When our ferry was delayed on our way to the South Island we spent an hour or so exploring the Beehive grounds and walking the streets near the ferry. I took a photo of this sign in a book store – a great advertisement for the worth of books! In case you can’t read it clearly enough, I’ll write it out… read more

Chris and Rosie Boom and their six children are setting off on tour this weekend and will be visiting many different towns and cities around the North Island and the top of the South Island.
We’d love to see you there!… read more | 11 Comments

Milly and I have just got home from the vet’s with smiles all over our faces. Peony, Milly’s pony, is in foal!! In January she met a beautiful Gypsy Cob stallion, and now we will have a very special arrival at Christmas!
Gypsy cobs are known as one of the most docile and gentle breeds in the world… read more | 5 Comments

We have just finished preparing the ground ready to lay some sandstone pavers. Great fun using the compactor!
A lot more fun that it was yesterday raking the ground ready to sow the rest of the lawn.
Phew. What exhausting work.I had blisters on my hands and a very sore back but… read more | 1 Comment

Today has been one of those glorious full on, achieve lots sort of day!!! Chris and I were outside at 7.30am preparing the area and then the bob cat (tomcat as my mother calls it!) arrived and the work began. He spread all the top soil – including one huge pile that has been there for three years. The place looks so tidy!… read more

Updating my blog and websites at the moment – check back later! read more

I will never forget the thrill I felt the first time I saw the barn. My twin sister Penny and I had been exploring the land – Chris hadn’t come up to Whangarei that weekend, so it was just us. We pulled up the roller door and birds scattered. It was full of timber and the neighbour’s boat. Penny and I stood in the middle of the downstairs part and… read more | 1 Comment

We have just discovered a wonderful little verse and memorised it together. It’s Psalm 138v3:

“When I called, you answered me: You made me bold and stouthearted.”

Now I often find myself praying that I will be stouthearted. And it’s a verse that often comes to mind when one of the children need to be brave. They like the verse because it makes them think of brave… read more

I just read a wonderful quote which inspired me to keep writing!

“When I consider what some books have done for the world, and what they are doing, how they keep up our hope, awaken new courage and faith, soothe pain, give an ideal life to those whose hours are cold and hard, bind together distant ages and foreign lands, create new worlds of beauty, bring down truth from… read more