Its the weekend so as per usual as we hit the NZ winter its raining and cold ... Well cool ... anyway not conducive to gardening and too too wet anyway ...

So here I am at the PC with my monster sized mug of tea and a few Ginger nut Biscuits..... Of course we are supposed to be dieting and getting fit and healthy and so on ...Not doing too well on that front. Though recent efforts have seen us all lose a few kilos ... McD and I are supposed to be going to the Gym tomorrow ....Todays plans are not necessarily tomorrows actions ........

We had the chance last weekend to go to the inlet.. A family of King Fishers live there..Fighting playing calling to each other they work the mud flats for fry and baby crabs ... 

Both McD and I face uncertain time with regards to our jobs ...McD trying hard to secure a permanent position but currently on a fixed term employment through to July sometime... A few months back I was told I would be out of a job come June ......Now its the end of the year ....Potentially I could be there for some time after that as there's more than enough work on. I'm part of a major Government Ministry merger which has enormous complications...I'm now managing two of the Ex government groups as we merge them together... Plus a couple of related projects... It's helping to keep me busy and useful.. but it will end ....





The flower of the native vine tecomanthe speciosa. One the rarest plant known. A single plant found on an uninhabited island north of nz. Apart from the goats of course. Sailors of old left goats etc on such islands in case of ship wrecks.

Jobs are becoming scarce in IT in Wellington ...New Zealand Really ... So we have to start thinking as to whats next ...

We could head up to our largest city Auckland. There are more jobs up there but now many...


The iconic wellington Cuba mall buckets. Also have notoriety for having two hobbits piddled in the water when here filming. Peter Jackson was not amused rightly so.


To be honest it would be little more effort to jump across the ship to Ozz... and apart from Sydney We'd probably be very happy over there.. God Knows we've holiday'd over there enough...




The worst thing at the moment is we cant plan a lot.. Holidays, bigger garden projects ... Just frustrating .....          



Still a fave picture for the summer past. One of K's (McDs Siss) shots from her visit.



White Fronted Tern

Bit of a goings on at the Dinzie back lot....The main bunch of chooks had a falling out - Henny our mother Bantam and the smallest compared to the chicken sized offspring was set upon and pretty much beaten up....


Happened the day I was off and I knew only when I went to let the 3 groups out for a while in the back garden..She was muddied and very quiet....Sad....
However I went to get them water and on my return she had packed and trotted over to the Quiet group...And Moved in !! The quiet guys aren't at all concerned and Henny's now happy again and recovering.....

So the other Treo are now named the Thugs..Penny, Sally and Jo...
The Quiets are Fry, Chip and Dale and now Henny

So the other Treo are now named the Thugs..Penny, Sally and Jo... The Quiets are Fry, Chip and Dale and now Henny

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Nice day today....Bad night with the mobile going off though the night with work issues...We cleaned up a bit more of the front of the house with the help of Penny and Bluey...Bluey found a quiet spot and went to sleep......

We then Went to the inlet and had a lunch and then bird spotted around the shoreline....Heaps of black swans...But highkights were the Spoonbills and 5 kingfishers on a tree stump......

Sun still warm.. 
Nice day today....Bad night with the mobile going off though the night with work issues...We cleaned up a bit more of the front of the house with the help of Penny and Bluey...Bluey found a quiet spot and went to sleep......

We then Went to the inlet and had a lunch and then bird spotted around the shoreline....Heaps of black swans...But highkights were the Spoonbills and 5 kingfishers on a tree stump......

Sun still warm.. 
Nice day today....Bad night with the mobile going off though the night with work issues...We cleaned up a bit more of the front of the house with the help of Penny and Bluey...Bluey found a quiet spot and went to sleep......
We then Went to the inlet and had a lunch and then bird spotted around the shoreline....Heaps of black swans...But highkights were the Spoonbills and 5 kingfishers on a tree stump......

Sun still warm.. 
We then Went to the inlet and had a lunch and then bird spotted around the shoreline....Heaps of black swans...But highkights were the Spoonbills and 5 kingfishers on a tree stump......
Sun still warm.. 
Sun still warm.. 

The Bluey Family - soon to go are Bluey, Huey, and Duey....














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