#freshnewday

[myhomeandcountry]

Day 4 of the rahui. A zesty Wellington-style southerly sparkles through testing our readiness for #winter. Ha! As if, we were prepared weeks ago. So today was a great day for getting the last bedoffice sorted, and my do desk is gleaming ready for action. Out my bedoffice window I can watch tui foraging, and kaka practising their aerobatics. I love working from home. #freshnewday #gettingstronger #gettingthroughit #wtshtf https://www.instagram.com/p/B-TmM5tp0PD/?igshid=1h4k08hjfrs3n

[myhomeandcountry]

Swirls form themselves into faces. #freshnewday #apophenia #everydayart #arteveryday #cosmicinthecommonplace https://www.instagram.com/p/B2zuXLfJOsS/?igshid=25hhddxn7j9h

[myhomeandcountry]

I repotted my #pukanui (Meryta sinclairii) and it went into a funk. Suddenly, spring and I think I can hear it munching through the new nutrients. People, stop torturing yourselves with #ficuslyrata - the most ridiculously overpriced, under performing, just ugly, first world, pseudo status symbol ever. Get you some plants that grow, and grow you some plants! #🥰 #freshnewday #houseplants #houseplantsofinstagram #nzflora https://www.instagram.com/p/B0T3Cf0p64v/?igshid=172wtysm396zn

[myhomeandcountry]

My #mum paved her way to #heaven on jars of #marmalade. She used to make countless jars to raise for #turakina school. All the kids brought a jar full of sugar, lemons, butter, and a couple of #eggs to school. This is nothing in a #farming community that brought their #calves and #lambs in the car for the annual judging day. Most people were generous and there’d be boxes of jars, bags of sugar, eggs, lemons, and flour. Mum and her friend would take the ingredients and in the space of a day, turn out dozens of sponge cakes, and countless jars of marmalade, and lemon curd - all cooked on an old enameled wood and coal range. The cooker was so old it had holes in it that Mum and Dad had pushed cooking foil into the gaps to hold the heat in. We never had the money for a new oven. We’d load the bounty into cars and head into the market in #whanganui. Mums efforts raised hundreds of pounds for the school. I made lime marmalade using Mum’s recipe. It turned out perfectly. It was barely set when we toasted bread over the open fire and sampled the first jar. Delicious! I’m sure Mum would’ve loved it too. #😍 #freshnewday #limes #citrus #toast #fundraising #kitchencreativity #midnightfeast #lemoncurd #charitybeginsathome #breakfast #shacklock https://www.instagram.com/p/BzjVer5pyHE/?igshid=174qplz00qxtu

[myhomeandcountry]

The blackbird whirled in the autumn winds. It was a small part of the pantomime. @wallacestevens_thepoet wrote a wonderful poetical work entitled, “Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Blackbird”. After cutting back one of the #coprosma trees to set up a bird feeding station, this #blackbird couldn’t wait to sample the offerings. I hope today’s planting efforts will encourage even more #birds to jump the fence from #zealandia #freshnewday #birdwatching #urbanornithology https://www.instagram.com/lynsey.gedye/p/Bwi4xN3JyNM/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1wkllyf1yv6o2

[myhomeandcountry]

Pressed between the pages of our #bookoflove is a rose called “Honey, I’m home”. If it’s our only story, it might turn out to be our best story 😍 @maricasevelj #freshnewday #roses #romance #familystories https://www.instagram.com/p/BqNd_xSD4a4/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1b06l6o1a5dq8

[msyunasalazar]

Morning shine ! looking at the window. #freshnewday . . . . . . #likeforfollow #liketkit #likeforlikes #bw_photooftheday #prettybaby #followforfollowback #like4likes #prettyeyes #prettygang #intags #sexylook #photooftheday #dogmodel #followersinstagram #20likes #follow4follow #photoofthedaymywed #prettygirls #turkeyphotooftheday #photoofthedayisrael #sexyboys #photoofthedaym #sexybabes #theprettycities #model #likesforlikesback #follow #pretty #photooftheday_sa #photoofthedayl https://www.instagram.com/p/ClxSVwQJR8d/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[myhomeandcountry]

Day 3. I figured I needed six floral items to make my do-desk more congenial. The #rose #geranium behind the pink roses is more fragrant than many roses. Simple, beautiful. #freshnewday #workingfromhome #homeoffice #flowers #creamofthecrop https://www.instagram.com/p/B-RU0SgJjwU/?igshid=1pwh7tvns0sj0