Are you bored yet?! Hopefully the girls will appreciate all my efforts one day when they’re old enough to read! Here’s the final part of our holiday… phew it really was a whistle stop tour. When we arrived in Napier we were ready to chill out. As we drove into the Hawkes Bay we felt…
Author: BritMumInNZ
A week on the road – Part two
We arrived in Taupo on day three of our holiday, after an energetic morning on the ski slopes, and as we drove up to the Anchorage we were filled with memories of our amazing January holiday with ‘Chicken’ Grandma and Grandad. They were in our thoughts every day and the wonderful memories made us feel…
A week on the road and detoxing: Part one
The detox is now over (from booze, blogging and other unmentionables!). The flu is behind us. We had a fabulous week on the road in this beautiful country. Wellington is a great city and we often don’t feel like we need a holiday; but when we get on the road we realize how much we…
Bloomin Beautiful!
Just a quick post of some sunny cheer before we finally head off. It really was magnificent today and with the clocks having sprung forward we really are embracing the lighter evenings and warmer days. We joined the celebrations of the Spring Festival at the Botanical Gardens today. Poor ‘ole Charli still isn’t A1 and…
Off we go!
We’re off on Monday for seven night’s driving round the middle of the North Island. First stop is the carrot capital of New Zealand,Ohakune, where we’ll spend two night’s just outside the town. The weather forecast for Mt Ruapehu isn’t looking wonderful for Tuesday, but there’s sun forecast for Wednesday. With a bit of luck…
Bug off germs: Leave us in peace to admire the tulips
It’s the start of the annual ‘Spring Festival‘ this Sunday in Wellington’s Botanical Garden. Tulip Sunday on 28 September kicks the winter blues away and calls in the joy and colour of Spring. The festivities continue throughout the two-week school holidays, culminating in a Family Picnic on Sunday 12 October. These photographs weren’t taken this…
Crook again but the force is with us
UPDATE: Still crook. Saw the doctor today – which was, as I expected, a total waste of time. Spent half an hour in the waiting room, dozing in and out of sleep, before being poked, prodded and told, ‘Lots of fluids, Vitamin C and lots of rest’. $45 worse off at the end of it…
Time to Chill and Eat Cake
Term three is coming to a close, And these three can’t help but strike a pose. For though they’re happy stepping out on their own, They are only too happy to strut together in town. Weekends of ballet and swimming take a break, It’s time for us to chill and eat some cake. No rushing…
Rediscovering ‘me’
After a brief stint in New Zealand of a year and a half from 1997 to 1998, Dan and I traveled back to the UK for a wonderful year. We were married in 1999 and within a few month’s after our wedding Dan was invited to return to New Zealand to work for one of…
We Are Family
What a weekend! Spring really is upon us and here’s a little video clip of our family fun on Wellington’s Waterfront on Saturday (with plenty of hooning around and shoddy camera work!): Sunday was a trooper of a day too. We always love chilling out at home on a Sunday morning (and catching up with…
Scooting around Wellington on a sunny Saturday
Wellington is such a compact city, encased in hills and geographically challenged when it comes to expanding (but of course there’s always the option of building up – and one look at the number of cranes on the cityscape exhibits evidence aplenty of growth to the sky). The compactness makes Wellington a neat city to…
Camping with natural flair!
I was recently wasting countless hours on Facebook when I came across a friend’s photos of a recent visit to Festinho Festival in Suffolk, UK. What really captured my attention, and had me up most of the night dreaming, was her amazingly natural tent. She has since put me on to the website where she…
Beautiful rain – for some
In so many parts of the world right now people are suffering from a deluge of rain beyond manageable proportions. I woke this morning to a plea for donations from the British Red Cross for the Hurricane Appeal in the aftermath of Gustav and Hanna. Our prays go out to all the families affected and…
Random Happiness
Being in the moment, totally at one with nature. Free of the monkey mind chatter and internal dialog. No ego to feed; just simple happiness from living in the present and being consciously aware. Every breath drawn from the centre of the Universe. Every cell in the body soaking up the warmth of the sun…