Following the MacKenzie Highland Show we headed off to Clyde, driving along what is now becoming a very familiar road for us. However we never tire of this landscape which is such an open vast area of tussocks surrounded by towering mountains. We are concerned to see some of this changing as dairying moves in with its vast irrigation structures to turn patches into an emerald green. It just looks so out of place.
We also were able to observe how quickly it can change from one season to the next. When we returned through the area just one week later the mountains were sprinkled with snow and the lake levels had noticeably dropped.
It was nice to get back to our base in Clyde and we were able to spend a few days taking stock, as well as making a start on pruning back some of our trees, and in particular the poplars, which seem to grow like 'the triffids'. A couple were pruned at ground level and the remaining ones we will take back to a more hedge like height. At this time of the year the sun is much lower in the sky and this will help with letting more light into our living area.
The main reason for our trip back down this way was a wedding in Arrowtown.
We had a lovely time though the weather had certainly changed from summer to autumn. We woke on Saturday morning to a very hard frost but a clear Central Otago day.
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| An aerial view showing the changing landscape (Photo; Peter Scott: Forest and Bird) |
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We also were able to observe how quickly it can change from one season to the next. When we returned through the area just one week later the mountains were sprinkled with snow and the lake levels had noticeably dropped.
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| Attacking the poplars |
It was nice to get back to our base in Clyde and we were able to spend a few days taking stock, as well as making a start on pruning back some of our trees, and in particular the poplars, which seem to grow like 'the triffids'. A couple were pruned at ground level and the remaining ones we will take back to a more hedge like height. At this time of the year the sun is much lower in the sky and this will help with letting more light into our living area.
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| All dressed up!! |
The main reason for our trip back down this way was a wedding in Arrowtown.
We had a lovely time though the weather had certainly changed from summer to autumn. We woke on Saturday morning to a very hard frost but a clear Central Otago day.
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| Adele and Regan |
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