Our little  village has been Yarn Bombed and it looks great!!   As always I start out my Saturday with the sunrise.  It was only 2°c and as clear as anything.  I knew it would be a

I went for a walk along the beach the morning after a storm hit our coast.  Usually, the beach is littered with driftwood and kelp, which makes for an interesting stroll. I normally take

Last week-end, I took a chance…and it payed off!   A huge storm was forecast when I woke early Saturday morning, it was pitch black and heavily overcast.   "Hmmm, chances are there will be no

I had a brainwave one day, (I do get them from time to time) while contemplating how to build a raised garden.  I don’t know enough about building to do one in timber, so I thought and thought about

The previous day, my neighbour had put his cows into one of our paddocks to graze.  Naughty girls knocked the hose off the trough, and when I noticed it, there was a river running through the paddock

This is a really important subject in this day and age and something very close to my heart. Therefore, I have resteemed the post from @silvernova. (the link is below)This is the first in a series that

A heron at sunrise > Cannon Powershot SX60 HS No adjustments/editing

I try not to take things for granted, but am perplexed when I read in some posts about the high status given to grass fed cows, the horror of additives in milk etc....this is strange to me as all our cows

Early morning at the Cemetery and this little Thrush was busy getting the worms.  Luckily he looked right into my lens. Canon PowerShot SX60 HS No editing

I looked out my Hotel window and saw the cutest boat I have ever seen.  A few years ago, on a work trip to Nelson in the South Island of New Zealand, I saw this little guy.   Having had quite

I was busy doing something inside the house when I heard a noise I hadn't heard for years. Could it be? I listened hard, there it was again, YES it is!! I rushed to get my camera, and ran outside to look

I’m a little bit embarrassed to write this, seeing as there have been so many informative and well written intro posts to this group. But here goes! There are three main reasons why I decided to start

It's pre-sunrise and the  fishing kayaks are being launched into a perfect morning.  Kayak fishing is very popular where I live as its so easy to launch off the beach and paddle out to the fishing

Early morning along the canal my second entry

AT LONG LAST I have some Kiwi Coins!!!  I have Canadian, American, Chinese, Australian and Niue,  but now I have Kiwi.  I am so stoked!!   The Maori design is called The Silver

A neat little story from my Sister's farm. Miss G was a wild goat that decided to take up lodgings at my Sister's farm. She promptly had triplets and they were as cute as a button. My Sister fed them and

A misty rainy morning in Autumn. On a walk round a lake. Canon Powershot SX60 HS no adjustments/ editing raw photo

I was feeling a bit blue on my day off. It was a calm grey drizzly day so I thought instead of feeling sorry for myself, I’d take a walk in my favourite park. It’s a place I have always gone to, to heal.

I don’t know what to do with you anymore. I’ve only known you a month and already you are taking over my life. I am neglecting everything and everyone for you. I rush home from work and just throw together

Let me share with you an amazing Sunrise taken in Nov 2016 from Papamoa Beach in New Zealand.  I had just got a new camera and didn’t know how to use it, so everything you see is just me focusing