Category: Winter

NZ Week- Art and Gardens of Nelson, NZ

Art, Gardens and the Farmers’ Market of Nelson, NZ Sunday- Rarangi Beach Monday-Blenheim Wineries and Gardens Tuesday-Totaranui and Abel Tasman Nat’l Park Wednesday-Birds of Abel Tasman Thursday- Nelson, New Zealand Friday- Picton and the Marlborough Sounds Saturday-The Plants of New Zealand Nelson, New Zealand, lies on the southern shore of Tasman Bay, at the northern…

wordless whistling wednesday- Wild birds of NZ

New Zealand Week Sunday- Rarangi Beach Monday-Blenheim Wineries and Gardens Tuesday-Totaranui and Abel Tasman Nat’l Park Wednesday-Birds of Abel Tasman Thursday- Nelson, New Zealand Friday- Picton and the Marlborough Sounds Saturday-The Plants of New Zealand Bellbird Tui Wood Pigeon Weka Pukeko Non native stoats, a weasel-type animal, rats, weasels, possums, cats and hedgehogs prey on…

NZ Week- Tuesday – Totaranui and Abel Tasman Nat’l Park

Sunday- Rarangi Beach Monday-Blenheim Wineries and Gardens Tuesday-Totaranui and Abel Tasman Nat’l Park Wednesday-Birds of Abel Tasman Thursday- Nelson, New Zealand Friday- Picton and the Marlborough Sounds Saturday-The Plants of New Zealand Totaranui Forest Natives Totaranui is a dreamy beach area, golden sand and clear water, located in Abel Tasman National Park. Abel Tasman was…

Christmas Day Dawn

5:30 am- After making the coffee and finishing up last night’s dishes and the family sleeps, turned around to see the sky lit up with red, …another brilliant sky for Christmas Day dawn. Grabbed the camera and bounded up the hill to photograph it over the house and over the goat shed. Not feeling the…

Snow days

The recent snow we’ve had this Thanksgiving, as seen in the blog header, reminds me of our first snow…. From March 2006: Pictures tell the story of our first snow here. We’ve been in the new house for 4 months, and this snow, about 8 inches is our first experience ‘living’ in snow country.  Now, the…