yves’ bollards
there bollard pictures showing bollards in a bollard like structure were sent by Yves. fantastic stuff !
brother edd’s lost hands
these are mannequin hands on the floor next to the mannequin who owns them. fingerless gloves for the handless man.
new year’s day at the beach
we spent 9 hours on the beach yesterday. what an amazing way to spend new year’s day with new friends
our first kiwi barbeque
so we did it. we bought a proper kiwi gas barbeque. jolly good it is too
happy new years
kiwis always talk about new years with an ‘s’. so there you go. happy new years to ya mate. sweet as.
we went to a new year’s party last night where we pretended midnight was at 10pm and did a countdown then so we could all get home and to bed. it was perfect. And they have both new year’s day and the day after as bank holidays. what a brilliant plan. i write this in the gap between our made up new year and the proper kiwi new year at midnight. which is 13 hours ahead of the UK. so in total our 2009 lasted 13 hours less than all my other full calendar years)
anyway, my new year’s (years’?) resolution is to sort out comments on the blog. i fear i may need to take some drastic action. but i aim to get it sorted in the next week or so. (let’s see how i get on with that !).
this time last year moving to New Zealand was just a teeny weeny thought in the back of our brains. and now we’re here. aim high friends. the world is your oyster. go for it before it’s all too late ! (and let me know how you get on.)
God bless. funkypancake 09
the gorgeous lolly tree
kiwis call sweets “lollies”. makes me laugh everytime
sorry no dogs
very cute
overloaded ice cream cornet
too much ice cream shoved in to too small a cone was always going to be trouble. the proprietor pointed out the crack in the cornet before handing it over. then he saw esther struggling so brought her a little tub to put it in to. but the tub was too small so he then brought a plate and a spoon. that’s what happens when you are generous to start with. you have to follow it up with more generosity or the whole thing back fires.
let that be a lesson to al of us.
sheep behind a fence
these sheep were on the inside of a fence in the garden side of the property. it was a rental property. esther suggested they had rented it out for the week.
marine reserve
we went to a marine reserve yesterday and it was very excellent.
kezia’s flip flop fell in the water at one point, but we fished it back out
you can snorkel there. but we didn’t this time
instead we went on a glass bottom’d boat. made with real bottoms i think
after that we went down the coast and the girls did some boogie boarding.
