The last of sun-shiny summer?

Oreti The weather in Southland is becoming a little cooler in the evenings, a true sign autumn is here, but we still have super sunny days, which warm up nicely by mid afternoon, allowing me to still enjoy the beautiful countryside in just a T shirt.  Continue reading “The last of sun-shiny summer?”

Saving the wildlife, living the high life!

This week I have caught and rescued birds (from the clutches of my cats!) found where they hide proper English marmite here, made my first kiwi mince and cheese pie and posted off all my Christmas cards!

And that was before the end of the working week! Continue reading “Saving the wildlife, living the high life!”

Sunny Autumn sunrises, moon gazing and meals out

sunny main street on Friday! The weather has been a little better this week, some sunshine and warmth at last.

We decided to introduce the cats to the chickens in a deliberate fashion, prompted by the fact that one cat scaled the fence covered in chicken wire and jumped into the chicken coup area! Continue reading “Sunny Autumn sunrises, moon gazing and meals out”

Our first Regatta, don’t you know!!

inv rowing clubWe went down to an opening day at the club a something to do, trotted along to a few sessions, having never been in a boat before, then after only 6 visits, were thrown into a regatta!! It was great fun actually, here’s some video footage.

Enjoy.

I felt like a real high brow snob! hahahaha but in actual fact, everyone is really friendly and down to earth, just like Southland really! Continue reading “Our first Regatta, don’t you know!!”