The Garden

We have both been busy in the garden this year. I did more when Lynne was tied down with Green Corps but now it's the other way around as she is home more.

As you can see we have done well with the cauliflowers; these are the first three - there are probably another half dozen and as you can see, we still have plenty of tomatoes.

Snake Island

Here we are Sunday morning and here is our brunch cooking on the stove after a great couple of days kayaking in the Channel.

Dave, Nicole, Kevin and the two of us kayaked across to Snake Island on Friday. We had been talking about the trip for some months and finally we were all free and the weather was suitable. Dave borrowed a kayak for Kevin, who is very keen on buying one; Nicole paddled a kayak we had borrowed for Kevin to try out which turned out to be too small for him.

We left Trial Bay in lovely winter sunshine, with a very light SE breeze.

Kevin wasn't comfortable in his kayak as the rudder pedals were too far away but it didn't take us very long before we were setting up camp at the usual spot. I hadn't been to Snake Island for a long time - certainly not since Craig and all the volunteers had completed removing all the erica. There also had been a number of bushfires in recent years but despite this the island was looking good.

You can tell it was a pretty cruisey trip as Dave brought along a camp table and chairs, lashed down on his back deck. We settled in around the fire and drank mulled wine (well what else do you drink on a winter kayaking trip?) and chatted and laughed into the evening.


The next day wasn't exactly an early start as we didn't get on the water until nearly midday! We still had plenty of time to get back to Trial Bay so decided to head south for a detour to Green Island and the fish farms en route. Saturday had started with a little drizzle and very low cloud but by the time we reached Green Island the cloud was breaking up. It was so calm though as you can see in the picture of Nicole above looking back towards Snake Island.

I thought I had discovered a dead seal on the rocks of Green Island until it woke with a roar; I am not sure which of us was most frightened as I bolted away from it in one direction and it headed in the opposite direction into the water.

Kauri!

Sunday night, well early evening, it is getting dark now at 5.30 and Mum has just gone down to give Kauri a feed of Economix and vitamins. She is looking good (Kauri is anyway!) even looking round, not fat "just good".

The Helms Had A Party

Well last Friday the Helms had a bit of a party, I didn't take many pictures, well only one actually - and here it is.
It was good to catch up with a few people we don't see very often.

Return of Washing Up Cam

The recently released third instalment of last Thursdays washing up has its debut here and now on Misty Hill Blog. Reviews of the first of this exciting four part series have been very positive.

"Is mum standing there videoing that?? oh dear i have silly parents!
but thank you! :P haha" says Meg from Arsargo Seprio.

As the tension mounts to the finale of this quadrilogy public acclaim for this gripping action series is growing to levels never experienced ever before.

Washing Up Cam II

Well here it is, the long awaited follow up to Washing Up Cam I. The action merges seamlessly from one video to the next. The tension is mounting as the big pots can't be avoided any longer.

Isn't the internet a wonderful thing - what would we do without it.

Washing-Up Cam I

This girls is a very special event, 'washing-up cam' comes to the Misty Hill Blog. Just being able to watch the excitement and action happening in your absence will make you home sick and want to come rushing home so as not to miss out.
To sustain the excitement of this important event this is the first of a gripping series covering yesterdays washing up in full.