Makes a change from the rain to see snow on the hill peaks. It’s such a pity that this picturesque view comes with a biting southerly wind. And I mean biting. Winter does not official start until 1 June but it seems that the climate has disregarded that. ... There are some things that are best left to one’s imagination. Some things just don’t justify a photograph paraded on the Internet. Some things are intimate and private – even for a basset hound. See this paw – it’s clean, sparkly... This is a desperate attempt to convince myself that there is blue sky up there by capturing it in a photo. After all the misery brought by the recent rains I was beginning to doubt that we’d ever seen anything but rain clouds. I love this cloud formation... It wasn’t a surprise but it didn’t make the arrival of the big storm any easier to bear. The wind howled, the rain belted down and it all reaked havoc in the garden. It also led to another disturbed nights sleep. It’s a well known fact that a... A big storm is on it’s way. The Met Service warned “Severe gales are also expected to develop overnight about the Marlborough Sounds, Wellington, and Wairarapa, with gusts as high as 140 km/h expected in these areas. Gusts of this strength are likely to... 