Things You Probably Won't See in Your Neighborhood

This post is mostly for my American friends and family, or others who live in or near a city.  Country life in New Zealand is awesome.  Here are some things we see regularly right here in our "neighborhood".

Alpacas live on Isaac Road

Shetland ponies 

Romeo, our male turkey

Three female turkeys (raised by chickens) - not as impressive as the male

Of course, sheep everywhere you go

A house in the middle of a pine forest

Polite truckers!

Sheep in the neighbor's back yard

Broom - a plant that grows wild along the roadways

A cast-iron bathtub in the back yard, heated by an open fire

The blossom of the kaka-beak plant

1993 Toyota Starlet

No, not a palm tree, it's a cabbage tree

Toi-toi plants

1983 four-wheel drive Isuzu Big Horn

Heat source for next winter

The bucket loo - we call it an out house

A newsletter from your postie (mail carrier)

That's all for now. I'll post more pictures as I collect them!