It’s a really really big one this time!

New Zealand is currently being bashed about by a massive sub-tropical cyclone.  This is bringing floods, destruction to power lines on top of the usual chilling misery of winter.  Fortunately for us the worst of the weather is further north but nevertheless it feels...

The power of blogging – you simply must believe me!

Just over an hour ago I posted a blog entry that has change the world I live in.  I don’t mean in an earthshattering way – Oh OK, I do. You simply must believe what happened – I’m an honest girl, honest! To find out the power of blogging you...

It sucks being a chicken

Look an egg in our chickens’ nesting box.    Ha, had you fooled eh?! I’m not fooling the chickens either.  This is one of the “pretend” eggs that we’ve put in to try and persuade them to produce something similar.  We wouldn’t...

It sucks being a chicken (part 2)

UPDATE – UPDATE – UPDATE Around half an hour after I posted part one of this blog you’ve never heard such a commotion in the chicken run.  It made the dogs go crazy, even the dogs in the neighbours barking too.  On investigation I found George...

4 layers of clothing

The New Zealand Met Service are advising people to wear at least 4 layers of clothing tonight to protect themselves from the storms facing Wellington with windchill factors that make an 8 degrees temperature feel more like 2 degrees. I know but I can’t help it,...