Bougiest chickens - got their own holiday home… #chickens #hokio #wellington #holiday #HolidayHome #VisitingForTheWeekend

Two chickens outside their 'holiday coup' underneath olive trees

Hot and sunny at Hōkio (30C), after the rain #Hōkio #hokiobeach #sun #summer #heat #AfterTheRain #horowhenua

Sunny subtropical garden with decking and stairs

Olives and figs This years crop of figs and olives look good! #garden #produce #olives #figs #Hōkio #Horowhenua #Aotearoa

Collage of olives and figs from around the garden

Fresh produce from the Eketāhuna country garden 📷 #Eketāhuna #CountryCottage #family #garden

Leeks, multi-coloured potatoes spilling out of a hessian bag, and a cabbage on a rustic table.

Good morning from Eketāhuna cottage 📷 #eketāhuna #cottage #morning #light

Morning light streams through an open French door and window in a wooden country cottage onto chairs and a table. A garden is visible outside.

Quick visit to Eketāhuna Cottage. 📷 #Eketāhuna #cottage #garden #family

Small country cottage with white walls and grey roof. Surrounded by a profusion of flowers. White clouds and evening blue sky above.

The grandkids brought their chickens with them on holiday. We even set them up with their own ‘batch’ under the olive trees for shade. They enjoy their supervised outings around the garden as well! 📷 🐓🪴 #garden #chickens #holiday #batch #Hōkio #HōkioBeach

Chicken coop under shady olive trees.Olive trees in a garden with a chicken coop beneath.Chicken coop with two people waving. Two chickens in the foreground.Two chickens enjoying foraging under lush vegetation.

Hōkio garden bliss 📷 #garden #Hōkio #HōkioBeach #Horowhenua #Summer #Aotearoa 🇳🇿

Lush green garden with mown lawnWooden decking and stairs with garden bushes and trees Nikau palms and other undergrowth Queen palm and olive trees

Summer is in full bloom in Pōneke.

Pōhutukawa tree in Te Aro park.

📷 #Pōhutukawa #Summer #Pōneke #Wellington #Aotearoa #KiwiSummer

Pōhutukawa tree with dark green leaves and bright red flowers in a small park. Blue sky above.

Flowers of Kirikiriroa

baskets of flowers in an alleyway abundance of flowers in pots and planters

Flowers of Te Aro streets

Flowers seen on a walk along Te Aro streets.

First summer irises at Hōkio beach.

Irises with mauve inner petals, bright yellow stamen, and white outer petals.

The promise of Feijoas!

bright red multi-stamen flowers in a dark green bush

Plants and rocks at Pukeahu National War Memorial Park. Pōneke.

lush trees and bushes Tī Kouka flowercarved rockcarving on rock

Ivy. Hannah’s Courtyard.

ivy creepying up over a building's windows

Good morning everyone. Great view through the ‘jungle’ out to the Hannah’s Laneway and the blue sky above. #AtaMārie #UrbanGarden

Looking through dark green leaves of a rubber tree to an urdan laneway with a view of the blue sky above.

Kapuka (Griselinia littoralis)

Profusion of glossy green leaves of the Kapuka bush

Hōkio garden. Great place for a meditative morning.

Have just finished my first virtual meditative “retreat” with the [Waking Up](https://www.wakingup.com) app & program. 6 hours of guided silent meditation; including (thankfully!) segments of walking meditation. I will be interested to see how this echos in days to come.

Hōkio - inside & out. #hōkio #hokiobeach #horowhenua #aotearoa #batch #beach #sun