my native garden

Bidi bidi


Hebe


Corokia


Manuka


Native broom- this is up Wye Creek not my garden, but so cool I put it in anyway. I have 2 seeds, I'm trying to nurture so maybe next year.

Oma's 80th

Aaron's Oma ( grandmother) nilche turned 80 and had a lovely lunch at McHughes of cheltenham to celebrate.
The whole family came.

the birthday girl with aaron's immediate family


Oma and the Tante's( her sister in laws), her 5 kids, their kids, and even 2 great grandchildren (Holly and Patrick)
The baby is actually Aaron's cousin.
Check out holly and my matching outfits! Oops

christmas

Dec 11 Vinnie turned 1 and had a jungle party. Wish we could have been there..He is soooo cute.


Bradley and I did heaps of cooking for christmas gifts and for once it came out good. Chocolate coated meranges, truffles and gingerbread shapes. A little testing was required of course


Stu came and visited us up in Auckland


Also up in Auckland we had a lovely family christmas. Mum made an amazing meal complete with turkey.Wer were spoilt rotten, and it was good

Our spare time

Boldering with the boys.
Rupert has gone now First Patagonia and then Canada for a year


Despite her moving to Wanaka we have been spending a bit of time with Amber.She has been learning to climb and this was her first lead climb!


We have been Riding our bikes still and are getting better
Sally on El dorado drop. 7 Mile queenstown


Aaron at the Hub 7 mile queestown


We have been up South wye climbing more new routes.
There was a bad start to the season with one lad taking a big fall and getting choppered out but luckily nothing was broken and he was up and about and we soon got back on the horse.
Aaron on the first ascent of crack heads(3 pitches).

Aaron's work 07/08 part 3

Stair tower and steel cladding.The Steel is 4mm thick and weighs about 100kg per sheet. They lifted by rigging off scaffolding. It is galv. steel painted with a rusting paint.


The water flows over a 55m long weir on the left of the picture and recirculates. Thew lake is not filled in the picture and the level will rise to deck height



Summer view of landscaped mounds towards Coronet Peak.

Aarons work 07/08 part 2

Open Longe, dining and kitchen. looking towards the snug on left


Main log fire


The snug, with more steel


snug fire . Aarons team did all the steel as well (TV under painting)


veiw from the entrance foyer. The steel stair and tower were craned in in one piece

Aaron's work project 07/08

This was Aaron's last building project he finished in O8.He enjoyed doing something so different, and thought you might like to have a look too.
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The stone area's will be planted as vinyard


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Master Ensuite- the room at the end beyond the glass will fill with water and flow into the lake



Winter veiw from the Master bedroom deck