Bits and Pieces...

 

a gift for a new(ish)arrival...sorry its late!

boys and their toys..."I just had this idea Dad!"

 

 

Yay it worked! now where did the glider land???

Spring is here!

Dinner time!!!

First the mountains turned pink and then everything around us glowed!

 

even the big old gum tree!

that was worth all the rain for!

this local was just hanging out on the weekend! if you look really close you can see the tip of its beak changing colour (for breeding!!) and the wind is just ruffling its breeding plumage!

 

sorry again for the absence

Hopefully things are all fantastic in your world!

Arohanui x

A few outings!

 

Yay! what an amazing day out with the boys! (and Flynn dog was in the car) it was a real family day out!

 

and then home to another fantastic concert in Donovan's!

if you are in Auckland this Friday check out Adams gig there also later on in august he is back in Dunedin!

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3 new additions to the family...how cute are these!!! made by a very talented friend

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Life in Okarito is sooo hard!

 

"stop taking photos of me!!!"

 

some new bears on the go...

 

and how could I forget this super cool dude!

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well it is back to school this week and of course the weather has suddenly improved!!

all is grand in O' town.

hope your week is magic!

Arohanui x

A Tropical Island adventure

 

Just a few wee glimpses into our amazing adventure to Rarotonga.

It was just what we all needed.

 

 

Thank you to the beautiful people of this gorgeous piece of paradise

we had the best time ever and your coffee is not too bad either!!!

our favourite things were swimming with the fish, cycling to market, having our own Raro dog, and swinging from trees!

 

Hope you are all grand.

 it is a little colder and wetter in Okarito today! but it is still our little piece of paradise :)

Arohanui x

Our summer family and adventures.

 

Sorry these are a bit old ...from our end of the summer season dinner! we are so lucky to have had such an amazing team to work with again! Thank-you again!!

 we all made something to share and strangely enough there were quite a few chocolate related yummies!

Chilli girl made the above individual chocolate mousse and Mel made a "too die for" French chocolate tart, we honestly could not move!!! and Andy's Mojitos probably didn't help!

another Okarito sunset.

Adventures to the north



M.took this one of me and Mr.R at Punakaiki

one of the  awesome rock formations



a couple of locals hanging out!

 

we had a break away, lots of exploring, next time we will take our mountain bikes!

 

hope you are all staying warm.

It was VERY windy up in Whataroa today, hopefully by tomorrow it has calmed down a bit!

 

Arohanui xxx

Up,Up and away...

 

We are off on a wee adventure! hope to post sometime soon...

 

just a couple of snaps from our last roadie...we sure live in a beautiful country full of surprises around every corner!

 

talk soon hope you are all fantastic!

Arohanui xxx

OK its been a while so here are a few!!!

just because I love the sky!

 

this one should be on the way to you very soon little one!

house warming up the hill and the evening sunset

Ma and Pa on the beach at Hannah's Clearing ...we met them there the night before M.s school athletic day, as you can see the day was AMAZING!!!!

just a wee bit of school holiday fun!

and then it was Mr.R's big day!! according to the candles which M. thought was a great joke it really was a big day!! Ha ha! 

 

sorry yet again for the absence

hope you are all just brilliant :)

Arohanui xxx

Early morning road home.

 

a couple of weekends ago we snuck away to Central to visit family and to say Goodbye to one of our favourite nephew's as he and his beautiful wife depart again to London for more adventures!

 

we got up super early (well for me it was!!)to travel home...but we were rewarded with the most amazing sunrise, with mist and shadows all the way up the Coast Stunning! and sorry, these were all taken out of the car window so excuse the squashed bugs!

 

and we came back loaded with Ma and Pa's tomato harvest (just one days worth!)yum ...have turned it all in to Passata for winter!

 

hope the week is grand for you!

Arohanui xxx

p.s it has rained!!!