This week at work we received this amazing scaled down waka hourua. It’s going to Auckland eventually for their education programme but until then it’s gracing our foyer.
It’s made almost entirely out of recycled materials and can be taken apart for easy transportation. Beautiful.
I have lawn daisies!
It’s definitely spring. Flowers are either out or on the way and there’s a light dusting of yellow pine pollen over everything. It’s also definitely the equinox with crazy weather including gale force winds.
Last weekend was our annual cuzzies weekend away in TaupÅ and we’re getting pretty good at balancing lazing around and gentle activity. Sunset over the lake,
I’m not what you’d call a gardener, my style is very much set and forget. Ages ago a friend in Taranaki gave me a kawakawa seedling that I set under a tree until I decided what to do with it and, well, kind of forgot about it.
This morning I looked out my fabulous newish kitchen window and realised not only how big it had gotten but that it’s hit a couple of milestones.
Holes! This means the leaves are sweet enough for the bug that makes them and some say their medicinal properties are enhanced.
The weavers from up north are back and we’ve got three full days of trying to remember what we’ve previously learned, learning new things and literally weaving it together.
