Day 187 of 2025

An afternoon spent attacking Mum's mending pile.
Using her old workhorse - I learnt on this machine but had to consult the instruction booklet to wind a fresh bobbin!

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Raewyn

Day 186 of 2025

Back to walking 'Mum's beach' again.

A little cloudy but not too cold!

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Raewyn

Day 185 of 2025

 
I love my rural living, but being only a 2 minute walk from the supermarket has its advantages and appeal (for a short time anyway!).

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Raewyn

Day 184 of 2025

 

Back down to Mum's for a few days and snuggling under the quit I made for Dad back in 2012...there was lots of love sewn into this quilt!

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Raewyn

Day 183 of 2025

Xavier turns 7 ♥

Out for a family dinner.

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Raewyn

Day 182 of 2025

The month of birthdays has begun.

Lunch with the MOML's parents down at the town basin.

Lovely and sunny and a great feed!

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 Raewyn

Day 181 of 2025

"Hey Uncle Anthy, what are you doing to my car?"

"Fixing it".

"Oh that's good."

"Uncle Anthy can fix everything in the whole wide world aye Ganma?'!!

🤣

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Raewyn

Day 180 of 2025

Two girls decorating the birthday cake for their Dad.

Candles and scoffing followed!

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Raewyn

Day 179 of 2025

Something is afoot in our household.

And it starts with a new structure......

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Raewyn

Day 178 of 2025

Miss Lily proudly showing us all her art work from her after-school art class.

This was a hedgehog.

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Raewyn

Day 177 of 2025

Nice to see some pretty wee Manuka flowers. They seem out of season but I guess they know what they are doing!

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Raewyn

Day 176 of 2025

Breakfast time for this mob of cows.

They're slowly moving across this hillside; 1/3 paddock a day - winter rationing is needed so that the cows don't get too fat which leads to multiple problems at calving time.

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Raewyn

Day 175 of 2025

There's not been much progress on the shed while I've been away but Miss Tammy Cat insisted on inspecting it anyway!

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Raewyn 

Day 174 of 2025

It was a beautiful day for flying. On both flights I got to see all the clouds!!

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Raewyn

Day 173 of 2025

My last day in Tauranga before heading home again.

Our selfie skills need working on but I needed one with mum before I left!!

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Raewyn

Day 172 of 2025

Look what was on while I was in town!
Tauranga Patchwork and Quilters Group biennual  show.
Such a beautiful setting for beautiful quilts.

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Raewyn

Day 171 of 2025

Not far from the hospital is the Historic Village which I enjoyed a nice wander around. Some quite cool little shops with an arty vibe.

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Raewyn

Day 170 of 2025

Brother in law and nephew went fishing - much to Mao mao's delight!

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Raewyn

Day 169 of 2025

Saying my daily hello to 'Steps', the cat who lives at the bottom of the lift/stepswhich take you from the lower level carpack of the hospital up to the main hospital.
A very well fed, content pussy cat who brightens many a day!
Below you can see the cat kennel next to the lift and steps.

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Raewyn

Day 168 of 2025

The hospital has a lovely spot on top of one the buildings.
A nice place to have a coffee and a bit of fresh air.
Supposedly winter time but the Bay of Plenty has similar winter temperatures to Northland so there's still plenty of greenery around.

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Raewyn

Day 167 of 2025

Quite a change of scenery for an early morning walk. While the bit of estuary was nice, this country girl couldn't get over the traffic noise (and smell and busy-ness!!)

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Raewyn

Day 166 of 2025

 
A bit of colourful beanie knitting while chatting with Mum at the hospital.
She's been in for a couple of weeks with a nasty infection but is getting close to going home.

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Raewyn

Day 165 of 2025

My sister and hubby make a great team cooking up a meal with food they've caught and grown

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Raewyn 

Day 164 of 2025

 

Back down in the Bay of Plenty for a few days.

The iconic Mount Maunganui.....photo taken from the car.

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Raewyn

Day 163 of 2025

It was a wet travelling day, and then a few hours at the hospital visiting mum (who is having ankle issues) so no real photo opportunities.
I was so pleased to get some crispy fried chicken for dinner that I took a photo of our food! (This restaurant/pub had a seperate fryer or their GF food which meant it was totally safefor me. Not many places do.)
It was yummy!!
(Excuse the MOML's goofy face; I have a hard time getting him to smile!!)

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Raewyn

Day 162 of 2025

The main reason for our getaway?

To attend the National Agricultural Fieldays at Mystery Creek.

A pretty big affair with over 1200 exhibitors and farmers of all ages and stages attending.

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Raewyn

Day 161 of 2025

The MOML and I are away for a few days - it was a fun surprise to see lots of yarn bombing in Cambridge :-)

It was up and down the main street advertising a upcoming Fibre Festival.

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Raewyn

Day 160 of 2025

Oh whoops another sky photo.

Lovely sunrise.

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Raewyn

Day 159 of 2025

When it's cold and wet it's nice to notice magic happening in the garden.

Future daffodils ♥

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Raewyn

Day 158 of 2025

Well my sports photography skills aren't improving, but it was Saturday sports day.

Blonde George had a great game in the bitter wet and cold!

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Raewyn

Day 157 of 2025

We've decided Winter is now here and have (finally) lit the fire.

Tammy-Cat thought it was a great idea!

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Raewyn

Day 156 of 2025

We didn't think we'd had too much rain overnight, but it seems somewhere up river from us there must have been a fair bit - the river was well and truly up!

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Raewyn

Day 155 of 2025

It's ball season and Ganma duties are needed!

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Raewyn

Day 154 of 2025

Sunset :-)

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Raewyn

Day 153 of 2025

Valet time for the bikes.

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Raewyn

Day 152 of 2025

I disturbed a wee flock of swallows while walking.

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Raewyn

Day 151 of 2025

Woot woot last milking of the season.

Drying off the herd so the cows can have a holiday over the winter before they start calving again in 6 weeks time.

Each cow has a tube of 'stuff' inserted in each teat - either a waxy gel that seals the teat so that mud and infection can't get in over the winter OR some long acting antibiotic if they've had mastitis or been identified as having more 'germ cells' than they should (through the annual herd test).

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Raewyn

Day 150 of 2025

If you look closely at #44's ears you will understand why we call her Raggy.

Nearly 10 years ago, when she was not quite 6 months old we discovered that something had chewed her ears - we surmised a hunter with his dogs had been out to the runoff, and one dog had latched on to each ear, as they can do with a wild pig.

Luckily it hasn't affected her and she is a quiet, friendly cow.

(We're very choosy with our hunters but unfortunately they can access our property from other areas, especially if they are chasing a pig. Now that our son-in-law who is a very capable hunter, is living on the property, we've decided to ban all other hunters to the runoff.)

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Raewyn

Day 149 of 2025

A small boy insists that I park at the school's 'top' carpark so that we can count the steps.

There are 40!

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Raewyn

Day 148 of 2025

 

Remember the two pigs our son-in-law got out the back of the farm?

Two big bags of bacon now reside in our freezer (and two in their freezer).

Yum.

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Raewyn

Day 147 of 2025

You're seeing a little more of Odie this week as I am on Ganma duties before and after (and to and from) school while his parents are on holiday.

We wanted to check out the river after the heavy rain the night before - verdict - the river is up but it's not a flood.

The MOML had planned to have the cows over the river the night before but thought he'd better change plans/paddocks because of the forecast.

It was up enough (higher than where Odie is standing) that they would have been stranded and missed the morning milking.

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Raewyn

Day 146 of 2025

Having a flock of chickens run at you at feed time can be daunting for the kids.

Odie's realised that if you run fast you don't get crowded by chooks and it's a lot more fun!

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Raewyn 

Day 145 of 2025

The neighbour has lent us a few of his sheep to get the grass in the orchard back under control.

It's going to take them a while!

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Raewyn 

Day 144 of 2025

Saturday sport.

Kaliah of the Pink Girl Power team had a great game!

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Raewyn

Day 143 of 2025

Odie comes up with multiple ways of keeping himself amused while his mother plays hockey.

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Raewyn

Day 142 of 2025

Odie helping Gandad with his log.

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Raewyn

Day 141 of 2025

Another beautiful morning.

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Raewyn

Day 140 of 2025

Happy cows on an autumn morning.

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Raewyn

Day 139 of 2025

Valentines/Anniversary Bear has become Laser-eye Bear. Sigh!!!!

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Raewyn