Last night was stormy and living in a house surrounded by trees, it sounded like they were all about to crash in on us…and one did! The view from our backdoor this morning…firewood delivered to the doorstep 
- Wind delivered firewood!
No Aaron nagging needed for jobs that involve loud machines
It has been a case of ‘four seasons in one week’ around here. I took the photo below on Monday morning when we started the day with minus three. And yet at week’s end we have strong northerlies and a predicted high of 23 oC.
Monday morning view from the doorstep
Anyway the strong winds have accelerated the loss of leaves from the vines. Once the leaves are all off, we will begin pruning.
Second set pinot vines with autumn leaf loss
With fruit gone, sheep can be let in to 'mow' vineyard grass
And there I was thinking Auckland was the place for schizo weather!