At long last I’ve been able to record the Tuis feeding in our garden. My video camera has been sitting idle and gathering dust for many years so my movie making skills are a little rusty.
On my last outing with the old Sony, about 10 years back I fell into the Rangataiki river whilst en [...]
A little over a week ago I took a day out from my usual routine to visit the agricultural field days which take place at Mystery Creek just south of Hamilton. The last time I went was about six years ago, its a much bigger event now.
Nathan our eldest son took some time off [...]
Several days ago I made mention of how nice it was to see the remaining monarch butterflies finally emerging from their chrysalis’s.
My pleasure proved to be very short lived however as the following day the monarch that had been preparing to fly off into the big blue yonder was no more, sadly “it was dead”.
My [...]
Back on the 2nd May I made a comment that I thought the 12 or so Monarch chrysalis’s on our front deck would probably not survive due to the onset of winter. Over the last six weeks their colour hadn’t changed significantly plus recently we had a couple of severe frosts so I assumed they [...]
Rose says I spend so much time in the vegetable garden that next I’ ll be taking the kitchen sink out there.
Well guess what, that’s just what I’ve done!
When I spotted this sink on Trade Me a few weeks back I immediately began to visualize it on a stand in a corner of my [...]
One of the highlights of the Queens Birthday long weekend besides celebrating my birthday was some time I spent engaged in boisterous banter with some friendly Tuis.
Monday was a holiday but never the less I was up early as a busy day had been planed. For some months now I’ve been wanting to erect the [...]
