Tayla's plant

A busy time 'Down Under'

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February 1st 2010
We are having an incredibily hot dry summer, added to the heat is the high humidity. I can remember summers like this one when I was a child on the farm many years ago. The animals are finding it very hot as you will see in the photographs Fletch just lies down and sleeps. Oh for her life. I had planted Swan plants in late spring thinking that what fun it would be to see all the lovely Monarch ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » North Island » Auckland » Bucklands Beach

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The Polynesian Maori reached New Zealand in about A.D. 800. In 1840, their chieftains entered into a compact with Britain, the Treaty of Waitangi, in which they ceded sovereignty to Queen Victoria while retaining territorial rights. In that same year... ... read more