A little garden renovation. Mexican Fan Palms replacing a weed filled bed. #garden #palms #hokio #hokiobeach #teamwork #billhastings #horowhenua #aotearoanz

Traditional Hōkio Iris Explosion #hokio #hokiobeach #irises #flowers #garden #beach #summer #summervibes #horowhenua #aotearoanz

Drinks & dinner @ Hokio

#summer #sun #garden #drinks #dinner #friends #hokio #hokiobeach #horowhenua #aotearoanz

Blissful summer days at the bach #bach #summer #kiwisumer #sun #garden #flowers #palms #hokio #hokiobeach #horowhenua #aotearoanz

Lilies, lilies, everywhere.

eketāhuna #eketahuna #ekecountrycottage #garden #flowers #aotearoanz

Mum in her garden, Eketāhuna Country Cottage

#eketāhuna #eketahuna #ekecountrycottage #family #aotearoanz

Mum & Jenni @ Eke Cottage

“Azadi” - Freedom, Fascism, Fiction - Arundhati Roy

An incredible set of essays on our times, focussed on India, but relevant everywhere.

LibraryThing Catalog Entry

Absolutely poured with rain last night, but breakfast on the deck this morning…

Georgia, Georgia The whole day through This old sweet song Keeps Georgia on my mind…

Stunning day in the garden

I bought some art …

Two pieces titled “Seasons Change”, by Lisa Walsh, an artist based in Waverley, South Taranaki. Fired glass, mounted on old glass windows.

 

2021 is better than 2020….

Xmas Part Deux @ Eketāhuna Country Cottage #ekecountrycottage #eketahuna #xmas #family #aotearoanz

Meri Kirihimete no Hōkio!

Hokio beach sunset

Last days of an icon.

Pohutukawa lawn - Xmas in Aotearoa #pohutukawa #aotearoanz

Out of office is on… won’t be back till this nightmare of a year is gone!

It’s been a year … thank goodness I’ve had this fabulous human with me all the way. Love you Bill 💕 #love #2020 #bestfriends #nearlythere #hannahslaneway #evast #wellingtonnz #aotearoanz