Day 302 of 365

Same trees, same birds, different season... see *here*

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Raewyn.

Day 301 of 365

Delicious! Lunch today :-)
Crayfish courtesy of ED's boyfriend.

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Raewyn.

Day 300 of 365

Plenty of seedheads around now!

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Raewyn.

Day 299 of 365

I cant remember what this plant it, but it was deserving of a photo!
Some sort of Lily, I think!

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Raewyn.

Day 298 of 365

Annual Exhibition at The Country Yard, my place of work and second home :-)
Beautiful quilts on display.

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Raewyn.

Day 297 of 365

It's a while since I've done a "What's in my Beanie" wander around the orchard. Mostly as there hasn't been much on offer! However we are very lucky that we have had oranges and lemons available all winter (and into the spring!); they hang on the trees really well and we are able to pick them when we need them.
And the chooks are laying nicely now, too.

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Raewyn.

Day 296 of 365

The power kept flicking on and off this afternoon during milking time. Time to get out the generator.
It's run by the tractor.

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Raewyn.

Day 295 of 365

Lacking a little inspiration today but at least the roses are blooming!

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Raewyn.

Day 294 of 365

Still sewing up a storm with Mum.

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Raewyn.

Day 293 of 365

Our driveway at the moment - bronze growth on the Poplars, you'd think it was autumn!

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Raewyn.

Day 292 of 365

The work that goes behind the scenes for a photography shot!
Spent the day helping YD find the perfect light and backgrounds!!

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Raewyn.

Day 291 of 365

The Pukeko aka The NZ Swamp Hen.

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Raewyn.

Day 290 of 365

Mum and I had a great sewing day today :-)

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Raewyn.

Day 289 of 365

A beautiful Punga frond.

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Raewyn.

Day 288 of 365

It's been so warm lately that I clipped the dog...then he spent the afternoon wrapped up in a quilt!!

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Raewyn.

Day 287 of 365

The sun trying to burn off the cloud this morning. It did and we had a lovely day.

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Raewyn.

Day 286 of 365

DH working!! Chatting while a new gate is being installed in the cow yard railings.

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Raewyn.

Day 285 of 365

We went out the very back of the farm to see the Kowhai in flower.
The yellow trees.
The round thing in the picture is for putting large bales of hay into for feeding.

We were a bit late this year so the flowers were past their best but there were still plenty of Tui feeding.
Leanne *here* got an awsome video of the Tui at her place.
The sun was too bright - and the trees too tall - for good photos!

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Raewyn.

Day 284 of 365

Full Belly!!

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Raewyn.

Day 283 of 365

Because Miss Piggy has dug up a lot of the orchard (with her snout, inspite of the ring) we're having to feed the pets with
a little extra; maize and calf pellets. It didn't take them long to get the idea of this extra feed! (DH's nephew has been making sure they don't go without!)

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Raewyn.

Day 282 of 365

DH's nephew's been stitching while he's here. Learning backstitch!

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Raewyn.

Day 281 of 365

Moon watching.
9.20 pm

Eclipse starting; about 10.30 pm

The eclipse continues; about 11pm

The Blood Moon; about 11.30 pm.
Apparently the Blood Moon shows for about an hour. I couldn't get any better photos as a breeze got up and kept blowing clouds across the face of the moon. And it was bed-time.
But an entertaining night!

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Raewyn.

Day 280 of 365

Mother and babies in one of the dams [aka 'tank', Doniene :-)] out the back of the farm.
Paradise Ducks.

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Raewyn.

Day 279 of 365

DH's nephew has come to stay - nice to have an excuse to bake Chocolate Chip Biscuits!

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Raewyn.

Day 278 of 365

The weekend's a good time to graze the paddocks over the road - when there's no logging trucks.

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Raewyn.

Day 277 of 365

I started weeding the vege garden today - the pets were happy to get the weeds!

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Raewyn.

Day 276 of 365

A nice country scene, I thought.
Even managed to capture DH in the distance; if you look carefully you'll see him on the quad.
Dogs waiting patiently for me to finish my chores!

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Raewyn.

Day 275 of 365

Nice to see Jingle enjoying the sunshine.
He's nearly 16 years old now and we're pleased he has got through another winter.

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Raewyn

Day 274 of 365

Quilt top finished!! More about it *here*

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Raewyn.