Birdies....

Whilst doing alot of pruning and hacking back foliage.. (Stuff grows really fast here.. I swear sometimes I can actually watch the grass grow.. its that fast!!!) We came across these chaps... Luckily we were only half way through sawing their branch so we've left them.. Looks like they could be leaving the nest in a short while!



Monday 26th October....

Snow on the Ranges...

Recently we had a large dumping of snow on the ranges around us....


We took the dogs out for a run at the beach... The kids had fun too!




We also spotted some cormorants sun bathing.... But we disturbed them and they flew off!

River...

We've had a lot of rain recently.... Took the dogs for a walk down by the river only we couldn't because the water was bank to bank...



A few days later .....

Fire Wood...

We ordered a load of fire wood for next years winter. It comes delievered by a mini dumper truck, the back tips up and out it comes. We ordered 3 cord! Never heard of that measurement before! It's up to us then to stack it in the wood shed... This order was for split pine(Softwood) as we still had some Gum (Hardwood) left over..

Logging!

Over the past few weeks there has been alot of activity on the land at the side of us and behind us... Several lorry loads of logs have gone...

Going up empty....!


Leaving fully loaded...

Moving House ......

Sometimes when someone says they are moving house..... They really are....!


And if the house is too big.....


Just chop it in half and stick it back together on it's new site!

Dan's new wheels....

After looking at several cars for Dan to learn to drive in, we've finally bought one. It's several years old and didn't cost too much, we wanted something that he could learn in and make a few mistakes before moving on to a newer more expensive car. Even though you don't have to have insurance here we have insured for 3rd Party, F&T. So at least if something does go wrong he is covered, however due to his age and driving experience the excess is $1000!!!!

Now for the bits'n'peices that don't mean much to me... It's a Mazda Astina, part of the 323 family, 1500cc 16V fuel injected, Twin Cam engine! It even has mags fitted (means alot here!!)




Learning to use a clutch!




He's booked in with a Driving Instructor for lessons now, so he learns the Kiwi way of driving...!