The drop to level three couldn’t have come sooner. Not only for the health and wellbeing of all the kiwis who have put in the hard yards to get us to this point, but also, I was beginning to get desperate for all the things I needed to carry on gardening as normally as I can. The moment we dropped to level three I put … Continue reading Supplies are on the way!
I have a long list of things I absolutely need as soon as we get out of lockdown level 4. Level 3 is still pretty high security but it frees up what can be bought – it doesn’t need to be essential but it needs to be done in a contactless way. I’m figuring if I make my list big enough my local friendly hardware … Continue reading The Long List of Things I Need
For the last wee while I have been Big Picture Thinking, with my drive to get spring ready. But now we are in spring and as the garden wakes from its winter dormancy I’m finding things are moving fast. There is no room for standing there waxing lyrical about big projects and collective tasks required to complete things. The time has come for a list … Continue reading Small Picture Thinking
Except it is for me… I need it. But here in lockdown level 4 the local shops aren’t selling it. All I can hope is we nip this thing in the bud – and all signs show we can, and we are, so as soon as we drop a level, I can race out to the hardware store and contactlessly grab some cement. For many … Continue reading Cement is not essential
That heading has so many emotions all tied up in it: “Hooray the warmer weather is on the way” “…But I’m not ready…” “Ohh so much hope and expectation – surely it will be a good season” “I’m so excited for all the possibilities” “Brace yourself for all the work” “Yay Yay, Yay, and Yay!” The push in the garden this winter to get to … Continue reading Spring starts this week
Ok, it is Tuesday, and I may have started without you, but I think I have formulated a vague plan for the week to get ahead and become spring ready. According to my countdown to spring giveaway over on my Facebook page, there are only 8 days until spring. Eek… Time is pressing on. Even the benefit of being confined to home during this latest … Continue reading Plans for the week
After months and months of a relatively normal existence, we find ourselves once again in lockdown. I trust that our country is doing the right thing to keep us safe as Delta attempts to darken our door. In the meantime, here I am stuck in my most favourite place in the world – my home and garden beside the sea. I got an inkling something … Continue reading Well, that was a surprise!
I need to start by saying I am not a baker. When a small child came home from school with that little paper plate with a piece of paper stapled to it with the instructions to return the paper plate to school with a suitable cake for an impending cake stall, I would attach money to the plate with my own note that read: “It … Continue reading Lockdown Hot Cross Buns
Although for many ways for me it still feels a little normal. Because I’m not a great extrovert and so staying at home and potting about in my garden is my favourite thing to do. So, I ordinarily I don’t get out much anyway. And who would want to, we are in our dream home, in our dream location, with plenty of land, a working … Continue reading This is not normal
