Just a short stop over at Totaranui Beach on a high season Tuesday, watching the oyster catchers. :)

It’s such a pity that no bakers in our area are capable of making authentic pretzels. For some reason they substitute the required sodium hydroxide…

After about two months without any significant rain our garden wasn’t in the best possible shape anymore. But fortunately, just after New Year’s we’ve got…

Located in the Aniseed Valley near Richmond, these waterfalls look most impressive after rain. The 2h return walk doesn’t require much physical fitness but is…

Season two for our berry house. I didn’t expect that 18 little bushes can already provide more blueberries than we can eat every day. If…

We just wanted to get some fresh salmon to test our recently built smoker, but going there on the second day of January was not…

We haven’t been there in a while, but had to show it to the grandparents. At least the number of totally unnecessary plastic toys has…

Challenge of the day: Take a picture without crowds of people. It’s high season and we’re crazy enough to go to a tourist hot spot.…