East Coast
When we were first thinking about leaving everything behind a decade ago, New Zealand was uncharted territory for us, a dream. Since then, we not…
Category: A new life in NZ (2014-now)
A week off!
Christchurch we come – looking for recreation, attending Mini-Olympics of Anna’s class, a piano …
The kitchen is in!
The guys from Bays Joinery did a great job with our kitchen. They didn’t fight my unusual design concept and managed to create maybe the…
Painting the walls
These guys kept us waiting a bit too long, so our move-in date was postponed by 11 days. But they did a great work!
Moving again…
We knew that it probably wouldn’t work out to finish the house until our neighbors come back for this summer season. But the day we…
The broody hen
“broody” definition: A hen that is committed to hatching chicks is known as a broody. The state of being broody is controlled by instinct, hormones…
Timber floor
When I started researching on available flooring options in NZ about a year ago, we were surprised how expensive flooring in general is. Most interestingly,…
Garden update – November 1st
We’ve been busy in the garden lately. A thick layer of bought hop compost helps us to speed up the process of improving our poor…
Ngatimoti Festival
Wow, that’s a big festival for such a tiny town! Must be thousands of visitors here in Ngatimoti, just a few kms away from Mot.