These delicate looking birds must be exhausted! From Alaska they come and, more each day, arrive at the Motueka estuary and Sandspit for feeding and breeding.…

Nelson Our visit to the Saturday Market has been long due, and we were craving another sourdough bread, Neudorf cheeses and some fine organic veges.…

What fine day at the sandy beach! Old and new dolls made their great escape and enjoyed a little spare time on their own …

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…