Mōrena e hoa; good morning my friend.
How has your week been? It has definitely felt like winter with our first real frost this week, and cold mornings that make me want to stay in bed all day!
But in true Ōtākau (Otago) style, the sun is out and (as long as there isn’t too much of a breeze & I have enough layers of merino on) I can sit outside and soak up the sun. These days I often take my laptop out to the garden in the afternoon to work on my garden memoir, or this newsletter.
I was all set to write about the korimako today. We’ve been waking up to their waiata (song) every morning lately, and I feel blessed to have this manu (bird) around.
However, I was out taking detail shots of tawai for my Weekly Wildlife post this week when I saw something growing out of a wee nook between the branches of a wild cherry tree. I think I actually squealed - fortunately, no one was around!
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