RESCUED! This sweet chook, like so many millions of animals around the world , once lived in the horror of a cage. Not any more… #organics #nzwine #eggs #animalwelfare Sam Neill #chickens #chickensofinstagram #farmlife #redhead

The moon tonight .#bloodmoon

FARMER OF THE YEAR ! Possibly of the decade. Dagging, docking, shearing , picking, pruning, … there’s no end to it. #Sustainability #RegenerativeFarming #Rachel’sFarm #where’sBryanOnRachel’sFarm? Sam Neill #OrganicWine #Vintage2025 #PinotNoir

CENTRAL OTAGO! A word on behalf of my friends , colleagues and neighbours , who have together established Central Otago as one of the very very few premium Pinot producing regions on the planet . Like, for instance - #MtEdwardWines

In a candid chat with Guyon Espiner from his vineyard in Central Otago, actor Sam Neill says as a winemaker he is creating a 'miracle' with each good bottle, but he's no Jesus.

HELENA BONHAM CARTER DOES IT AGAIN! Brand new calf - maybe #8 in her prodigious  career. Unusual colouring this time - black eyes, black scarf , black bum . All set to start providing fertiliser for the vineyards . Big job. Sam Neill

CALL ME OLD FASHIONED !

MEGDA! A Reunion. I've been away awhile, and I missed her

THROWBACK THURSDAY. The Portraitist. Another Cinema Quarantino, starring the outrageously offensively hilarious TIMOTHY SPALL. Old friend, who of course took it too far , as per . Tim is now a formidable painter in his own right, this prompted by his playing great painters . To

OLD FRIENDS? I had a chance encounter today . Seemed like an Old Familiar . Then again it was kinda early , and maybe I was confused . Or not … #gymbuddies #creatine #transformers ? #fakenews ? #WhereintheWorldamI? #eurovision #go-jo #milkshakeman

AND THEN....the sun was held captive by 2 towers.

MISSING MANILA!

Sam talks to the next generation of wool lovers❤️.

CROWDED HOUSE! I have been fan-boy watching them for 40(!) years now. Seems impossible, but last night I think was the best e ever saw or heard them.

LILACS IN FULL BLOOM ON THE FARM. Overwhelming beautiful scents. Brief season unfortunately, and horrendous weather for a bit...so, lucky. #TwoPaddocksWines #noToxicMiningCentralOtago

HOLLYHOCKS AND ME. This time of year is when my hollyhocks get taller than me. I hardly even resent my downgrade.