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Champagne with Fish and Chips on the Waterfront
Wellington Harbour was the most beautiful sight yesterday. You can walk for a quite some time around the old port area and it is heaving with eateries, locals, tourists, runners and business men on...
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Off to the Beach in the Valiant
Yesterday, Senior Son picked us up in his Chrysler Valiant and we were transported across the hill and down to the beach. For those of you who asked about the car; this version was only made for...
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Will The Real Wellington Please Stand Up
No, not you little Basil, you can stay sitting down. Yesterday Wellington changed its mind and took the sun back in. Yesterday the other Wellington came out to play, the darker side. The windy side....
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Cat as a Hat caught in a Driftnet
We had a bit of a driftnet gathering yesterday. (Our kind of Drift-netting means that you invite everyone you see over a period of time to arrive at different times of the day, slowly staggering them...
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My Sister has a Farmy
Yesterday I said my last gulping goodbye when Senior Son dropped me off at the airport, with my lightened luggage, to collect my little zip zip rental car. Wellington is very easy to drive out of...
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Home, my other home
To get to my favourite beach on earth we must first take a tiny peek of my favourite view where I grew up. Napier. New Zealand. The fishing boats. I rode past these boats on the way to school… every...
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Bye Bye, Bach. Bye Bye, Beach.
Bye Bye beautiful Bach. Bye Bye beautiful Beach. My Mahunga. Remember to take one last look so we can come back again. Tomorrow I leave very early to drive back to Napier to catch a plane to Auckland....
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White on White: Ponsonby House.
When first you land in Auckland, New Zealand, or when you are weary of travelling and almost ready to go home – I have found the perfect place for you to lay your little head. I am staying at Ponsonby...
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A New Zealand Garden
On the way to my friends house, and our last stop in this New Zealand journey, I saw this sign. Cool! And here is a New Zealand garden. A little paradise right in town. Auckland has a wonderful...
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Move along, Move along, Nothing to see Here.
I decided not to post a page this morning. Then after the milking and after I had started a new cheese, my daughter called from hot, hot Melbourne and said .. I am waiting. I have been checking and...
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Children of the Corn
Out here in corn country there is a legend that the ghosts of all the children lost in the corn fields come out at night and roam the rows, crying piteously. Probably rattling fences, and shaking corn...
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Rugby Extra
This is an extra post for those of you interested in seeing where the rugby was staged yesterday. The American Eagles and the All Blacks played at Soldier Field. The city of Chicago was heaving with...
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New Years Eve
So … do you have a family tradition for New Years Eve? I don’t. Though I love the idea. I get up early so I do not stay up late but I like the idea of the New Year being celebrated. The freshness...
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I think I might go to the beach
Look at my sunrise. Yes. You are right. There is no rising sun. No sun. No sky. Everything white and frozen. -7F (-21C). We have a hoar of a frost. The trees are creaking and cracking under this...
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Gusts!
I am here. Arrived safely, had a whirlwind of a day yesterday and now we are on Day Two already. Wellington, New Zealand. The home of the gusty wind. So there was no ferry ride out to the island after...
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Pop Up- Up Date
Yesterday I cooked and cooked and cooked. I even packed my own apron and knives in preparation. Getting used to other peoples ovens is such a chore. My little helper wore his apron too and is the...
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Fish and Chips
Fish and Chips on the Beach. Nothing better on a beachy sunny day. Today we drive off into the country to set up the venue for Senior sons wedding. Lots to do yet! Life is good. Love your friend, celi...
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In the country!
Yesterday was my son’s wedding day. It was extraordinary. I have many pictures from that day but while they all percolate in the machine, I have a few shots here from the day I arrived. I was going...
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Colour
Here are a few pictures I took on the wedding day. The girls dressed in a little cottage on site. We rented this venue for the weekend and all stayed in and around the house. The big house, the cottage...
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A side of country
Today we left the lovely farm and homestead and drove back through the parched landscape to Wellington, New Zealand. This (above) has to be my favourite image of the New Zealand I saw this time.. New...
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