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After a beautiful day and stunningly mild evening this morning was cold and wet. Huge puddles on the way to pilates. The beach was chilly and glum, even the dogs were pleased to get back in the car. The cows next door continue to produce a calf a day. Peep-oh The...

I thought I could enter the competition for New Zealand‘s best lawn. Ours was transformed from sticky mud to succulent grass in record time. It needs no mowing, it self fertilised and provides entertainment every morning. Emma, head mower and herd mother You can...

The big dappled black and white cows next door are producing a calf a day, super cute. I think that must have been why the llamas were making alert calls this morning and hanging round for longer that usual. We found a tiny puffball on the bank, so I’m hoping it will...

I found some amazing fungi when I was weeding in the bush today. I never seen anything quite like this before. The dogs were not helpful. Every time I bent down I got my face licked. And they tend to think that all sticks are for snatching and might be thrown. We...

Mr. Brock and Clary’s good friend Bruce has come to stay. He was a little tentative in the car but has settled in well. I think he is disappointed that the cats don’t want to play. In the car Settling in Another playmate When Tilly arrived too it was all a bit much....

Ball throwing at the beach equals happy dogs. Clary has learned to brave the water by having to bounce through a stream to chase the ball on the other side. Her game plan is to get the ball first, run away from Brocky, get bored, drip ball, watch him bring it back for...

Mr. Brock is a real expert at finding sticks and is not so good at being patient and waiting for it to be thrown. Clary has her own little missions in mind and is sometimes late to join in the game. Investigating the river bank Please just throw it now They both...

Julia isn’t really allowed inside. Although their hooves are quite soft and probably won’t hurt the wooden floor they are very muddy. And although llamas are incredibly spatially aware they do knock things over. I think we may have to do some toe nail trimming as...

Neptune and Shadow were keen to investigate my mug of tea before I hopped in the hot tub this morning. If it is really hot at night it holds the temperature quite well and I can have relaxing soak as long as I don’t put my legs down into the cold bit. The rimu...