Mowing.....and the jobs begin!!
18 januari 2020, Nya Zeeland ⋅ ⛅ 13 °C
I knew K had a list of jobs for me today so I insisted we start the day at Vanessas cafe with a coffee, pie and paper!
After our delicious breakfast it was a walk around K’s paddocks listing moreLäs mer
7 loads of laundry and a flight
19 januari 2020, Nya Zeeland ⋅ ⛅ 13 °C
A cracking day of beautiful NZ summer weather here today from start to finish. Loving the fact it doesn’t get dark until 9.45pm.
We spent the day unpacking and sorting... and washing!! 7 loads ofLäs mer
Oamaru- town day
20 januari 2020, Nya Zeeland ⋅ ⛅ 13 °C
Big day today as no jobs because it was “ town day”!!
K, Mary and I drove into Oamaru armed with a list of jobs each.
These included a visit to the Stihl shop to get the blade changed on the weedLäs mer
One clean caravan and guests visiting!!
21 januari 2020, Nya Zeeland ⋅ ☁️ 14 °C
A v productive 3 hours was spent thoroughly cleaning the inside of the caravan including the fridge and oven which was v satisfying when finished- despite demolishing my rubber gloves and using aboutLäs mer
Moeraki
22 januari 2020, Nya Zeeland ⋅ ⛅ 16 °C
Moeraki put on beautiful colours for us today.
The new fish and chip “shop/container” has had a great new paint job although I’m not too sure the Moeraki Tavern just behind is happy with theLäs mer
Fleurs
22 januari 2020, Nya Zeeland ⋅ ⛅ 16 °C
Great way to start the day with a coffee at Fleurs after an eggs bene breakfast at home.
Fleurs never fails to disappoint or look fabulous or just fill the soul with happy feelings.
After coffee weLäs mer
Sea swim and yellow eyed penguins
22 januari 2020, Nya Zeeland ⋅ ⛅ 15 °C
So we started the day with a cooked breakfast at home, walk around Moeraki, followed by coffee at Fleurs as per previous posts.
Just to continue a top day Ryan and I spent a good 45 mins in the seaLäs mer
See ya Carol and Ryan/ Hello clean truck
23 januari 2020, Nya Zeeland ⋅ ☁️ 15 °C
We started the morning with a lovely 5kms walk from home, along the beach to Vanessa’s cafe in Hampden for breakfast.
Due to a pre-planned car drop off we drove home as the tide was too high to walkLäs mer
Work, work, work, work, work
24 januari 2020, Nya Zeeland ⋅ ⛅ 17 °C
A hot and sunny day and all we did was work, work, work, work, work, work- zizzing more weeds and thistles, cleared all grass from around the fish at the gate, swapped the broken wooden gate with aLäs mer
K’s first Park Run and a treat of Cats
25 januari 2020, Nya Zeeland ⋅ ☁️ 15 °C
Early start as up at 6am to drive to Dunedin for K’s first park run and the first run for both of us in about a year!!
We arrived at the Dunedin Botanical Gardens in plenty of time to join about 200Läs mer
Relaxing day and the rugby sevens
26 januari 2020, Nya Zeeland ⋅ ⛅ 15 °C
Any day that starts with a coffee at Fleurs is a good day. Sadly we didn’t get a picture of the seal asleep outside that required a warning sign for the diners at Fleurs.
Our coffee was followed byLäs mer
A new pet plant and a surprise WOF
27 januari 2020, Nya Zeeland ⋅ ☁️ 15 °C
Another busy and productive day in the sunshine.
Caravan registered and warranted-now nearly ready for sale if anyone wants a cracking caravan?? Val??!!!
New succulent bought and planted afterLäs mer
Vanessa’s was closed!!!
28 januari 2020, Nya Zeeland ⋅ ☁️ 15 °C
Woke up to a beautifully sunny day. The caravan took another 2 hours to clean the pop top- nearly, nearly ready to list it.
Mary kindly drove us up to Hampden so we could go to Vanessa’s for a wellLäs mer
Trip planning, a plumber and a tool rail
29 januari 2020, Nya Zeeland ⋅ 🌧 14 °C
After yesterday we decided to head straight to Vanessas for an early coffee and the newspaper before today’s work commenced ( yep it’s still not a holiday!), so at 8am we trudged through the doorLäs mer
Oamaru and the caravan is listed!
30 januari 2020, Nya Zeeland ⋅ 🌙 22 °C
We started the day with coffee and the newspaper in Steam cafe, Oamaru as we had to go to town to get some materials for the tool rack.
https://steamcaf.weebly.com/
After a productive couple of hoursLäs mer
Katiki beach & more trip planning
31 januari 2020, Nya Zeeland ⋅ ⛅ 15 °C
Several hours this am was spent in front of the screens down at Mary’s continuing with the trip planning- any top tips for Argentina much appreciated.
Lunch back at home was followed by a few shortLäs mer
Kate’s PB and a day in Dunedin
1 februari 2020, Nya Zeeland ⋅ ☁️ 14 °C
An early start to arrive in Dunedin for our second Park Run at 8am. We scoped out a new post run coffee shop before we even arrived.
Once in situ in the Botanical gardens we couldn’t help butLäs mer
Fleurs and dinner at the neighbours
2 februari 2020, Nya Zeeland ⋅ ☁️ 13 °C
We started off the day with coffee at Fleurs with Raymonda and Jenny, the start of Mary’s pre bday celebrations for a catch up.
Back home it was a bit of baking and lunch before having a coffee withLäs mer
Happy Birthday Meem
3 februari 2020, Nya Zeeland ⋅ 🌙 17 °C
Sadly our plans to go for a bday drive to Central with Mary were curtailed due to rain and gale force winds.
Due to this K decided it was a good time to spend a couple of hours “tidying up”. ThisLäs mer
An early start and Elton John
4 februari 2020, Nya Zeeland ⋅ 🌧 9 °C
Today started early with a meeting with Otago Regional Council about some trees ( our responsibility) during which time we had to work out how to get out of bed without flashing Gary and the possibleLäs mer
Elton John - the concert
4 februari 2020, Nya Zeeland ⋅ 🌧 9 °C
Great concert - he has still got it at 73! As did the drummer Ray Cooper- what a legend?!.
Still raining and wheelie bin bags did us well getting back to the truck. The great car park had us out ofLäs mer
Work,work,work,work,work!!!
5 februari 2020, Nya Zeeland ⋅ ⛅ 13 °C
After a bit of a sleep in, it was up and at it by 10am. Make hay whilst the sun shines, so in this case it was mow lawns to be able to pile and sort timber, lift and sort timber, sort lots of stuffLäs mer
Coffee, caravan and cracking tickets
6 februari 2020, Nya Zeeland ⋅ ☁️ 11 °C
Today started off with bringing the caravan up to ours and one last final spruce up in preparation for 2 viewings.
Next it was off to the Kaik for coffee with Jenny and Raymonda- this was specialLäs mer
Tidying up the bottom paddock
7 februari 2020, Nya Zeeland ⋅ ☁️ 13 °C
Had a slow start to the day by the time we had filled up with fuel ( have to drive 20 mins for the cheapest diesel!), bought some eggs from the egg farm and went to the roadside vege stall for rhubarbLäs mer
Tidying up the bottom paddock Day 2
8 februari 2020, Nya Zeeland ⋅ ⛅ 10 °C
Same as yesterday really. It was freezing first thing this am and then the sun came out and it was boiling- the forecast was rain all day which is why we cancelled going to Dunedin for our weekly ParkLäs mer































































































































































































Resenär
Safety thongs and all!
Resenär
Beautiful photo
ResenärHome are lovely x