http://www.blockhill.co.nz/abode/en-usImage: 2009/plumBlossomSmall.jpg<br/> Large Image: 2009/plumBlossom.jpg<br/> Details: Blossoms are exploding everywhere in the orchard (and out along the roadsides). First come plums followed closely by almonds. <br />Bumblebees swarm all over the trees, pollinating the flowers to ensure a bumper crop.<br />Finally the wind takes the petals before tiny fruit emerge and develop.<br/> Date: 2009-08-19T00:00:00.000+12:00<br/> Image: 2009/sunsetSeptemberSmall.jpg<br/> Large Image: 2009/sunsetSeptember.jpg<br/> Details: Another month of change. September offers cherry blossom, warm windy sun-filled days and evenings by the fire.<br/> Date: 2009-09-25T00:00:00.000+12:00<br/> Image: 2009/snowSmall.jpg<br/> Large Image: 2009/snow.jpg<br/> Details: After a week of damp and cloudy, the weather reached a wintry climax with flurries of snow and a good dumping up on the hills. The ground was wet and boggy for a few days and the streams gushed noisily.<br /><br/> Date: 2009-10-09T00:00:00.000+13:00<br/> Image: 2009/norwestClouds.jpg<br/> Large Image: 2009/norwestClouds.jpg<br/> Details: A changeable day as the southerly front moves in.<br/> Date: 2009-10-28T00:00:00.000+13:00<br/> http://www.blockhill.co.nz/abode/getProduct.do/_productId__108871/_siteId__555/method__getProduct/_categoryId__4168Details: Watch the orange glow of evening fade to the purple of night.<br />A short time lapse capture of the sunset from our deck.<br/> Image: 2009/sunsetNov23.jpg<br/> Date: 2009-11-23T00:00:00.000+13:00<br/> Image: 2010/blossomsBeforeStorm.jpg<br/> Large Image: 2010/blossomsBeforeStorm.jpg<br/> Details: Spring blossoms on the plum tree before an approaching storm.<br/> Date: 2010-08-20T00:00:00.000+12:00<br/>