Penguin Rescue Update

Winter brings beautiful skies.

​Hello friends and family
The week began with reasonable weather, despite a poor forecast. On Sunday Youenn and I went to the Bluffs and planted trees. I missed the aurora on Sunday night, so had a look on Monday night. 

The aurora on Monday night

​We were able to plant again on Monday and Tuesday, so it made a change to do the Toptip on Wednesday morning. The place was very busy, so the morning went fast. We went to Vanessa’s for lunch and then Youenn got on the bus to Queenstown. 

Giant petrels - a likely vector for Bird Flu gather to eat seal pups

​The promised rain had not arrived by Thursday, but it was very cold. Since then, we have had hail and sleet showers but only 8mm in total. It is still very cold. Usually, we get our first cold snap at the beginning of July. I manage to stay comfortable by layering up so I can still do the rounds. The slow cooker is in action.

snow out the kitchen window

Have a great week!
Rosalie