Everyone is arriving!

I thought this picture summed up well how things are around here right now.  Wet, muddy and ducks have arrived.  Yes, it’s raining again.  Really raining. Some parts of New Zealand have had 3 months rain in two days.  That’s pretty wet in...

Storm recovery continues

Here’s a view I see daily on my commuter run.  It’s the view from the Maymourn station.  You get some amazing mists across the valley but the purpose of this picture is to show you more of the storm damage. Now look close.  On the top of the hill, a...

So, what do you recommend for me?

Our water table flowed over again today.  Yes, frankly a miserable cloudy rainy day.  I have however come to accept that there is no point pining for a long walk with the dogs in the spring or for the gorse to have dried out sufficiently to burn.  Nor that...

The five ring circus at it’s best!

I was contemplating a post about the Olympics which has been capturing our attention for the last two weeks.  Forming thoughts about the medal winners, the ceremonies, the spectacles, the glories. Every time I think of the Olympics, I also recall the nightmare of my...

A bitter sweet tale to end the week

We get very few visitors.  It’s not that we don’t have friends on neighbours to call it’s just so darn far for most people to come and for our neighbours they are engrossed in their own piece of paradise to be bothered with us. Imagine the...