Farmer Bracken does not like to go far from home, but every now and then he is talked into a small holiday. This calendar follows his idea of “getting away” — which mostly means staying within a few hours of the farm, sleeping badly in huts, and wondering who is feeding the chickens.
Each month shows a gentle New Zealand outing in a soft, painterly countryside style: tramping a local track, fishing at the edge of a quiet lake at first light, eating crayfish on the Kaikōura shore while keeping an eye on the tide, sitting by a campfire, or watching the sun come up at his favorite beach. His scarf, satchel and gumboots come along for every trip, no matter how impractical
It is a simple, humorous look at holidays the way a true homebody kiwi might take them — close to home, slightly inconvenient, but secretly rather lovely.
