Today we left the lovely farm and homestead and drove back through the parched landscape to Wellington, New Zealand. 
This (above) has to be my favourite image of the New Zealand I saw this time..
New Zealand country. We were driving through the Wairarapa. They have not had rain in a while and it shows. Many of the dairy farmers are irrigating. I am in two minds about irrigation of fields to feed overstocked farms and Dairy is even bigger business in New Zealand now. It is a bit hard on the land and the rivers. Living WITH the land and the rivers is a very different thing from feeding OFF the lands and emptying the rivers.
Having said that, we all had an excellent swim in the river, yesterday!
River slime and all…
My friends are crazy! I love that.
The New Zealand landscape has the rolls and angles of a beautiful robust woman.
I very seldom manipulate images. My promise being that you will see what I see. But this image demanded black and white.
And so the journey continues.
I hope you all have a lovely day.
Your friend,
celi
The Kitchen's Garden 
40 responses to “A side of country”
Love LOVE these photos of New Zealand!!! When we traveled there we were yuppies with one kiddo. Now we are in France with four and all these damn cows … I have a new perspective. I look at pasture and cows and land.
I suffer terribly from paddock envy when i am here.. these beautiful rolling fields!.. c
… and funny friends 🙂
Beautiful and am still chuckling at your River Monster!!
Pretty cows, and sheep. Interesting landscape shots. I’ve never seen anything that looks like NZ.
Oh dear my comment disappeared. I love the photos; you capture our beautiful landscape so well. The pine-planted hills look like stubble, curious. I laughed at your Neptune friend rising out of the river.