Birds

I promised somthing other than daisies. So here they are a couple of birds from my garden. A New Zealand Kingfisher and a Tui. The Tui really is there in the cabbage tree. I watched it for ages before Peter brought my camera for me. It then turned its back and flew off. One day I will get a good pic of a Tui.

Another Cabbage Tree Snap

Sorry about this but I just had to include another cabbage tree and blue sky snap.

Cabbage tree has a haircut

Usually when I hear rustling in the Cabbage Tree it is a cat. This time it was a cat and my eldest son, who thought he would see what life looked like from up there.

Since he was up there I passed up the loppers and he gave my Cabbage Tree a good haircut, getting rid of all of last years flowers and all the old leaves. It looks great and ready for this years flowers wich will be out sometime soon.

Who's trying to hide in the cabbage tree ....

Who is that hiding in the Cabbage Tree? Is it a bush baby or a lost kola? Or is it the Cheshire cat?
Nope, its a fluffy Buffy cat.
Can you spot the cat in this picture.
Yip, its Rana taking a rest from chasing old cabbage tree leaves around.

Early Morning

Cabbage tree in the early morning light.

Cabbage Tree at Waimarama.

Scary cat in a Cabbage Tree. Rana is just a big softy really.

Our cabbage trees in flower.