Friends of mine would rather leave the country than spend time in Wellington in October and November. Â It’s this time of year that Wellington most earns it’s weather reputation as being wild and windy. Â It’s a worrying time of year if you’re... 
It seems an age ago that I was crated up for hours on end in an airplane winging my way back to the southern hemisphere. Â As I crossed the globe I made plans for the garden. Â As always my parents garden provides plenty of inspiration. Â There is always so much... 
“Be afraid, very afraid” was the weather forecasters message this time last week. A once in a lifetime snow storm was heading across New Zealand that would eclipse the snow flurry we had a few weeks before. Twitter was forecasting #snowmaggedon with... It’s been slim pickings for the birds since the snow arrived. These Plovers were distinctly put out to be wading through inches of snow to find something to eat. The little birds of course were turning loop the loops as they feasted on the chicken food and... Today was like waking up on a Christmas Day and hoping for a snowy festive scene. I was so excited to pull back the curtains to see if the snow dump forecast had given us a southern hemisphere winter wonderland. Imagine my delight the snow had indeed arrived. Even... 
