Things have been moving at a pace – the engineer decided standard foundation piles were OK rather than driven ones. That will save a few $s and have meant things have speeded up. Now we just wait for the Council to inspect and then the foundations will get... The ground works contractors left site on Tuesday this week leaving the site pretty much as it was when we saw it last weekend. Except this time the mud has been baked and cracked in the sun. It feels frustrating for there to be no more progress whilst the sun has... It didn’t take long for us to start to introduce wildlife to our place in Kaitoke. Here are 12 hives of bees placed there by Al who is the husband of one of my work colleagues. With the large amout of Manuka amongst the bush on our land is ideal for the bees and... Wow, a new drive! Some solid ground to walk on (even if it is only the diggers parking lot). Hmm, not sure about this bit though – a quagmire of clay! Drive and build platform, now clearly defined. At least some of the garden is still intact. Well a girl needs... The indian summer we’ve been enjoying in New Zealand has come crashing to earth in the last couple of days with relentless rain and storms. MT went off to the badlands of Auckland yesterday and packed overnight requirements in case the gales forecast were too... 