Great days in Cambrian at the moment ,lots of moisture, lots of sunshine and lots of visitors ,not to mention the great home-brew !Here are a couple of shots from today .

Spring trees

Sunday night ,it's been raining off and on for two days ,which it hasn't done for two months !! so everything is nice and wet and hopefully well watered .It is a treat to walk around the place in between showers ,the freshness and the colours are just so strong .
Pauls off tomorrow and some new WWOOFers are coming on Tuesday ,it's a busy time .
Here are a few shots taken this morning just to keep you up with the growth [and the whitening of my whiskers !!!] cheers

Master WWOOFer

Evening all, I have my friend Paul staying at the moment ,as a WWOOFer ,and we [well he] is making great strides in the engineering dept. I have a new chimney pot to stop all the smoke coming into the kitchen ,and it works a treat ! I can now start my old motor mower . The kitchen has a new radio ,coutesy of Winton ,the chainsaw is sharp ! and we still have a couple of days left .
The spring is lovely ,but we had a frost the day before yesterday that burnt a lot of my smaller oaks ,always very sad ,but they should bounce back ,apart from that the tree growth is fantastic ,maybe some photos tomorrow !

Spring has sprung

Hi All ,sorry that I haven't been on for a while ,with spring comes a lot more work ,but that is no excuse .I had a fabulous w/e in Dunedin last w/e ,Manu has a new studio and Cam has finished his exams ,another year coming to a close ,and jolly old santa is out conning people already !
The bluebells have nearly finished ,but most of the trees have got there new leaves ,the hawthorns are spectacular,they are whiter than in the middle of a snowstorm ,and the catkins on the sycamores are just beautiful.Danish Karen is back in for a few days and Pasta Paul is due on Sat. ,it's all go in Cambrian .Here is the last bluebell photo .cheers

Near perfect conditions

Now PERFECT is not a word that is used much in Cambrian ,but today the weather was just about that ,we had breakfast outside at 8.30,and my young American visitors left about 9.30 to go back to Dunedin .All day I heard the quail calling ,chaffinch's,ducks of all sorts ,grey warblers ,[the other day I saw a shining cuckoo !]and the smells are just amazing, particularly the lilacs ,the bluebells are just about at their best and most of the trees have come into their spring clothes .Today I cycled around the road to feed my neighbours 11 little wild ducklings ,what a great time of year it is !!!