First day in New Zealand.

 I spent my first day checking out the garden and taking a few shots, my daughter and her partner are renting for a while this is the place they are staying at it's a lovely house built on the side of a hill as everything is flat land is rare in Wellington but all so green everything just grows, this is the start of spring flowers everywhere. 

 Blue and purple seam to be the theme in this garden.

 Even the lawn has flowers.

 BLUEBELLS just so pretty

 The deck is weathered wood and large

 Not sure what this is but it looked interesting.

 Just a touch of red at the edges.

Just my sort of garden wild and free but the gardener was coming two days after I left to tidy it all up.

I've been away in NZ for a few weeks .

Nothing is working at the moment so this is a very short blog but when it get it right I have 120 pictures from NZ.

I have a message for Audrey in Canada I got your message but now it's missing again I read it at Wellington New Zealand but since it's gone. If you read this my email address is merlebturner @gmail.com.au . I would love to catch up it's been 30 odd years since you left Australia your son would be all grown up.
Unloading the photos from my trip failed will try again later these are some paintings I had already here so  at lest you have something to look at.

Ducks

Seagulls

and waves.

Me and Clemmy knitting

Angus sitting by the front door the beer fairy said he sat here for the first few days I was away then he wandered off I was easily forgotten

The next one will be the beer fairy and Wilbur having a cuppa.

Spring is here., time spent in the garden.

This is the superviser

This is the mess

The chairs for the onlookers

But the weather is just wonderful rain last week and wonderful sun today.

He has been drinking again always falling over this one

And this one just doesn't approve.

The boss hasn't moved much .

One red bone from Angus.

The beer fairy arrived home with these magpies the other day.

and this one attracted a real one this morning, he was disappointed when he realised it wasn't real.

The sundial has new home

And a new coat of paint

He also bought a kookaburra

He sits on my tree stump looking interested in all you do.

i did buy a new plant.