On Crows Nest On Waitangi Day

The Crow's Nest is the prominent peak towering over the Wellington suburbs of Crofton Downs and Ngaio. I have been to this handsome peak twice before. I was meaning to visit the peak again for some time. It's time I rectified the situation. Waitangi […]

Lost spring

How many of you remember the very first post of my Hard Life blog, featuring my shiny classy high-end Made-in-Germany technology, Sthil brusch-cutter? OK. OK. Not many. I see. … Anyway, I was recently having a little problem with it. I had lost a […]

Delightful snowscape

When arrived, the "significant nationwide weather event", "the big chill" "the polar blast direct from Antarctica" and "once in the lifetime snow", aka snowmageddon, indeed caused a widespread disruption in transport and electricity supply, and many businesses and schools to close and some household […]