Well my sewing has slowed down a little because our wintery summer
finally became a real summer. It was 32C today. I would rather the high had
jumped from 15C to 25C but beggars can't be choosers. We had a warm week a few
weeks ago and it was followed by a week of rain and now warmth again so the
vegie garden is growing like crazy. We've just finished apricots, broad beans,
broccoli, cauliflower, snow peas, and sugar snap peas. And now we're eating
plums, Asian pears, cabbage, kale, green beans, kohlrabi, lettuce,
zucchini..... Yum! The corn is starting to get tall.
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| Scarlet runner beans flowering |
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| Rhubarb |
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| An unexpected visitor. The hole is fixed now! |
The NZ pigeons (kereru) are visiting a lot. Here's one enjoying the cabbage tree seeds. The cabbage trees flowered prolifically this spring. They smell lovely but there has to be a lot of them for the scent to make it down to your nose.
We have 2 new calves this summer and they are enjoying each other's
company. We thought they were both boys but I think the 2nd calf just had a
prominent leftover bit of umbilical cord. Can't see any dangly bits at the rear
end anyway! We named the first one Bam Bam (his mother is Wilma). So number
two's name has been officially changed to Pebbles.
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| Nothing like standing in the trough to cool off! |
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| Pebbles with Mother Milkshake |
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| Bam-Bam with Mother Wilma |
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| Dad aka Bonzo |
When we put the cattle in the chook paddock, the vhooks find it easy to escape as we leave a gate open for the cattle to get to the water and the electric fence that works fine for the cattle is of no use with a chicken! Our dog Phoebe has been a victim of these wanderings.
My time is also being spent on tennis and swimming. Ross and I crazily
said yes to doing a team half Ironman on Feb 20 in Wanaka. I'm doing the swim
and Ross is doing the bike. I only have to swim 1.9k but Ross has to bike 90k
with hills!
I am in the middle of sewing the Sewaholic Granville blouse in a
beautiful liberty print. More about that once I'm finished.
Plus I have everything cut out for an Italian tweed jacket and for a
StyleArc Kate dress. Just have to pray for a little rain.
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