Day 365 of 365!!

I made it!!

I intended to finish with a stunning photo but my day flew by far too quickly and this simple one is what I have.
However I do think it's a pretty wee photo :-)

Here I am on the last day of the year with my last photo for this year's challenge!!

Thank you for your company throughout the year. Once again I have enjoyed it but am looking forward to a little break from the daily post and the challenge to produce a photo every day!

Just as I've enjoyed learning about you and your country through your blogs, I hope you have enjoyed the little insight into my kiwi farming life.

I intend to carry on with posting photos - but not every day. Just as the urge happens.

Happy New Year everyone!

I won't...

...see you tomorrow!

Raewyn.

Day 364 of 365

The same beautiful beach at Taipa. I've been trying to get a good photo of the red Pohutakawa trees but cant capture their magnificent beauty!

This is the best one I got, at Kaikohe, but it doesn't really show the small town off very well!

See you tomorrow,

Raewyn.

Day 363 of 365

DH riding a wave up north.

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Raewyn.

Day 362 of 365

Beautiful morning!

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Raewyn.

Day 361 of 365

DH has been dragged into a new world. Up till now the most technology he has used has been the hand held calculator. Now he has an Ipod and an App (!!) (Spotify) for music to listen to while milking the cows.
The things that happen when the younger generation come to stay!!

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Raewyn.

Day 360 of 365

Someone is resting after a busy Christmas Day yesterday.
Don't you love how he decorates his chair?!

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Raewyn.

Day 359 of 365

Merry Christmas!!

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Raewyn.

Day 358 of 365

A bit of fresh kai moana (sea food)  for Christmas lunch tomorrow.

Scallops; nice fat ones, drooling already!

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Raewyn.

Day 357 of 365

Who better to supervise the icing of the Gingerbread men than a Gingie himself!
These are a work in progress!

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Raewyn.

Day 356 of 365

Lovely having family staying and someone else doing the cooking. We tried BBQ sweetcorn for the first time - delicious!

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Raewyn.

Day 355 of 365

Bags of decorations - and stories - and memories!

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Raewyn.

Day 354 of 365

The Calla Lillies are my Christmas lillies.
And look, a nice drop of Christmas rain :-)

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Raewyn.

Day 353 of 36

You know the saying, "Water water everywhere and not a drop to drink"?
Well for us it is "Pinetrees pinetrees everywhere and not a Christmas one in sight!"
Too tall, too scraggly, too burnt, too inaccessible......
-keep trying-

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Raewyn.

Day 352 of 365

Starting to feel a little like Christmas time!

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Raewyn.

Day 351 of 365

I'm loving my Hydrangeas at the moment... I know that once January comes they will get sunburnt and change colour badly!

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Raewyn.

Day 350 of 365

Do you think the Barista saw me coming...?!

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Raewyn.

Day 349 of 365

A Banksia cone - I always find these intriguing.

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Raewyn.

Day 348 of 365

At Mum's. As always, Dad's orchard is looking lush and green.

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Raewyn.

Day 347 of 365

A fun night for YD!
I just had dinner with them then left them to it!

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Raewyn.

Day 346 of 365

Selling of surplus weaner calves begins.
Walking these 15 home to wait for collection.

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Raewyn.

Day 345 of 365

hehe spot the dog!

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Raewyn.

Day 344 of 365

The first time I've seen this mob of 'my calves' for a few weeks - gosh they've grown.
I reared 130 this year - 6 are still being fed milk.
These ones are well weaned.

See you tomorrow,

Raewyn.

Day 343 of 365

It's always sad to see a fallen bird's nest... but alos fun to see what it is made of...sheep's wool, cow's hair, moss, seed head.....
... and even a red thread!!
I know some people scatter some of their sewing room scraps out for the birds but I never think of it!

See you tomorrow,

Raewyn.

Day 342 of 365

A lovely day out with friends.

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Raewyn.

Day 341 of 365

I 'planted' a post and the next morning it was looking quite cool, spiderwebs and all.

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Raewyn.

Day 340 of 365

Summer pickings.

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Raewyn.

Day 339 of 365

The contractors (finally) came today to bale our silage.

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Raewyn.

Day 338 of 365

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Raewyn.

Day 337 of 365

Wonder what these two are saying to each other?

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Raewyn.

Day 336 of 365

A sewing day means a binding night :-)

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Raewyn.

Day 335 of 365

The Turnips have germinated... so have the Paradise Ducks!
(I counted 11 in this area!)

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Raewyn.

Day 334 of 365

The annual district bike ride; fundraiser event for the local primary school.
(Yes you can tell this section is through our place, with the burnt bush and the new fence!)
About 280 riders, about 30 kms long, through about 6 properties, takes them about an hour to get around the course.
Spot the sharp bend, they really had to slow down for that one!

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Raewyn.

Day 333 of 365

Katie Cat waiting for her tea/dinner/supper!!!

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Raewyn.

Day 332 of 365

The aftermath of our Mystery Christmas Project night at work.
Lots of fun :-)

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Raewyn.

Day 331 of 365

Magical Mystical Morning

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Raewyn.

Day 330 of 365

Happy herd in a fresh paddock after the afternoon's milking.

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Raewyn.

Day 329 of 365

Gardening Day - with the help of a friendly neighbour :-)

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Raewyn.

Day 328 of 365

Love seeing the new fruit forming - Apples.

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Raewyn.

Day 327 of 365

My girls will be so happy to see we have a good amount of blossom on the Feijoa trees :-) Oh so Yummy!

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Raewyn.

Day 326 of 365

More exploring through the scrub at the back of the farm. Going places we haven't been able to before.

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Raewyn.

Day 325 of 365

Our 1 sheep and the neighbour's 7 sheep going off to be shorn.

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Raewyn.

Day 324 of 365

My Country Garden :-)

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Raewyn.

Day 323 of 365

The flowering Cabbage Tree is a great sight at the moment.

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Raewyn.

Day 322 of 365

Remember last week when the bee man made a start on a track up through the bush?
Today a bulldozer came out to do more work on it.
As you can see, he didn't get very far... oh dear.
I think a bigger digger is needed to pull him out!

See you tomorrow, 

Raewyn.

Day 321 of 365

I don't normally post photos of things I don't like (read detest) but have decided to make an exception and put this photo up. In NZ we don't have many big pests (no foxes, cougars or other varmints!) but the Possom is a real menace in our forests eating native birds' eggs and browsing and destroying the trees.
This young marsupial must have left Mum and has found a home in an old barn. Of course the dog was very interested.
In spite of all the bush around us we don't have as many possoms as we could have but to me, one possom is one possom too many!

See you tomorrow,

Raewyn.

Day 320 of 365

I always think these Heron are out of place on farmland but they are pretty common!

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Raewyn.

Day 319 of 365

A 'Three in One' photo!

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Raewyn.