Wild4eva

This morning, when I woke up, the rain was pouring down and it seemed a good idea to snuggle under the covers until daylight! So I did. With the light of day the heavy rain stopped and it was only light showers after I went out. I let the dogs off, fed the goats, horse…

On the Southern boundary of our property is a Paper Road that goes along the True Right of the Mokihinui River, from the bridge to some paddocks. We have an access to the track from our place and it’s a nice walk. I’ve been sitting around for more than I’m used to for 10 days…

Picture this … fading evening light, mountain bike, hill, acceleration, dog, Mmmm, not a pretty picture, but never-the-less an actual happening and now I’m at’ home for a bit’ recovering from concussion and nursing fractured ribs. (The dog is fine and suffered no trauma or injury). I’m over the worst of it now – just…

This morning was one of those days where staying in bed was quite a nice option. That is until the dogs start barking because they want to get out of their kennels. So … with some level of reluctance I got up and headed out – might I say while the rest of the household…

Well. here we are again – in lockdown. The entire country of New Zealand has been closed down by our government as the ‘Delta variant’ of Covid-19 spreads it’s way through sectors of some communities. Down here in the South Island, there are no known cases, so ‘we’ are ever hopeful levels will change for…

It’s raining tonight. I’ve been out and shut the chickens in their house for the night. Snug and warm with good perches to roost and dry straw on the ground. Holly the horse has her cover on and has been put in the goat paddock. She’s busy munching on the hay the goats left, (they…

This is my first write for 2021. I thought I’d get on-to-it much sooner than this but busy life-style and procrastination have been at work! As I write this my family is in bed sleeping and I’m still up because I’m making cheese. A lesson that I’ve learned the hard way; cheese making cannot be…

We have had a couple of heavy frost lately. We don’t get that many here, but oh boy do you know when they arrive! It’s crisp and it’s icy and pretty cold! We are pretty fortunate that our fire goes all night, although I generally top it up in the wee hours. Early morning I…

It’s been quite some time since I sat at my computer to write on my blog page. To be fair, I thought that with life regaining some semblance of normality and with the drop in Covid-19 alert levels, the number of people reading my blog page would drop significantly. I have therefore been very surprised…

I’m not really a royalist, but every Queen’s birthday weekend I heartily say, “God bless the Queen!” as I enjoy a long weekend in her honour! I mean I do admire the queen, I guess her life is one of privilege, but it’s also one of service and public scrutiny. I’m happy and content in…