Life in NZ – The First 10 Years (2006 to 2016)

March 12, 2016

Birdsong Summer: January & February 2016

A week into March and Mother Nature is right on schedule.  The weather pattern is changing signifying autumn is on its way.   We are at the tail end of summer and everyone I speak to wonders where the time has gone.   “It can’t be over,” “We’ve only just got started,” […]
February 27, 2016

Wainui Spring & Summer, September – December 2015

My winter 2015 blogpost talked about the deliciously slow passage of time where I delighted in  the short days and long nights.   But how the opposite holds true for spring and summer!    As I sit here cataloguing my photos from the last several months, I barely remember all that has […]
November 13, 2015

Team Tree Felling – September Woofer Cohort

A big shout goes to September’s woofer cohort who did an incredible job helping us during our big tree felling operation of 2015. About two years ago, after a big wind and rain storm toppled and snapped a lot of our trees,  we suddenly realized that owning a ten acre […]
September 12, 2015

Weathering the Wainui Winter, May – August, 2015

It’s been a long, deliciously slow winter where we’ve had plenty of  internal nurturing time as well as plenty of woofer/people time.   We weathered a few short-lasting hail & snow storms but overall it was a nice brisk winter. Here’s the recap of what’s been going on here at Birdsong: […]