Hinterland

This is the native planting in the gap between our block and the next block with flax and toi toi flourishing.

The Winter Palace

Now that it's colder and damper, we've moved the rabbits around to the front of the house where they'll get more sunshine. Not sure if they've even noticed the change of the view!

Snail's Pace

It's so wet here that even the snails are trying to get to higher ground...

Toadstools

Hunters & Collectors III

Hunters & Collectors II

Hunters & Collectors I

I stayed on Cuba Street in Wellington this week and enjoyed browsing through the vintage shops including this great furniture store, Hunters & Collectors.

This is how our living room will look once I've spent more time (and money) on TradeMe...

Mushrooms IV

Mushrooms III

Mushrooms II

Mushrooms I

Chicken Run

Now that the rooster's voice has broken, we've evicted him and his brood.

We settled them into their new coop yesterday afternoon and will release them into their new run - constructed from bits and bobs from the farm shop and the back of the barn - as soon as they've learnt where home is.

Mousetrap!

Shamefully, when the draughtsman came to visit last week, the garage mouse showed himself. And then as we watched TV on Friday night, the living room mouse appeared. Something had to be done! And so a humane trap was purchased from the farm shop and we set it with a little morsel of Vogel bread.

It worked a treat and we had our first prisoner within just a few hours. He was an acrobatic little beast, running round and round the trap.



We took him up to the road to release him and then re-set the trap.



This little creature, rather more subdued, was found this morning, cowering in the corner.



How many more to come?