As the farmer set off to work with four professional tree planters, I thought about the behind-the-scenes effort that’s often required to produce results. Years of grit, guts, luck, courage, team work and a heap of money was behind our thrilling America’s Cup win. On average, each race took a few minutes short of 25. …
Tag Archive: Otamatea River
Jul 11
Rooting for the Kaipara Harbour
Categories:
Farming with the farmer, Rae's Blog, Random rural yarns, Seabirds and environment
by Rae Roadley
Aug 20
Activity vs achievement
“Don’t confuse activity with achievement.” Last week a newspaper editor spoke these wise words while I was chatting with him on the subject of being busy. But how does one define which is which? I’m obsessed (mildly) with photographing the Otamatea River, usually in the morning. It occurred to me today, months after taking this …
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Tags: achievement, activity, Otamatea River, Photography, sayings