The mostly carstic formation of Takaka Hill shows some interesting sights: The Ngarua Caves, formations at Hawke’s Lookout, the Canaan Plains  and Harwood Hole for…

Within the last two weeks, the garden has been exploding with smell and colour. Some beautishots from our garden:

The Monday after Spring Fair is traditionall off for kids, a pure teacher’s only day at school. When Verena had been delivered to kindy, the…

The new hops strings at our neigbour’s plantage (across the street) have been installed, the young plants ready to be planted … the next week is…

The annual Steiner event in the region is the magical Spring Fair with its games, the stalls (especially the phantastic Midnight Elves’ display room), the…

Seriously? Rain again? … The whole organisation team and also all helpers had a standup decision wheter to go for it or to reschedule the…

… is the name of the rusting hulk, that lays in the Motueka forshore since it has been left there to rot by Talley’s Fisheries…

Since the weather hasn’t been too stable the last week (and especially yesterday and over night, sigh) we didn’t dare to go far away. But…

The Nelson and the outlying areas have been settled by Englishmen and Germans in the early 1840’s. The first settlement in today’s Upper Moutere region…

A long walk at the beach and up to Aileen’s bench.