Last for year

Evening All, I've got a feeling that this will be my last chance to blog for the year ,I enjoy it ,I just hope that some of you do also ! Cambrian changes just so much ,every day it is a different picture and every season it is a whole new world ,I would love to have you all visit to see this magic ,but that cannot be so photos will have to do .My New years resolution already is to put more effort into it ,here's hoping.
Christmas was good lots of visitors and merriment ,Manu and Cam were both home for a few days and that always makes it special .LLewe and Amy are here now for a few days and will take my French WWOOFers on the rail-trail tomorrow,may the sun shine .
It has been a good year for the "Common Forest", I can finally see some progress being made ,it takes the young trees a lot of time to get established ,but I'm sure that if you hadn't been here for a couple of years then you would notice the difference ,I hope so .! the sequoias in the Merry-go-round are now a good 5m tall,and the golden elm in the centre is going to be a beauty.The rain that flushed the whole country out these last few days has been an incredible bonus ,I can SEE them growing when the sun comes out !!
Thank you to all those who sent me a xmas card ,I do love getting them but am not very good at sending them .I think of you all often ,I love my photo albums and if one day a warm fuzzy glow comes over you for no reason at all ,you will know that I am thinking of you !!! lots and lots of love from Cambrian ,go and hug somebody for me !
yours ....Bob ....xxxx

Pot of gold

"Evening all", we had a much appreciated fall of rain today ,not heavy but good enough for the lawns and hopefully fatten up the raspberries ,which might be ripe by xmas.I had a surplus of lemons today so treated myself to a batch of lemon-honey for xmas,as I was stirring it I could see it as a "pot of gold" and Voila there outside was this magnificent rainbow .........ain't life grand ....The other photo is a tiger-lily,I only have one of them ,but it always flowers beautifully . Now don't get too stressed this week !

Long hot days

I woke up to sunbathing weather this morning ,must have been 20 degrees ,and it stayed hot all day .I'm spending lots of my time running around after water and little trees ,but it's all good fun .The village is looking spectacular.Three more weeks and the festive season will be over !!! in the meantime enjoy it as much as you can ,or IF you can .For those of you who are worried about the "sleakness" of my dog I just bought him an $80 sack of premium dog food today ,so he better put on weight or I;ll sell him as a grey hound !!! or give him to Pippa ,she likes skinny dogs .Here's a photo of what I wake up to ,if you get tired of photos of Cambrian then you should read my profile again !! cheers

Spring rains

Beautiful conditions here at the moment ,hot last week ,and a little moisture at the moment ,great growing conditions ,alas for the broom as well.Very busy on the WWOOFing front, and a pleasant visit by the Marler family from Dunedin .Building up to a WWOOFing xmas now !Photo one is Scottish Colin and his English friend Ben packing to go camping ,No.2 is a "moody " shot and 3 is the Marler family having pancakes on Sunday !! cheers

The night of the porina beetles !!!

"Evening all "...it's so warm tonight that all the porina beetles are flying ,the air is literally buzzing ,and tomorrow half the foliage will be gone !,it's lucky that I took the photos of these flowers today ,I'm not a flower gardener ,but against all odds some of these beautiful specimens appear out of the" jungle" ,isn't colour in nature magic .