An afternoon in rural country

Wiggly Piggy

Our lovely lunch spot

Lunch time in the country

Can't help but love 'em

Cuddly cute

Another local volcano -Mt. Narahoe We had a wild weather day with heavy thunder, lightning, hail, rain and wind. We had to pull over on the road and wait until it was safe to move on.

A nosey neighbor

Our dog "Tiger"

Our dog "Ricky"

Sunsets & Rainbows

A beautiful end to a beautiful day

Going to scan the pastures for sheep or lambs that may have gotten stuck in mud or water holes or got onto their backs and can't get back over. They will die pretty quickly if not freed or turned back over.

Going

Hidden in the hills

Morning at the mountain

Our off road vehicle, "The Mule"

Country livin'

Fetching water for the dogs

A day in the ministry

Snow on the mountain

A friendly local

Turkeys trying to impress the chickens

A very rural farm house

Curious George

Nice piggy

Spring Lambs are everywhere

Part of our animal family

A section of our backyard

One flat and a spare with no air

A friend and neighbor with a compressor to our rescue

A beautiful end to the day

Sunset on the mountain and pastures

Front side of our cottage facing the mountain

Our cottage beyond the buildings and dark green trees in the center of the photo

An evening visitor

Mt Ruapehu from our window

A fiery sunset

A storm cloud at sunset

Restful country scene

Larry missing his tractor

One of many flowerbeds in our yard

One of the Sheep paddocks

View across the yard

View from living room

Looking out our dining room window

Welcome to our Cottage

Our NZ Car

Beautiful New Zealand beach

The beach at Mt. Maunganui

Sunset over Lake Taupo