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Tag Archives: New Zealand
Webnesday (2)
Well, I’m not surprised to have to report that the nice spring weather has begun to deteriorate and is expected to continue to do so, with snow and sleet possible during the next couple of days. There are new flowers … Continue reading
Earth Day 2013
For my contribution to Earth Day, I’ll take you to one of my favorite places—the lush, verdant, gently-rolling hills of Banks Peninsula, which extends out into the Pacific Ocean from the east coast of New Zealand’s South Island just below … Continue reading
Warm wishes and the Waitaks
Continuing my chronicles of my recent New Zealand adventures, and with delight in memories of warmer days so recently experienced combining with eager anticipation of warmer weather here as well, let me take you for a while to the Waitakere … Continue reading
Sweet summer streams
Several of my fellow bloggers have been growing weary of winter’s apparent unwillingness to let go her hold and allow the gentler seasons to make their definitive entrance, and have been digging back into their archives for images to ease … Continue reading
Sanctuary of Smiths
I find myself drawn to patches of relative wildness in unexpected places, especially amid “developed” sections in urban settings. Squiddy works at the Auckland University of Technology in Takapuna, and a few years ago when I was spending some time … Continue reading
Rich Days and Poor Knights
My month with family in New Zealand was a time wonderfully rich in togetherness, fun, exploration, and adventure. The weather gods truly smiled upon us, with only one day of light rain in Auckland and another partial one on the … Continue reading
TheFour Sisters (plus two)
Several of my followers have pointed out that I made specific reference to a natural wonder in New Zealand’s primeval forest called The Four Sisters in my last post, but did include an image of them. I would like to … Continue reading
Lord of the Forest
One of the excursions that four of us made from our week-long home base in Matapouri (see my previous post) was to visit New Zealand’s largest known living kauri tree (Agathis australis), and certainly its most famous one. The Maori … Continue reading
Places remembered: Matapouri
In New Zealand, a holiday getaway place is commonly called a bach (pronounced batch). What usually comes to mind when one talks about a bach is a fairly straightforward affair, maybe just a couple of rooms, quite low-maintenance, and rather … Continue reading
Posted in Places Remembered
Tagged Birds, Family, Flora, Flowers, New Zealand, Summer, Travels
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Here be hobbits
Just two weeks ago I was able to fulfill a dream that I’ve had for twelve years, since the first time I saw the first of Peter Jackson’s epic films based on J.R.R. Tolkien’s master-pieces, The Hobbit and The Lord … Continue reading
