It was another mini milestone this week with the arrival of some autumnal colour at last. This was in the shape of our first delivery of trees – 42 in all – about 50% of the first tranch of planting to be done.It was quite a sight to see the HGV delivery... There are thousands of Brits here in NZ adopting life kiwi style. Many are avid bloggers so there are plenty of sites to choose from. Here’s one I found recently which really chimed with my thinking Brit in the Boonies. Check out the archives on the right to... When I was a kid I always used to be slightly embarressed that my father was capable of over engineering most things. For example, we couldn’t just have a rubbish bin – it had to be a grit bin which was one of the products that we manufactured in the... It’s going to be a lazy today in honour of my birthday. It will be minimal chores and hopefully time doing things that I wouldn’t normally do.Although our morning routine didn’t change that much I did manage to open my pressies before having to get... It’s been months since I started my search for a fencer and after a couple of false starts with two people I finally found a fencing contractor that would come to take our hard earned cash.Hugh and his mate finally turned up a week late but in a few short hours... 