Bird wars! As pretty as they are Eastern Rosellas are a pest, so are the flowers the Tūi and Rosella were after (the Taiwan Cherry, you can see the pink flowers at the bottom, super invasive) Rosellas compete with native birds and these two were battling for some time over ownership rights!

When the cat goes adventuring under the house. Deciding whether it looks more like dreadlocks or a lace veil....

Baron Dragonfly, these guys like a warmer climate, there haven't been any sightings recorded in the South Island.

This is great! I parked The Hindenberg just about to crash into The Beehive NZ because the place is a disaster at the moment 😀

The only post I have put on both sites is this.....

I have just helped to build something very similar to what you are looking at there......https://www.escarpmentdomes.co.nz/escarpmentdomes

I have a million. Sing out if you want some 🙂

It's an excellent book, thank you. It nicely filled in some knowledge gaps for me. It certainly came out at a poignant time!

Taken today (Saturday) its still pouring in...

Fixed it....