Crazy Weather
But we still are way better off than people on the East Coasts these days! Half a metre of snow in Hawkes Bay, unbelievable. Hopefully,…
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Garage painting
Builders here are usually not happy having you around all the time, as the health & safety regulations are quite strict in New Zealand. There…
Through little people’s eyes
About twice a year the kids’ cameras get a download. There always are pictures on it that we didn’t see from their point of view, or things…
Garage insulation and lining
Insulation costs too little to not do it. Who knows what we’ll want to use the garage for in the future. The windows are double…
Registered Master Builders House of the Year Awards 2016
Our builder submitted our house to this year’s House of the Year Awards and it seems the judges liked it. We have won the “Lifestyle Award…
The water tank
Kiwi-style improvisation adventure:
Miyazu Garden Nelson
A little bit of Japan in NZ – the beautiful garden of Nelson’s sister city. Beautiful in any season (but really best in September, when the…
Deep Winter
… at the beach. Although it seems to be an unusually warm winter this year (we’ve had worse), it got quite chilly when the sun…