I know, it looks just like a summer beach holiday shot. But it was really …. cold. Ten degrees ain’t much when your fingers are…

The weather was so fine and warm that we couldn’t stay at home – had to have another look across the ‘big hill’ and visit…

As spring fair approaches, the group met once more for two days of extended dollmaking, knitting, sewing, wet felting etc. We were guests at Riverside…

Today we had a stop at the aerodrome event at the Motueka Airport, plenty of food, some attractions for kids (face painting, bouncy castle) and…

The first warm day in weeks we spent a morning off in the valley, just us grown-ups by car, just going for some adventure drive-aimlessly-around…

With this beautiful “The Doors” song in my mind, I did the last of these many steps that led us to the very end of…

Kina has many faces: It stretches north of Mapua onto an almost-island (peninsula) which nearly touches Motueka Harbour on its northern tongue. Some nice holiday…

Because Anna attends to school from 9 to 3, there’s never any homework.  And that’s a good thing, too, because when the kids get home,…

Get up, have some perfectly spiced chai with milk and a big spoon of sugar. Inhale the fresh spring air with closed eyes and listen…

Anna had her first contact with stilts two weeks ago (and already knows how a fall feels on these stilts with shoes nailed to it).…