Down at the creek today #2

Down at the creek today I found, one duck all on its own.

Two dragonflies sunning themselves.

And a whole lot of peace and quite.

It is so nice to be able to escape down to the lower garden. You can really feel as if you are miles away from everything down there. Makes me relise that we are fine in the house we are in. We do not need to move to escape to the country. It is there all the time in our own backyard. Peter wants to build a small boardwalk and a deck with a little jetty out over the creek, so we can sit down there and enjoy the cool, peaceful quite. All we need to do now is figure out a way to get rid of the mozzies so we do not get eaten alive every time we go down there.

Today's Daisy #8

I found today's daisy at the bottom of my water jug. If you look at the image really closely you can see my hands and the camera reflected in a couple of the lower edges.

One for Sorrow

I am sure you know the old rhyme about Magpies; One for Sorrow, Two for Joy, Three for a Girl. Recently I have been seeing a lot of single Magpies. So when I saw two of them today thought I better take a snap. Well actually a third one then came down and joined them. But they all flew off before I got a chance to take another pic.

The New Additions

The new additions to the family have arrived and are scurrieing around there new penthutch. The pet shop claim that they are from the same litter, are 5 weeks old and both females. I am not convinced there is a big difference in size between them.

The brown one is Caramello, which is the name of my youngest's favourite chocolate bar.

The stripey one is Scatter, because she does. No it was not the camera that caused the red eye here, Scatter does really have pink eyes.

Eyes

Had to have my eyes tested this week, before they gave me my new set of contact lenses. Only to find out that my eyes had degenerated yet again. The astigmatism that was hardly there in my left eye is now well and truly there. Luckily there are now contact lenses that can correct this if I can put up with them, and suprise suprise they are more expensive. When I asked why after such a long time my prescription has changed again, I got the answer "Sometimes these things just happen." I am not really convinced.

Sunday Morning

While all the hammering and banging was going on at home (see the previous post), I toddled of to Farmers Market in Hastings. A great way to spend a Sunday morning. As you can see by the pic above the place was already busy by 9:30am.

Penthutch

You may have noticed that the picture above does not look much like a fish tank. But my youngest son and I were at the pet shop to buy a couple of goldfish. Somehow during the visit the fish turned into guinea pigs and Peter had a weekend project to complete. Plans were drawn up, DIY superstore visited and the project was started. Thanks to our eldest son for his help we now have a Penthutch ready for the guinea pigs who will be arriving tomorrow. I really hope they can climb up the specially constructed ramps. All we need to think of now is what to name them. Any suggestions would be welcome.

Today's Daisy #7

Another interesting thing I past this morning on my walk. I am having ideas already about what Peter could paint on our mailbox.

Barbie Time

After two years of living down here in NZ, we have at last acquired a gas Barbie. One of my friends got given a new one with her new car, so she passed her old one on to us. After a good scrub down we cooked up a load of burgers, sausages, prawns and asparagus. It was a really cool evening meal, out in the garden being nibbled by mosquitos. I was able to use salad leaves from the garden for the first time to go with our barbie.

Sky House

I noticed this house when out walking with the family this morning. The people who end up living there will feel like they are living in the sky.

Strawberry Time

I love summer time. Two of my favourite foods are in season, strawberries and asparagus. Yum, yum, yum.

Today's Daisy #6

Today's daisy grows in one of my borders, nearly totally hidden under a rock rose.

Hot Hot Hot

Summer is almost here and the weather just got very, very hot. This afternoon it officially reached 29 degrees. The photo above is of the palms in Clive Square glittering in the morning light on my way to work today.

Today's Daisy #5

Today's daust is a sunflower growing against the side of our garage. One of the ones that self seeded from last years batch.

Today's Rose #1

Maybe I should start another blog called Nicola's Roses.

Early Morning Transport

When I was out running this morning (yes believe it or not I have progressed from walking to half walking and half running) this ballon was floating above Hastings, what an interesting way to get to work. I love my new camera, thanks again to all my family that gave me money towards it.

New Additions to the Garden

The local DIY superstore is selling tree ferns at a very, very, cheap price. Just what we needed for the wild bit of our garden.

Almost a Daisy #4

I love Dandelions, they are almost daisies. I know they are weeks and will spread annoyingly. But is there anything more beautiful than a Dandelion clock. I am so glad we have the wild part of our garden so I can let them grow and not worry.

Dragonfly

This is a bit of a David Attenbourgh moment down at the creek today. Do not scroll down if you are of a delicate nature. I had to post these snaps as the detail of the dragonflies was so amazing. I can take no credit for it. I just pointed my new camera in the right direction and snapped away. Now what did they say about the birds and the bees, or should it be the birds, the bees and the dragonflies.

Today's Daisies #3

Today's daisies are on my new pyjamas. My old ones were so old they disintegrated. Though I love the fabric so much I am going to keep it and one day make an old loved fabric quilt. The new ones were in a sale, must be kismet. I got a pair of pink spotty ones aswell.