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Lynda Blair
เข้าร่วมเมื่อ 11 พ.ย. 2011
Hubby and I retired in 2020 and now I have time on my hands I've decided to do a little bit of videoing and sharing them. I am a newbie, and not at all techno, so some of my videos will be jerky. Please forgive me and hopefully I'll get better!! We live in Lower Hutt, near Wellington, in New Zealand.
Our Christmas Blackbird takes a bath to "Jingle Bells"
Captured through a window, this is our friendly neighbourhood blackbird doing a Christmas dance while he has a bath.
Jingle Bells 7 by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Jingle Bells 7 by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
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Update on our potatoes and cos lettuce plus some flowers 15 Dec 2024 (Lower Hutt, NZ)
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A little update on our potatoes, carrots, cos lettuce and some flower updates (marigolds, apple blossom rose) as well. These gardens are all in tubs or planter boxes of one type or another.
Update on our vegetable garden 15 Dec 2024 (Lower Hutt, New Zealand)
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An update on the main vegetable garden. Really pleased with how things are coming along...we may even have baby carrots for Christmas Day!!
Our Garden - an update ( Part 2), 6th December 2024, Lower Hutt, New Zealand
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Continuing the update our planter boxes. Hubby made the wooden planter boxes that most of the plants are in. We have a few buckets and tubs and an old wheelbarrow, but most of them are handmade in wood. These planters have mainly flowers in them, though I have a tub of herbs (rosemary and thyme) and a blueberry plant which is coming on nicely. I hope you enjoy these little updates. It's coming ...
Our Garden - an update ( Part 1), 6th December 2024, Lower Hutt, New Zealand
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An update our main vegetable garden. It is only very small but it gives us a lot of pleasure to see the vegetables growing. We have tomatoes, celery, carrots and Cos lettuces. Three of the four lettuces are in their own mini "glasshouses" - a 3 litre fruit juice bottle with the bottom cut off and placed over the plant, with no lid on so it can get air and water. The green hose on the garden is ...
A blackbird takes a bath, scratches himself numerous times and spits out cherry stones.
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We have quite a few birds around our place, and this blackbird took lots of short baths in our birdbath. We're in Lower Hutt, New Zealand. He spat out several cherry stones...the cherry trees which grow wild are currently covered in ripe cherries. Not the big kind you buy in the shops, but they are smaller and apparently quite sour. The blackbird must be able to hold several stones and spit the...
A new Christmas Illumination for our display, Lower Hutt NZ
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Clever hubby has made a different illumination to add to our display for Christmas 2024. It's a "shadow box" with the front cut out and a light in the bottom, to give a silhoutte of the nativity scene. I think it looks wonderful. The video's taken not quite square-on, so the strip of white you can see on the left is the side of the box. This illumination runs off the main power supply, whereas ...
A Thrush having a wash in our birdbath
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In Lower Hutt, New Zealand. He visits us quite often but we don't normally see him having a bath. It's 1st December hence all the Christmas decorations on the fence, and the solar panels for powering them.
Four wood pigeons in a tree at the back of our place, Lower Hutt NZ
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Hubby shot this little video of four (or possibly five) wood pigeons (Kereru) in a tree in the bush behind us. The trees are a type of cherry tree, and the birds love eating the berries - you can see them eating them a couple of times during the video. They are big birds, they can be up to 50cm from beak to tail, and can easily weigh 650g or more.
Another update on our vegetable garden, Lower Hutt NZ
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We've got our first flowers appearing on our tomatoes, and the celery is thriving. We planted some Cos lettuce seedlings yesterday and so far Mr Slug and Mrs Snail haven't found them...long may it stay that way! The carrots are coming along nicely. They're a bit sparse in places as when they first came up something (we think aphids) ate a lot of them so it's taken them a while to bounce back, a...
Our completed Christmas Illuminations, 22 Nov 2024
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The final version of our Illuminations, for Christmas 2024. Apart from the white reindeers (bought from Bunnings last year) all the illuminations have been handmade by my clever hubby, from scratch. Lower Hutt, New Zealand
A wood pigeon (Kereru) in the trees behind our place, Lower Hutt New Zealand (Take 3)
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Another view of the wood pigeon in another cherry tree
A wood pigeon (Kereru) in the trees behind our place, Lower Hutt New Zealand (Take 2)
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Another view of the wood pigeon having morning tea on the cherry trees
A wood pigeon (Kereru) in the trees behind our place, Lower Hutt New Zealand
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We often see wood pigeons flying about the place, making that distinctive "woosh woosh" with their wings as they fly. They are beautiful birds. This one flew into a cherry tree in the bush behind our place, and decided to have a feed.
Another serenade by our blackbird, Lower Hutt, New Zealand
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Here's our blackbird mate who visits us every day, sitting atop the neighbour's roof and singing his little heart out. Filmed from our deck where we were having a morning coffee.
Another little teaser of our Christmas Illuminations 2024
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Another little teaser of our Christmas Illuminations 2024
An update on our Christmas Illuminations 2024
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An update on our Christmas Illuminations 2024
Greenfinches feeding in Lower Hutt, New Zealand
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Greenfinches feeding in Lower Hutt, New Zealand
Our friendly blackbird sings a serenade to us - Lower Hutt, New Zealand
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Our friendly blackbird sings a serenade to us - Lower Hutt, New Zealand
Our friendly blackbird visits for another bath - Lower Hutt, New Zealand
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Our friendly blackbird visits for another bath - Lower Hutt, New Zealand
An update on our flower and potato garden - Lower Hutt, New Zealand. 16 Nov 2024
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An update on our flower and potato garden - Lower Hutt, New Zealand. 16 Nov 2024
An update on our vegetable garden - Lower Hutt, New Zealand. 16 Nov 2024
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An update on our vegetable garden - Lower Hutt, New Zealand. 16 Nov 2024
A friendly Blackbird having a wash in our birdbath
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A friendly Blackbird having a wash in our birdbath
An update on the potato plants in our garden 9 November 2024 - Lower Hutt NZ
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An update on the potato plants in our garden 9 November 2024 - Lower Hutt NZ
Rubbish Bin Day in Lower Hutt, New Zealand
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Rubbish Bin Day in Lower Hutt, New Zealand
Geothermal energy and a little bit about farming, Volcanic Plateau, North Island, New Zealand
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Geothermal energy and a little bit about farming, Volcanic Plateau, North Island, New Zealand
Turbulence on a model DC3 in the wind, Lower Hutt, NZ
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Turbulence on a model DC3 in the wind, Lower Hutt, NZ
Some birds having a feed on our front lawn, Lower Hutt NZ
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Some birds having a feed on our front lawn, Lower Hutt NZ
A view of our garden on a sunny day in Lower Hutt
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A view of our garden on a sunny day in Lower Hutt
I had no idea birds spit out seeds/stones. I'm from Singapore and we've got a ton of birds here, but not so many blackbirds. Thanks for sharing!
I love the sound of this wonderful bird in the early morning. But today I was shocked to find that my cat had caught one.😓
Muy bonito, muchas gracias 💚
Hello from northern Canada! I visited NZ in 2018 and loved birdwatching. Happy holidays.
Thank you for your kind message. I'm glad you enjoyed your trip to NZ, I love birdwatching too! I'll bet it's cold in your neck of the woods... You enjoy the festive season too, and thank you for your comments.
@lyndablair1449 Cold and dark! Thanks for posting the video 😊
now this is the content i want to see! what a cutie
Thank you.
ว้าว! นกอาบน้ำ ..น่ารักๆ 😀👍😘
Amazing job, guys! That's quite a staggering effort - you've clearly spent absolutely ages getting all of this ready!!!
Many thanks Greg, Hamish has certainly put in the long yards!! Just a shame it doesn't get dark over here till about 9.15pm, as a lot of the really young kids miss out because it's too late for them. But a lot of people get a lot of enjoyment out of seeing the lights, and we love sharing the "spirit of Christmas". Thanks again.
@lyndablair1449 The cake doesn't sound bad either! What would also be great to see is how the illuminated house looks from further afield, for instance from the other side of the street to really appreciate the spectacle in one shot!
Will see what we can do on a fine night...watch this space!!
Nice job, Lynda and Hamish! Really seems to be warming up there. Greetings from -2 nighttime temperatures in England!
Brrrr...-2!! Thank you for your kind comments Greg. Hamish does most of the work. As I'm sure you'll understand, the Supervisory role that I play is very taxing so I concentrate on that while Hamish is the "hands on" man!!
Thank you Lynda, girlfriend loves it
Love it!
Thanks!!
Wonderful video 👍
Thanks, I'm glad you enjoyed it 😊
Very good brother ❤❤
Very good ❤❤❤🎉
We need to catch up. It's been years !
The crops look so healthy and beautiful
Thank you Hanna😊
I didn't know you had a TH-cam channel. Loved your performance in The Exorcist. 😀
Yo! that's fantastic !
Yo~ bravo! very pro ! 👏
Thank you
Hi Lynda, Judy and Bob… Napier
'promosm'
Burgundy Ice - man labai graži rožė👍🙂
Thank you
What a lovely Garden Like 6 My friend thank you for good sharing 😊
Where is this location
Lower Hutt, New Zealand
Bro it's ur home right,u know abt in lowerhutt any public place same like Christmas decoration lights bcoz my son want to see, me also stay in lower hutt.u know any place please reply here.
There are two maps that show locations of all the lights, if you go to them you can see where to go to look. www.lightupchristmas.co.nz/xmas-lights.php brady.dyer.nz/2023/12/01/lower-hutt-christmas-lights-map/
❤❤❤❤🎄🎄🎄🎄
Thank you
Do they eat lemons?
We have tried them with lemons, but they don't seem very keen. And thank you for subscribing, you are my first subscriber!!!!
Does the dancing go all night? Or just when people are watching? 😀
Only when people are watching or cars go past...he sits down inbetween
Looks lovely.