Sunday, October 24, 2010

Limits on blogging




Hi All , Sunday night of Labour w/e ,I hope that you are all having a good time .The village is fair thriving ,at least another 37 people in residence ! makes for very slow progress as one cycles down the road .The spring is such a joy ,just seing all the plants come back to life ,I can certainly send you photos but sadly I can't send the aromas with them ,and some of the smells are just mind blowing ,I could ride up the road blindfolded and tell you exactly where I was by the smells ,well maybe not today as we had about 50 Vauxhall enthusiasts drive up the road this afternoon ,it was rather like being caught in a time-warp . The dafodills are nearly over and the bluebells are in ascendency ,all good stuff.

Thursday, October 14, 2010

Heaven on earth






If those Chilean miners had surfaced in Cambrian today and not Chilethey would have thought that they had arrived in paradise.Going outside today was like sliding into a spa pool ,except you didn't get wet !!! not like the poor folk in Gisborne, what a strange country this is !!
I just remembered this afternoon how to take better photos [by focusing on a bright area and transferring back to the subject ,makes a hell of a difference] anyway a few more shots of the woods ,it's about at its best for variety ,just today the bluebells started so anyone within striking distance come for a coffee and a look-see. Cheers

Sunday, October 10, 2010

Photos





Local Body Elections

Quite pleased with yesterdays elections ,glad that Chins gone from Dunedin and Banks from Auckland .Lepper won't be any different from McPherson locally ,both pretty useless ! surprised that "Tim" got back in in Invercargill.Mind you nothing much will change out there regardless ,so I think that I will just keep hiding away here in Cambrian and planting my trees .Typical spring weather at the moment ,sun-bathing one day and snowing the next ,pity those poor lambs !!!! The betting money is on a cracker of a frost in the morning ...........see you ...

Wednesday, October 6, 2010

Potato patch






Evening all ,,,sorry that I've been a bit slack lately [at blogging] no excuses ,but the spring has such a hold now that I just have to share it .I have a nice load of willow wood in for kindling ,8 ton !!! of lignite to last me over a year and the front lawn is starting to dry out at last .We are in the process of draining the pond to improve the edges so that will look quite unsightly for a couple of months ,but the woods in general look fantastic lots of daffodils and red tulips and soon to be bluebells ,each year it just gets better !!