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

Winter solstice is today. The longest night of the year. It’s pouring rain right now. It’s fantastic. I had a great day today and am in such a good mood. Just a regular day: bussed into town to get my hair cut & colored by a groovy hip salonist that […]

We’ve had many frosts these last few weeks. There is no doubt that winter has arrived. Bruce had been lamenting recently the lack of holiday celebration; this was, after all, at least seasonally, the time to be honoring the harvest (Thanksgiving) and enjoying the winter celebrations of Christmas and New […]

June 1st signifies the start of winter here in New Zealand. We’ve enjoyed quite a mild autumn and early winter with temperatures often in the high teens (65-70 f) and tomatoes still ripening throughout the month, a highly unusual occurrence. The weather made yet another record as May became the […]

I’ve been long overdue for putting up this post. We’ve been so busy, running, running, running around, much like these mycelium running all over our yard (nice review here). You know it’s autumn when you look out the window at the sea of mushrooms sprouting up all over the yard. […]