jude here again.....Its almost the end of May, and winter is around the corner...how's that for stating the obvious.! Living in the Marlborough Sounds is special any time of the year. Watching the wind move over the water in a southerly squall picking up whirls of salt water like a tiny tornado and skidding it accross the surface. But when the sun shines its just gorgeous.
Flowers are a bit thin on the ground at this time of the year, altho Rog found a late Compassion rose and a Westerland rose and has some very moody gentle shots of these.
Firewood has been the job and now we are all stocked up for at least 2 winters, that feels so good. Now it is time to refocus on our business and persuade the world to come to our cyber door! www.gardenartimages.co.nz or to start planning a summer stay in the Sounds. Check out Ngaio Bay www.ngaiobay.co.nz
More soon, time for an Earl Grey!
Monday, May 26, 2008
Friday, May 9, 2008
learning the art of blogging
well, we are finally into autumn and the end of a fantastically busy hosting season. Our B&B has been full for months with great guests from all over the world, experiencing a bit of Kiwi magic at our special corner in the Marlborouigh Sounds. www.ngaiobay.co.nz
Actually I am Jude, rogers partner and I'm just kick-starting his/our blog. We are really just a couple of wrinklies having a good life producing great food and generous hospitality in a magic setting, growing organic food, plus gorgeous flowers for Rog to photograph then turn into gorgeous things for all sorts of uses.
today he "captured" a very late blooming peace rose....it will surely be one of the last. I picked a bunch of my favourite roses, Abraham Darby, a David Austin rose which is so fragrant it almost makes you swoon ....now there's an old fashioned word if ever I heard one. Everything seems more intense at this time of the year, perhaps before the almost-hibernati0n that accosts us in the winter as we slow down and pull in. The kitchen fire has begun its winterlong burn.
We are starting an email and website program to boost our product sales...trying to stick to the things that are affordable in what are becoming tight economic times. Beautiful cards are always needed, only cost a few dollars and give so much pleasure. Rogers images are there to see on our website and the cards are so reasonable . Check our website for a look www.gardenartimages.co.nz
Actually I am Jude, rogers partner and I'm just kick-starting his/our blog. We are really just a couple of wrinklies having a good life producing great food and generous hospitality in a magic setting, growing organic food, plus gorgeous flowers for Rog to photograph then turn into gorgeous things for all sorts of uses.
today he "captured" a very late blooming peace rose....it will surely be one of the last. I picked a bunch of my favourite roses, Abraham Darby, a David Austin rose which is so fragrant it almost makes you swoon ....now there's an old fashioned word if ever I heard one. Everything seems more intense at this time of the year, perhaps before the almost-hibernati0n that accosts us in the winter as we slow down and pull in. The kitchen fire has begun its winterlong burn.
We are starting an email and website program to boost our product sales...trying to stick to the things that are affordable in what are becoming tight economic times. Beautiful cards are always needed, only cost a few dollars and give so much pleasure. Rogers images are there to see on our website and the cards are so reasonable . Check our website for a look www.gardenartimages.co.nz
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