I’ve been on holiday. It was an impromptu decision but one well worth it. You really can’t beat quality time with family. And my Mum is a bit of a gardener so the allure of a visit is all the more tempting. She lives 6 hours south of us, but still on the west coast so her beach is just an extension of our beach… … Continue reading Snow… or is it?
Oh my gosh it was so cold! The temperature plummeted this afternoon to 8.5°C. While that may not be cold by most folks standards, it is for us! Areas barely south of us (well areas at least 160km south east of us) got some snow. We always miss out on the fun stuff. We never get snow. Well aside from the brief flurry in 2010 … Continue reading I thought it was going to snow.
As far as storms go – it has been quite sunny. There have been loads of rainbows, loads of strong winds and loads of that big fat raindrop rain, thunder and lightning and we got hail – loads of hail! Around 2:00pm the temperature dropped to 6°C but for the most part it was sunny. For some of my fellow kiwis, it is a bit … Continue reading A multiple choice heading: A) This is a strange storm; B) I gave the mice too much credit; C) The worst cake ever!
In this bowl is a whole 26 grams of sweet summer goodness and I couldn’t be more excited. These seven red orbs are more than just tomatoes – they are like a promise of what is to come. They are summer encapsulated into 4 grams of juiciness. This means more today than at any other time in the whole of winter. I have been going … Continue reading Not a bad haul for August – despite the snow
