This is the 16th entry from my draft manuscript, working title: Spring in the Cottage Garden. You can read the first instalment by tapping below:
Today it feels like summer. I went inside around midday because even with a hat and a long-sleeve top the heat was getting too much for me (it’s actually only about 20 degrees but after acclimating to winter it feels a lot warmer!). A tūī has been singing away all morning but only came out in the open for about two minutes. I think it’s been hanging out in a tree across the road. I did see two pīwakawaka though, including a black morph which are only found in the South Island. In fact, I only learned they existed after moving here! I only learned about kahukura and kahukowhai after moving here, too, and just recently discovered the existence of bag moths after a friend pointed one out that was living on the side of her house. I didn’t know about coppers or blue butterflies, or native hoverflies, or solitary bees – and I’m sure that as I learn…
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