You know summer is on it’s way when the slip and slide comes out and Pica and Luca hit the slope 🙂 The day of the Art Parade the weather was not quite as nice, but still the kids had a great time and loved displaying all they had made… Luca’s birthday was this week, …

In a couple of weeks this gorgeous boy is 12! How did that happen?!!!! Just seems like yesterday he was this size…. It has been a busy few weeks. Halloween was fun, Luca and his mates had a great time. It is really nice for Luca that they do it, was such a big highlight …

We started Luca off early in his exposure to biking. First we had a chariot carrier when he was a baby. I used to tow it behind the bike for his afternoon nap. It was also great in winter as could replace the wheels with skis…. Then we got a bike that hooked onto the …

Fourteen years ago today Rich and I got married! We had met 10 months earlier in Peru. The photo to the left is our wedding day, and to the right we are in the ruins of Machu Picchu. We had spent 4 days hiking up that mountain, getting to know each other on the way, …

School holidays are here! Lots of things planned 🙂 Yesterday parents were invited to the school to see what the kids had produced for “art week”. It was really wonderful to see what they all had been doing, kids so excited to show off their skills 🙂 Here is Luca’s contribution to the exhibition… Last …

It has been a year since we moved into this place and Pica arrived in NZ. A lot has happened in that year for us, and the whole world! Pica very content here, life for her really could not get any better 🙂 When we moved in last year the Magnolia tree was beginning to …

This was taken this morning by a local resident as the sun rose in Port. My photo below, taken from our front door, pales in comparison as I tired to capture it, it was truly spectacular, we have been having a few like this lately, it is such a wonderful way to enter the new …

Well COVID has returned to NZ 🙁 So far it is has only been found in the North Island. Auckland is now on level 3 lock down and here in the South Island we are at level 2. Level 2 gives us quite a bit of freedom, the kids are still in school and shops …

Spring is on the horizon , you can feel it in the air, see it in the bulbs poking their heads through the ground and buds breaking out on the trees. Even some early flowering…. The above flowers were picked at Long Beach on this amazing day! There have been spectacular sunrises , turning into …

The beginning of the holidays was very wet, the snowdrops which are prolific over our property, are starting to flower, they are loving the rain. The Science Festival is held all over Dunedin, different institutions take part, the museum being one. We took Luca and Olivia for the day. First we saw a documentary on …