Monday, December 27, 2010

HAPPY CHRISTMAS!

Happy Belated Christmas :)
Arohanui from the Okaritoites!

.....just a few images from the day!


..a walk over the "just opened" Trig track!


one of my Mum's fantastic plates!



Christmas Panaforte...mmmmm


...cherries from Central Otago and another of mum's beautiful plates!


Hope the sun starts shining soon!
...its been a magical and memorable year in many, many ways!
Thank you to everyone for all your smiles and company:)
see you in the New Year!
Ka kite ano.

Let the Birthday Begin!!!!.....

What an amazing day to go South!
you could almost see the seal colony at Knights Point!
....and then the birthday celebrations began?...why does most of our photos show us eating???....it was one of those sort of "in the big smoke" celebrations so must go out for brekkie Yum,yum!

Breakfast or should that be...brunch!! at Vudu Cafe Qtn! the boys tucking in to a SMALL feast!



and then....there was cake at M and R's!!!
(talk about spoilt!)

a few iconic Central Hollyhocks at Nana's! 

Well hope you are all well:)
sorry about being a bit slack on the post front!
almost forgot to wish all my lovelies a...
HAPPY CHRISTMAS!!
talk soon
arohanui x

Tuesday, December 21, 2010

Summer in Okarito......before the rains hit!!!

Our backyard looking very summery! and another visit from the ducks!

this is not a Christmas present!!!!??? from a gorgeous friend who has just returned from Melbourne and couldn't go past without a wee something.... for ME! THANK YOU :)

the unwrapping was hard because it just looked soooooooo beautiful!.....

can you hear the squeals of delight????

I am loving these!

We had a great and very warm time down in Central Otago!
now we are home it hasn't stopped raining so it was fantastic to have a wee break!:)
must dash
will post some holiday pics soon
Arohanui x

Monday, December 13, 2010

A few things in our garden!

Hi there, hope you are all having a good week!

not the best image but I have another lot of flowering native iris's going mad at the moment!

Yay:) the zucchini's are starting to flower and we have had a few wee nibbles!yum yum!

It is a bit hard to see but there is actually a baby bird in the nest!!!i think it is going to grow up thinking the world is crooked! its crazy parents built this nest in our wood storage and somehow it is on the weirdest angle! I didn't want to get too close and scare it.

...baby Nashi pears!  yum :)

I had to take a photo of my enormous crop of Blueberries!...yes this IS it! better luck next year?

... but my Kaffir lime is flowering and has lots of new yummy leaves mmmmm!
well must dash hope you have a fun filled week!
we have a wee trip to central planned for M's B.day!
I will return with some photos next week:)
Arohanui x

Thursday, December 9, 2010

Table tops, raindrops, books and the odd duck!

we have a very kind friend,(who we now owe heaps of coffees!!), who came and sanded our table. Now it looks great!


we haven't had much rain at all lately! so the other morning when there was a heavy sea fog I tried capturing these wee drops!


M and I headed to school tournament the other week! it was a great day! I also finally managed to make it to the 2nd hand shop for the first time! (it only opens on a thursday!!!)

I found these great books and some pretty teacups!(which I have forgotten to take images of...next time!).


I love the sketches!

and we have a family of Paradise Shelducks who have taken to making themselves right at home at work and under our clothes line.


can you spot the male on guard duty?

Hebe's in flower all around work and home.

Sorry have been very slack on the blog front lately!... work is just starting to kick into our summer season so no complaints!!
will try to be a wee bit more reliable over the next few weeks:)
hope you are enjoying the sunshine!
have a grand week!
Arohanui x

Wednesday, December 8, 2010

In Memory of 29.


Last thursday we were unable to head north to the memorial service in Greymouth but we did say our own wee words of Aroha and lit 29 candles.