The Golden Days of Spring 2019

A lovely New Zealand native Kowhai tree in

Cornwall Park.

The flowers nectar is a food source for birds

especially two of our native birds

Kereru (a large wood pigeon) 

Tui, called the Parson Bird

because it has a white tuft at it's neck

resembling a Parson's collar!

I enjoyed my walk in Cornwall Park 
to see the
the golden daffodils and kowhai flowers.
True to Spring
there were new lambs and calves too!

Take care and

be kind to one another.

My thoughts are with all those in the 

Bahamas and the US

affected by Hurricane Dorian.

The damage and chaos is horrific.

You are very much in the thoughts of all

New Zealanders and we are sending 

our prayers your way. 

Take care.

Mary and Bob, I was so happy to read

Mary's post and know you are both safe.

Merci à bientôt

Shane

All New Black Sheep Collage!!

Here is a  new collage of the
Black sheep
no one could see on my previous post!......

I've downloaded the Pic Monkey photo editor
but it is taking me a while
to find my way round the program!

I wanted to insert text on the photo.....
I did that however it was in black
which one couldn't see
as the photo is dark!!!

After asking Mr Google nicely
Pic Monkey
obliged with the process
in Steps 1 to 5.
I usually consider myself quite literate
except when it comes to
computer jargon!

I will keep practicing!

Do you have this problem or am I on my own?!

(This was the original photo on the previous post - can you see it now?
please do let me know!)



Take care and
be kind to one another

à bientôt

Shane  xx

Spring is in the air.....

Hello dear friends
It has been so long since my last post
almost a year....
So no doubt you all gave upon me a long time ago!

I have missed you all....
I am on Instagram as some of you know.
IG is not so time consuming as writing a post
and editing photos.
Having said that I have missed blogging
and I hope I can put up at least
one weekly post... time will tell!

Changeable 
weather over the last couple of weeks
sunny and warm one day
cold and wet the next!
…it’s 
Springtime  
in my neck of the woods!

New Zealand Kowhai Tree


Recently I headed up to
Cornwall Park
to find Spring Inspiration
it is one of my favourite places to walk





As you can see by the photo above
the farmer has a flock of black sheep.
They are such characters
in fact very nosey
and race over to the fence as soon as we appear!


Well I won't ramble on or this won't get posted!
Can someone please recommend a good
photo editing program.
I used to use Pixlr but it has changed
and I found it too complicated for me!

Take care and
be kind to one another

à bientôt

Shane

Country in the City

Cornwall Park is an urban working farm

ever changing through the seasons.

For city dwellers

it takes many of us back to our country roots.

Also it's a wonderful "hands on" learning and teaching tool

for both school children and teachers.

Sadly today, many children think milk comes from the

supermarket or dairy.

I'm joining Tex for Good Fences and

Eileen for Saturday Critters

Thank you both for hosting

and thank you dear friends for reading my posts and

leaving your comments so I know you've visited!

Take care and

be kind to one another

à bientôt

Shane

Cornwall Park farm walk

One of my favourite places to walk in my area is

Cornwall Park.

It is a working farm with a herd of

Swiss Simmental cows.

They are in general a docile breed

apart from the mothers who are

very protective of their new born calves.

Many people walk or run in the park

with their dogs, which should be to be on a leash.

The cows are not happy when unleashed dogs

approach them in their paddocks and are

quick to display their feelings.....

The dogs learn very quickly to stay

on the right side of the fence!

I'm joining Tex for Good Fences

and

Eileen for Saturdays Critters

Thank you both for hosting.

I've read some lovely comments from you

over the last couple of days on my tribute post

for Smiling Sally of Blue Monday

Thank you my dear friends. 

Take care and

be kind to one another

à bientôt

Shane