Snow in Reikorangi

Tonight I'm off to the airport to collect the family arriving from their excursion to Christchurch. Flight NZ362 arriving at 20:45, the weather forecast fibs a bit about the temperature, though. It is currently 2ºC here, according to the Toyota outside. Its minus 222 according to my gloveless fingers!

As posted on my Facebook page, here are a couple of pictures I took a short while ago from the chook paddock, looking across towards the neighbours' cottage and shed.

(Above): The view of  the light snowfall on a couple or hills in the Tararua mountain range from the
chicken coop area, with our neighbour's cottage and shed in the foreground

The peaks in the background have had snow on them a couple of times for a day or two this winter so far, but this is the first time that the lower hills in the foreground have also had a a sprinkling.

(Above): Close up of the hillside.