo, it had been way too long! 🙂 Christmas came and went in a flash. Pica,(below), is staring …

Wow this year has gone fast. Hard to believe a year has passed since we were in Canada for last Xmas! Summer is off to a good start with breakfasts on the deck.. Rich makes a mean English breakfast ! The flowers are from my colleagues at work, they are so beautiful and the fragrance …

This is the view from our kitchen window, at the end you can see a rose beginning to bloom… Now called, Jen’s Rose, it was given to us in her memory when she died. It is Jen’s birthday in a few days, it has reliably burst into flower at this time of the year since …

Our little harbour, it still takes my breathe away that we live here 🙂 It is the last day of November, how the heck did that happen?! Last time I wrote we were heading to Halloween! They celebrated well! Luca, Lemon, (Luca’s girlfriend), and their friends put it on in an old abandoned house, such …

Sofie and Secret waiting for their treats, patiently peering in the front door until I give in 🙂 What a difference a couple of weeks make. Weather has been lovely and the ground is drying out at last! I was so over the mud everywhere!!! Theses two find the sun and make the most of …

It is has been a grim few days. This region of NZ has had a deluge of rain with floods and slipping closing off the city in all directions. The road we usually use to get into town is still closed, slipping onto there has been massive. This place not far from us, set up …

Our front gate sign is up, Rich did a wonderful job as usual, it is the perfect welcome to the property! It is a year this month since we moved into the house extension, and 5 years since we moved onto the property. Having other rooms has changed things so much, sometimes we don’t know …

It has not been a very cold winter overall. We have only had 2 frosts on the property so far and they only came this month, no snow at our place at all. I like a good couple of frosts, cleanses the ground in preparation for the spring and looks so pretty. Last year my …

The train trip was amazing! We had a lovely day leaving from Dunedin station. The building is so spectacular! They spent months renovating it, at last all the scaffolding has come off to show it in all her glory. It was really interesting going through areas of Dunedin and surrounds that you cannot drive by …

Rich, Pica and I went hiking yesterday. We walked the Cedar Creek Bullock Track then climbed Mt Cutten. It was a spectacular day! We were pleased we took time out from chores around the property to do it, sometimes that never ending list just needs taking a break from! Here are a few pics from …