A Waikato winter morn

I leapt out this morning and went to the western boundary to see if I could spot the blood moon but a little cloud over the hills toward Raglan and over Pirongia were perhaps curtaining that view, so here you have one of the magnolias in the garden(Iolanthe) being blessed by the 8am sun.
Later in the morning I spent a couple of hours on the nut cracker and filled another large bag for the freezer before a couple of hours on the lawnmower.More of a "vacuum" than a mow and still very soggy earth making traction somewhat dodgy!