I did something I wasn’t supposed to. I made another pile. Another pruning mountain. And we haven’t even finished dealing with the last Pruning Mountain, an ongoing feature of our backyard. Or the grapefruit pruning mountain… And if you’d like to know about our other piles too, there’s the demolition pile in the chicken pen, … More Confession Time
Since there were just too many good photos to fit in one blog post, here’s a second round of photos from our Christchurch holiday. Enjoy looking at them whilst I try to assemble a post about the masses of things we’ve been up to since we got back… Climbing on the Port Hills. Scrambling around … More More Photos of Christchurch
It was Anzac Day on Wednesday last week, the day that we remember those who fought in the wars. We were in Christchurch, and although we didn’t make it to a parade, we learnt a little about the wars from visiting the Air Force Museum of New Zealand as well as the Canterbury Museum. Our … More Lest we Forget
There had finally been a number of dry days in a row. The ground in a certain spot had dried out sufficiently. No more little pond, just a partially dug hole laced with large roots. Yesterday, I went down to the hole, the plum tree’s hole, and I hacked into it. After quite some time, … More In Which a Tree is Planted
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