Saki Blogs

Red letter day around here (groan) The tractor arrived this morning. It's a 25hp, 4WD Kubota tractor with a grader, slasher, S Tine Cultivator, Carry-All, Towbar and a spray pack. It's a lovely little tractor - exactly the size I wa… more »

The frosts around here are pretty spectacular. Takes me back to the good old days of childhood, standing in ice, swapping feet on the roadside waiting for the school bus, the frozen animal water troughs, frozen pipes from the tank to the house (at le… more »

Title: THE GOOD GUY Publisher: Harper Author: Dean Koontz Edition released: 2007 ISBN: 978-0-00-722660-3 456 pages Reviewed by: Adam Donnison Sitting in your favourite bar, trading sarcastic commentaries on life with the barman, you don't expec… more »

You've probably guessed by now that recycling is a big part of our life. A while ago friends offered us some kiwifruit crates that they had been given and were breaking apart for firewood. In the same batch were a few other goodies including discarded… more »

One of the things that we've got to do is get moving on some proper fruit varieties. The little orchard that is here is a nice to have, but we need to increase the numbers - firstly because of variety and range of available fruit, and also to add some… more »

Title: HUNTER'S MOON Publisher: Gollancz Author: David Devereaux Edition released: 2007 ISBN: 978-0-5750-7985-5 231 pages Reviewed by: Adam Donnison Jack is as good a name as any for the central character of HUNTER'S MOON. By his own admission… more »

Title: END OF THE WORLD BLUES Publisher: Gollancz Author: Jon Courtenay Grimwood Edition released: 2006 ISBN: 978-0-5750-7953-3 342 pages Reviewed by: Adam Donnison Neiji is a young schoolgirl who has $15 million in stolen currency locked in a… more »

I'm fairly sure it wasn't so long ago we were having a serious whinge about the heat. Fair enough - it was February. So now it's June and it's time for a serious whinge about the cold. It dropped to -0.4 this morning, about 15 minutes before we… more »

Just finished a very nice long weekend. Started off with a highlight - visit from Andrew and Fiona, back from their travels. They joined us in the pub on Friday night for happy hour and then back here for dinner and a look at the wonderful photos fr… more »

falling out of the sky. That's been falling out of the sky now since Monday? It's RAINING! It's been RAINING for 3 days now Nice gentle soaking in wet raining, soft raining, wet stuff from the sky. Tanks are slowly fil… more »

Everyone knows how many times Adam's banged on about wanting to be able to hang himself upside down whenever his back's playing up. So I solved it. The dog's get very confused when he disappears and are very relieved when he reappears - they… more »

Just some random photos. Mind you, Miss Jedda's on rest and recuperation. She's sprained a knee and has to be kept "quiet" for 6 weeks! HAH I took these photos last week - today we're having our second wet, rainy, cold, wet Monday - and there's… more »