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Lovely day, Sunday, so off to the beach we went - first time this season.
A few things about Lyall Bay - its a “Woof Woof Ruff” ( area designated for exercising dogs), has fantastic surf for all levels of surfers (lessons available) and the sea temperature is frigid! Watch out for those iceburgs. (Really not kidding).
Nearly a year old now - haven’t they grown! Because they were adopted from the SPCA, I don’t know their exact birthdays so I’ve guessed them to have been christmas babies.
Clockwise (from top left): Breaker Bay, viewed from Beacon Hill; Pencarrow Heads; On the trail of Hobbits, New house under construction, Pass of Branda; InterIslander ferry in Cook Strait (with snow-top South Island in distance)
We chose the closest - the Eastern Walkway.
Peruvian lizard @ Machu Picchu and his New Zealand cousins – Common Gecko and Copper Skink
This is a blog of shame. The warmer weather has the lizard population out sunbathing on rocks around my house. Unfortunately, they're easy pickings for my young predators and some other introduced pests. Learn more.
The predators: my lovelies, Kotare (NZ Kingfisher), Australian Magpie and Hedgehogs
Looking at Lyall Bay from Strathmore Park, Wellington.
I paused to enjoy the view.
From the front door, Strathmore Park, Wellington.
Couldn’t stop humming Julie Andrews while taking these pix.
Raindrops on roses and whiskers on kittens
Bright copper kettles and warm woolen mittens
(dum-de-da-da-da dum dum-de-da-da)
Paintings and music and recovered armchairs
These are a few of my favorite things
I've several new projects on the boil, just need to put all the pieces of the puzzle together. So I've been hitting the books, the net and figuring it all out on paper - you can't bet a bit of manual doodling.
My poor garden is crying out for attention after the foul winter we've had here in little ol' NZ - more to come on this later.
Lovely day, Sunday, so off to the beach we went - first time this season.
Nearly a year old now - haven’t they grown! Because they were adopted from the SPCA, I don’t know their exact birthdays so I’ve guessed them to have been christmas babies.
Clockwise (from top left): Breaker Bay, viewed from Beacon Hill; Pencarrow Heads; On the trail of Hobbits, New house under construction, Pass of Branda; InterIslander ferry in Cook Strait (with snow-top South Island in distance)
Peruvian lizard @ Machu Picchu and his New Zealand cousins – Common Gecko and Copper Skink
The predators: my lovelies, Kotare (NZ Kingfisher), Australian Magpie and Hedgehogs
Looking at Lyall Bay from Strathmore Park, Wellington.
From the front door, Strathmore Park, Wellington.
Couldn’t stop humming Julie Andrews while taking these pix.
I've several new projects on the boil, just need to put all the pieces of the puzzle together. So I've been hitting the books, the net and figuring it all out on paper - you can't bet a bit of manual doodling.
