Sunday 23rd July 2017

Hello friends and family
​After the storm...

​Monday and Tuesday were lovely days and so I was able to potter around outside and remove several layers of clothing, only feeling the cold at about 4:30 pm when it was time to come indoors.

A Shy juvenile Yellow-eyed penguin

​It was Okay on Wednesday and Thursday as well, with the rain arriving in the early hours of Friday.  This bad weather was well predicted and so I left all the indoor jobs to Friday, finding it very strange to be indoors for a whole day. I only went outside to empty the rain gauge. We got the 150 mm promised

The lucky pups - chubby with lots of friends

​So even though I am thinking that it is very wintery, the Spotted Shags are checking out their nesting sites and looking very sexy in their beautiful breeding plumage.

A Spotted Shag in breeding plumage

​The timing of this storm should mean that they choose higher sites and don’t get washed off their nests after the eggs are laid.

A New Zealand Sea-lion - my furry neighbours to the west.

Days like Friday help me appreciate the home improvements of double glazing and insulation. The extreme weather is now something that I see out the window, and not the window rattling, noisy drafty experience that it used to be!
Have a great week!
Rosalie
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