Unlike kiwi rail, summer has had the audacity to arrive early this year. When I opened the curtains this morning at 0600 the sun was already our to play shining across the tops of the mountains and making the herbs and salads in the potager glow. 1 December (tomorrow)... When it comes to antisceptics Germolene was always the coolest cream to have. Heaps better than Savlon. You see it was the pink colour I loved so much as a kid even if it did have a nausiating smell. Imagine my delight to come to New Zealand and find a fruit... Our rose garden is bursting into life with the promise of a blanket of colour over the next few weeks. One of the first to bloom was The Land Of The Long White Cloud. So very fitting given it’s kiwi heritage. The old English roses are doing well and bring a... I heard on the radio that a long dry summer is predicted this year with above average temperatures and average or below rainfall. I haven’t stopped smiling since I heard this proclamation. I’ll take whatever good weather La Niña wants us to bear. ... Some time ago I entered a photograph of mine into the Wellington Photographic Society Digital Projection competition. I never expected in a million years to win but wanted to use the chance to get it critiqued. There were around 100 images in the competition so I... 