That was the year that was...

Frog on the blog

When our water tanks were cleaned out last week, the technician found a live frog swimming around inside. So all our lovely country water was pumped out and the tanks scrubbed. Horrid old mains water was used to top them up again.

And earlier this week, J found a frog hopping around the perimeter of our house - looking for a way back in? Hopefully not...

Shots of Suburbia 3

Shots of Suburbia 2

Shots of Suburbia 1

Now that we've moved back to our rural idyll, I thought I'd post a few shots of our adopted neighbourhood from the last six months.

One of the things that I love about NZ is that all the houses are different. Liberal planning rules, the relatively slow pace of development and the fact that house-building is something of a cottage industry mean that a wide range of styles have flourished.

Here's a simple art deco house on the edge of Centennial Park.

Moving House

If all goes according to plan, we will be moving house today. And so will the rabbits.



Since we have a new house now (nearly), I could hardly make them live in their old leaky house.

Bathing Beauty

Here's the family bathroom nearly finished... Apparently the toilets will be installed tomorrow once the vinyl has gone down. We'll have to cross our legs as we move in!