Starting With Spring

I finally feel as though I’ve made it through the fog weeks – and we’re coming out the other end, into sunshine and warmth and eggs and vegetables and a renewed hope and motivation to blog! There is so much happening around this little piece of New Zealand acreage right now, and we’ve had so many changes in the last few weeks, starting with my husband Robin’s new job with the government. I realize how lazy I had become having had him at home for the last three years. It was a wonderful lifestyle and one I knew that couldn’t last forever, and it didn’t, and here we are back in a 9-5 or 7-5.30 (if you add in travel time), and I’m at home alone with the children and drinking bad coffee again.

But Spring has arrived and summer is coming on quickly and I’m enjoying being outdoors more and watching the new trees we planted last year grow their blossom and beautiful green leaves and some have even put on a little growth already. I’m also busy getting the vegetable garden going. Our new 6 hens, Betsy Trotwood, Dora, Peggotty, Mrs. McCawber, Little Em’ly and Agnes are producing 6 eggs a day, and we just started the last school term for the year. 9 weeks and we’ll be into the long stretch of Christmas and summer holidays and a new baby due in the middle of that. My favourite time of the year. Yay!

I thought you’d like to see some Spring-ish photos from Down Under, and a little test to see if my first post works.

Plum Blossom

 

My new clothesline

 

Kids cooling off on a hot Saturday afternoon.