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Large.
Yesterday, while R was having his head read I walked to this very tall landmark tree and back. ( he was having an MRI scan ) Having you head read is not a term much used now but my parents used to use...
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Now That's a Sweet Gift.
Yesterday our guest arrived with a 2 kg jar of his very own honey. He is learning bee keeping and has just 2 hives in Taranaki where he lives.The bees had been foraging on NZ native plants...
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Work and Play.
Yesterday I took a long walk around every part of our property. It took an hour and 10 minutes. Signs of Autumn on the path leading into the bush. ( The Flevo poplars are always the first to loose...
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Not For the Squeamish !
That's the thief. Caught by the lure of an apple inside our Timms Possum Trap. R has reset it using the same apple as it had only had time for one bite, and it's more than likely to have a friend....
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Storm Allows Sewing Time.
We got off pretty lightly with storm damage compared with other parts of the country - as " Lusi, " swept down New Zealand during the weekend. The second planting of sweet corn got trashed. The rest...
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Autumn Tasks.
Autumn is a busy time. For this little ant it means scurrying about eating honeydew or sweet nectar on Hoya bella.( click to enlarge. ) For these wasps on the grapes it means getting stuck in and...
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Processing Extra Produce and some Quilts.
Good Morning Bloggy Friends, especially Kelly, Jennifer, Sue, Maureen, Deb Thimbleanna and Isabelle. I do so appreciate your comments and the fact you pop in to say Hi. It's good to meet some new...
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April is Rushing By.
We were determined not to let the wasps get at all the grapes . This is the 3rd and last batch we juiced. We still have an embarrassment of feijoas some of which I am cooking and freezing. We eat them...
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Solutions.
After trying many different approaches to my fraying appliqué fabric I used what is called double appliqué. That is sewing reinforcing to the back ( with right sides together,) then turning the whole...
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The Fortunate One.
Earlier today we ( and most of NZ ) had quite a storm. High winds and rain going sideways.( this lawn is now littered with leaves and small branches. ) About 68 mls fell this morning.( after 37 during...
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Walnuts.
I didn't pick up fallen walnuts over the long weekend so yesterday it took a lot of bending to collect these. 2275 Leanne! ( that's 3416 so far this season. ) There are more to come, even though that...
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Luculia.
Our Luculia tree lures many different insect visitors, every year around this time and for the next few months, when it is in flower. Never before a Bluemoon butterfly ( known in Australia as the great...
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More Butterflies.
I haven't send the male Blue moon butterfly again but I did get to track down a female nearby and some other NZ butterflies. I found this female Blue moon up in the park behind us. It was with lots of...
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Progress !
My little blocks for a baby quilt are now a quilt top at the flimsy stage. It is lying on the table over a rectangle of batting and also backing fabric and won't take my long to pin baste later. I...
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Kiwifruit Picking 2014.
The weather on Friday for our Kiwifruit picking was clear and bright. Here forklift driver Josh unloads empty bins to put the fruit in. The load out area is busy all day with new supplies of empty bins...
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Kiwifruit Being Packed.
This is a tray of big kiwifruit which all weigh between 151 to 180 grams. There are 22 in the tray. Here's how the process goes. In my last post about picking there were photos of bins of fruit...
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From Here South.
I'll be a bit quiet this week as we are having a holiday. Today we fly from Tauranga airport ( above ) via Auckland to Nelson at the top of the South Island ( of New Zealand. ) The weather forecast is...
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Top of the South ( Is. )
Nelson in the South Island of New Zealand was our first stop. Lots of lovely places to visit here. All side by side are the Suter Art Gallery, Queen's Gardens (park ), the Huangshi Chinese garden and...
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Vineyards, Art and Aeroplanes.
This was the only bad weather day we had but the colours still shine through. There a vineyards everywhere around Nelson, Blenheim and the Wairau Valley. The ends of the rows here have I think Cherry...
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Lochmara and Picton.
Sometimes just talking to folk presents some lovely surprises, as was the case when our waitress suggested to us there was a lovely place in the Sounds called Lochmara to visit, if we were spending...
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