Sooty

 19 years and counting

Old fashioned hydrangeas

 Beautiful blooms after the recent rain.

Hard at work

 

Windblown and battered

 but hanging in there.

Lake Waihola

 From the highway a few days ago.

Picking up our carb supplies

on a dreary summer's day. 

Pretty pink doorway

 Signed by Alice 

Sign

 At the entrance to the Wingatui tunnel walk.

Wingatui Tunnel walk

 

A perfect place for a picnic

 

Parellell paths

 The cycle track runs alongside State Highway One.

Clutha river

 

From the bank at Miller's Flat

Ice cream time

 

Fresh from the orchard

 

Gordon Road

 

Smoke

Smoke from the Australian bush fires is blocking out the sun in this part of Otago.

 

A small detail

 on a larger mural

Gathering rain clouds

 

Contrasts

 

Hiding? Escaping?

 Some of the men retired to the garage for a while on Christmas Day.

Shade tree

 A great shade tree in the playground .

We had a baptism

 Lucia Carolitta

New Year's Day 2026

At the movies and Bob is buying popcorn and coke to take in to snack on.