Our cute little Captain Cook pig suddenly is looking quite rotund and quite possibly could be pregnant. Not sure what she will do with the piglets as she rotates from paddock to paddock with the cows. Poor thing. We are feeding her for 20 now. (This is a photo from 3 months ago. I will attached a current one soon so you can see the difference.) 

We have had easterlies for 2 weeks now steadily. No boating at all. More easterlies are forecast for the next week! First time in 10 years this has happened in the summer! We have a bit of a drought also and all the plants need a drink soon. Garry still gets out mowing, so no work worries.

Garry went out for an early fish today. He was fishing for snapper using soft bait on a light rod and to his surprise he caught this beautiful Kingfish. They battled for 45 minutes but Garry perservered. Kingfish makes beautiful sashimi served with wasabi and soy sauce. Yum.

He went mowing this afternoon!

Garry did some mowing up on Dudley in Cable Bay before Christmas. It looks really tidy and lawn-like. Beautiful sections up there.

 

Happy New Year!

 

 

I saw this beautiful flower on a huge tree in Kerikeri. The tree must be 20 meters high and is covered with these blossoms. The leaves are large and shiny green. Does anyone have any idea of what tree it is?

We have a bit of a slip area and we decided to plant it up to prevent erosion. We put in lots of free flax and also got about 150 little native trees to intersperse among the flax. They are all doing well and one day we will have a native forest here.

 

Garry mowed this morning and this afternoon we decided to drive over to Puheke and take a hike. It is on the other side of Doubtless Bay, in the same harbour as Hohoura. It is a great hike, up a small extinct volcano and then across to the beach and then a loop back.