Today was a day for the reds! It’s interesting how quickly the Entomola hochstetteri (blue mushrooms) have become so common! I have had so many people message me saying they would love to see one, and here was I hungry for another colour. I think there is a message about human nature in there!! Anyway…

My day started off so well. I was out having a wonderful walk along our loop track with the dogs. Laurie had done some scrub cutting to get the gorse off the side of the track, so I was pretty keen to check out what he had been up to. Pretty impressive!!! After joining back…

I can’t believe what a stunner of a day we have had. Honestly there wasn’t a cloud in the sky until early afternoon and even then it was only the odd puffy white cumulus. I had a real spring in my step when I went out this morning. The dogs and I set off along…

I’m starting backwards tonight! Twice each year for about three weeks the sun sets directly in the gap between the hills on each side of our view to the sea. Tonight’s sunset was not disappointing in its grandioseness. I stood out on our deck and took a photo every 15 minutes until the sun was…

Today dawned grey and cool. Autumn is definitely here. I find myself wearing a woolen jumper and a beanie. The weather forecast is for rain and as I write this in the evening, it has come. Sou’westerly across our front deck. I’m glad to have the fire lit and a pot of soup cooking over…

I’ve decided to try and keep a bit of a record of life while under the new rules of alert level 4. Basically this means staying home . I am really blessed to live in a beautiful place; fresh air, natural surroundings, birds, farm animals and no close neighbours. I’m at home with my husband…

We don’t get away very often. That’s the joys of being animal owners, with this time of year being especially busy. Both of us work long hours and we have commitments in our community most weekends and Kayden has his needs too. This past weekend though we were able to arrange a night away ……

The call came through on a Friday. I was sitting lazily by a river in the sun, watching white bait. It was one of those warm and dreamy Spring days and I was feeling sleepy, contented and pleased with life. Then my phone rang … ” Lynne, can you and Mica help us next week?…

I thought keeping a blog would be easy. I mean I’m a word person and I really like to write. I think my life is interesting and that other people would be keen to read about it and well … I’m happy to share. I didn’t allow, in my dream state, for all the everyday…

One of the exciting aspects of my job is that I have the privilege to go places that the public are often unable to access. The Oparara is a very public place with great information boards, toilets and many tracks for all levels of walking. The bird life is abundant and the bush green and…