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Photos: 2012 New Zealand

Thursday, 22 Mar 2012 | Photo Gallery


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Ides of March

Thursday, 22 Mar 2012 | Views [1191]

Must be a good time to write some more about our lives. The new year got off to a good start with Kent buying me a most beautiful ring which I love. The rest of the year has to be fantastic after that good start don't you think? On Valentines Day ... Read more >


December, we have been home a whole year!

Monday, 26 Dec 2011 | Views [874]

On December 3rd we had been back in NZ for one year, amazing! Time has flown by and our lives have changed so much. A few more days and another year has passed by, wow. Nothing much has changed since last writing although it seems like a lot has ... Read more >


Movember already

Friday, 4 Nov 2011 | Views [903]

Hmmm, it seems that 2 monthly suits the lifestyle here better, or is it just that as we grow older time passes more quickly? We are into the warmer weather and now sleep with our windows open to hear the birds in the bush behind both for the evening ... Read more >


AAGGHH September already! 2 months has passed!

Tuesday, 6 Sep 2011 | Views [1071]

My promise to myself was to blog at least once a month, surely it has only been a month... Kent's birthday tomorrow, the 7th, that means it's September mmm, the last blog was 6 July. I guess a lot has been going on (she says thinking hard). Lots has ... Read more >


Mid-winter July in Rotorua

Wednesday, 6 Jul 2011 | Views [1028]

It has taken longer than expected to get back on here, our apologies... We have now moved into our 'new' home, it's big brick place on the side of the small mountain called Mount Ngongotaha situated right beside the small city of Rotorua. We have ... Read more >


Muddily May

Friday, 13 May 2011 | Views [796]

We daily run the gambit of changing climate, today we had an extremely misty morning which developed into overcast then the sun came out in the afternoon but by 5pm huge black clouds came over and down came the rain. It has been a good month. Kent's ... Read more >


April in Rotorua

Saturday, 16 Apr 2011 | Views [818] | Comments [2]

We have had some much cooler weather in the end of March and definitely feel autumn on its way. This is a magic time in Rotorua with the beautiful colours on the trees going from yellow all through the range to a deep red. The sun still has plenty ... Read more >


the big C

Wednesday, 30 Mar 2011 | Views [1237] | Comments [1]

This month has been a real doozy!  At the end of February Carol was recalled to see a surgeon after a routine mammogram showed that she had breast cancer. After a biopsy we were told she had grade III infiltrating ductal carcinoma, meaning that the ... Read more >


Living back in Rotorua

Thursday, 24 Feb 2011 | Views [945]

We are both working and living here in this beautiful city, Kent at his old job and Carol is delivering census forms for Statistics NZ. Our census day is March 8th, deliveries up until then and then collections after if people fill in the paper forms, ... Read more >


Living back in Rotorua

Monday, 31 Jan 2011 | Views [928]

Today is Monday the 31st January 2011 and it is a holiday (Auckland Anniversary Day) for the Auckland province which includes Rotorua somehow, even though we are part of the Bay of Plenty province... Any holiday is a good day right! Not that Carol ... Read more >


And finally home again

Friday, 7 Jan 2011 | Views [965]

We arrived back in NZ on the 3rd of December, today is the 7th of January and that month has flown by. As yet we are still not settled and have been buzzing about like bees in a bush over the last few weeks. The first week was spent in Auckland staying ... Read more >


The last week in New Zealand

Monday, 4 Aug 2008 | Views [1121] | Comments [1]

Despite all the planning and time spent, there was still a whole heap of things to do on the last week... did I say the last week? I meant the last day!!! Kent was busy rushing about painting boards to go in the garden, galvanised mesh for the fishpond, ... Read more >

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The preparation...

Monday, 7 Jul 2008 | Views [1428]

We are busy busy busy, Kent is working very hard getting the last rooms of the house finished. The lounge is almost done and the 3rd bedroom is being plastered and sanded ready for painting. Next week the carpet man will come and do his stuff. We have ... Read more >


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