Feedback from Fiji

Today is time for the second batch

of

sweet potatoes

to be planted.

 some of us
                     worked
                                       and some of us
                                                                      watched...

 It is but a few months since  we planted  our first batch of kumara.

Mariska, Ledua and I

Our timber posts  for the  power fencing have arrived.
They are 200mm  treated pine posts.
                                                Now for the holes to be  dug....
                                                                      

Chinese cabbage
                                 and beans
                                  growing well and the
                                                                                 first cucumbers are also being harvested.

the bird....

Fiji Goshawk (Accipiter rufitorques

The Fiji Goshawk is endemic to Fiji and not shy.  According to the locals it can prey on chickens and we now suspect that the Goshawk is responsible for the disappearance of our lost puppy!

He appears out of nowhere when Claude starts the tractor and then follows him around looking for the  titbits that the slasher spits out!!  Lizards, grasshoppers, mice....

We had  new 'visitors' in the anchorage and some older ones stopped by again!

.........   and the winter swell arrived!

Claude and the girls surfed the perfect , small waves breaking  behind the boat on the reef and fun was had by all!   

 The swell brought surfable waves which lasted about 2 days. 

The anchorage was comfortable and we only experienced a slight movement on the boat for about 30 minutes each day when the tides changed.

Nothing we could not handle !

 and as always the moon ( or the sun)
                                                                    are the subject of stunning photos....mood setters.

Us going home with the dinghy after a looong day on land....