Sunday, November 30, 2014

Day 334 of 365

The annual district bike ride; fundraiser event for the local primary school.
(Yes you can tell this section is through our place, with the burnt bush and the new fence!)
About 280 riders, about 30 kms long, through about 6 properties, takes them about an hour to get around the course.
Spot the sharp bend, they really had to slow down for that one!
See you tomorrow,
Raewyn.

Day 333 of 365

Katie Cat waiting for her tea/dinner/supper!!!
See you tomorrow,
Raewyn.

Saturday, November 29, 2014

Day 332 of 365

The aftermath of our Mystery Christmas Project night at work.
Lots of fun :-)
See you tomorrow,
Raewyn.

Thursday, November 27, 2014

Day 331 of 365

Magical Mystical Morning
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Raewyn.

Day 330 of 365

Happy herd in a fresh paddock after the afternoon's milking.
See you tomorrow,
Raewyn.

Tuesday, November 25, 2014

Day 329 of 365

Gardening Day - with the help of a friendly neighbour :-)
See you tomorrow,
Raewyn.

Monday, November 24, 2014

Day 328 of 365

Love seeing the new fruit forming - Apples.
See you tomorrow,
Raewyn.

Sunday, November 23, 2014

Day 327 of 365

My girls will be so happy to see we have a good amount of blossom on the Feijoa trees :-) Oh so Yummy!
See you tomorrow,
Raewyn.

Saturday, November 22, 2014

Day 326 of 365

More exploring through the scrub at the back of the farm. Going places we haven't been able to before.
See you tomorrow,
Raewyn.

Day 325 of 365

Our 1 sheep and the neighbour's 7 sheep going off to be shorn.
See you tomorrow,
Raewyn.

Friday, November 21, 2014

Day 324 of 365

My Country Garden :-)
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Raewyn.

Day 323 of 365

The flowering Cabbage Tree is a great sight at the moment.
See you tomorrow,
Raewyn.

Tuesday, November 18, 2014

Day 322 of 365

Remember last week when the bee man made a start on a track up through the bush?
Today a bulldozer came out to do more work on it.
As you can see, he didn't get very far... oh dear.
I think a bigger digger is needed to pull him out!
See you tomorrow, 
Raewyn.

Monday, November 17, 2014

Day 321 of 365

I don't normally post photos of things I don't like (read detest) but have decided to make an exception and put this photo up. In NZ we don't have many big pests (no foxes, cougars or other varmints!) but the Possom is a real menace in our forests eating native birds' eggs and browsing and destroying the trees.
This young marsupial must have left Mum and has found a home in an old barn. Of course the dog was very interested.
In spite of all the bush around us we don't have as many possoms as we could have but to me, one possom is one possom too many!
See you tomorrow,
Raewyn.

Day 320 of 365

I always think these Heron are out of place on farmland but they are pretty common!
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Raewyn.

Day 319 of 365

A 'Three in One' photo!
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Raewyn.

Day 318 of 365

Milky Mouth :-)
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Raewyn.

Thursday, November 13, 2014

Day 317 of 365

Attended YD's end of year exhibition (Year 3 Graphic design).
A bit of a tongue in cheek brand of tea!
See you tomorrow,
Raewyn.

Wednesday, November 12, 2014

Day 316 of 365

It was a bit of a dull and chilly day today but the sun came out just when I was looking for a photo op.!
I adore the colour of this rose; it just flowers once a year though but is well worth waiting for :-)
See you tomorrow,
Raewyn.

Tuesday, November 11, 2014

Day 315 of 365

At the back of the main farm, up into the hills of the Maori land, where a mulcher made a track  for the Bee Man to place more hives.
The skyline in the distance should be level so it shows the angle the 'new track' actually is! (And why I was walking!)(And why we couldn't ride all the way up)
He may need to bring up a bulldozer to work the track so that a truck laden with hives can actually get up there.
You can just see some crop paddocks (brown) and the house and sheds, then the road.
Sitting on top of the world :-)
See you tomorrow,
Raewyn.

Monday, November 10, 2014

Day 314 of 365

I love how the blossom and the fruit are on the Orange tree at the same time.
And Orange blossom smells gorgeous!
See you tomorrow,
Raewyn.

Day 313 of 365

Paihia, Northland.
Looks like summer is on its way!
See you tomorrow,
Raewyn.

Day 312 of 365

A lovely day for a wedding.
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Raewyn.

Day 311 of 365

A nice start to a weekend away, a lovely day and a bit of coastal company.
See you tomorrow,
Raewyn.

Day 310 of 365

The Beeehives arrived during the night. This morning the bees were buzzing around getting orientated.
The Manuka, which makes great honey, is just starting to flower.
See you tomorrow,
Raewyn.

Wednesday, November 5, 2014

Day 309 of 365

DH was happy to have some Tuatua for lunch today, thanks to a kind neighbour who'd been to the ocean.
I'm happy for him to have them all - too much sand for me!
See you tomorrow,
Raewyn.

Day 308 of 365

More of those ducks. Not sure where the protective parents were this time!
See you tomorrow,
Raewyn.

Monday, November 3, 2014

Day 307 of 365

Joanne, you asked me once about the flowers on a Banana plant.
Our plants got frosted this winter so the fruit hasn't really developed but this seems to be the flower... I've never quite worked it out but the fruit appears with this flower contraption under it. The red leathery 'things' open out to expose the yellow flowers.
A little strange!

See you tomorrow,
Raewyn.

Day 306 of 365

Shifting the yearlings... hard to believe that this time last year we were weaning these.
This time next year we will be milking them!
See you tomorrow,
Raewyn.

Sunday, November 2, 2014

Day 305 of 365

I took this photo by accident, but am pretty pleased with how it turned out!
I've been busy watching the ducks; a family of them who are pretty upset with the paddocks being worked up. They've been
flying around honking and giving us a good telling off for disrupting their life!
The six youngsters were out for a walk on the track just below the house. A minute later there was a very loud honk from Mother Duck warning them that I was running around with my camera and they all flew off!
See you tomorrow,
Raewyn.

Saturday, November 1, 2014

Day 304 of 365

Still cant quite get used to the landscape even though the fire was 9 months ago!
These calves are having their final milk feed before we take them 'out the back' for weaning.
See you tomorrow,
Raewyn.

Day 303 of 365

The ripping begins.
After spraying out the crop paddocks, the rippers are put through. Tomorrow we can plough it all up.
We'll be planting Turnips for summer feed.
These paddocks were affected by the floods in July and August so will benefit from fresh pasture.
See you tomorrow,
Raewyn.