Covid-19, Day 10 , Saturday, 4 April 2020. Autumn is a great time of the year for the Kereru as there’s plenty of food to snack on at Warblers Retreat. One food we had no idea they would be attracted to, is the humble old kumara (sweet potato), plant. For some reason the Kereru just love to eat the kumara leaves!
Read MoreCovid-19, Day 8, Thursday 2 April 2020. I wonder what will be different? It’s been said many times over, things will be different when we get out of lockdown, well there’s so much that we are doing now that is different in our daily lives, and many of these things will stay.
Read MoreCovid-19, Day 7, Wednesday 1 April 2020. Changing tracks, many of us are going to be doing that in the future, but here at Warblers Retreat, we are changing tracks in a different way!
Read MoreCovid-19, Day 6 , Tuesday 31 March 2020. It’s four weeks that New Zealanders have been asked to endure, to stay home, to help our country, although many of us believe it will be a lot longer. Dave and I have both come from rural backgrounds, we both love being active, and we have both relished this time of being isolated, but for how long? Can we do it without going out for supplies?
Read MoreCovid-19, Day 5 , Monday 30 March 2020. You may ask, what is Pare-dise, where is Pare-dise? The locals around here will tell you the same thing, it’s here, in Pare. Pare?
Read MoreDay 2, Friday 27 March 2020. Up at 5.30, it feels like normal, there’s lots of computer work to be done now while it’s dark so I can get outside when it’s light – well that’s the plan, it doesn’t always go like that!
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