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Tag Holidays
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christmas in welly
christmas morning from our back deck. one of the simple pleasures of the holiday season is the blooming of the pohutokawa trees. some of the big old trees are quite spectacular. the jboss is standing in front of one on…
happy birthday liz
today is the queen’s birthday. and we joined other members of the commonwealth in taking today off in celebration best thing is that today is not really the queen’s birthday. her actually birthday is april 21st. but april is not…
anzac day
today is anzac day. a summary of the day from nz ministry of culture and heritage (te manatu taonga) is below: Anzac Day occurs on 25 April. It commemorates all New Zealanders killed in war and also honours returned servicemen…
let’s just say that yahoo will not be getting a card from me this christmas
yes – during an upgrade yahoo trashed my blog. i think i will ultimately be able to recover almost everything except the comments – but it is a bit labour intensive and we’re off for our 4 day easter holidays.…
super bowl monday
with us 18 hours ahead of boston, super bowl sunday is actually on monday. that means it will be up to the jboss to root for patriots whilst i’m off making money for the man. espn international is part of…
the real new zealand christmas tree
pōhutukawa is a new zealand native evergreen that produces amazingly vibrant red flowers each year from november to january with a peak in late december. accordingly it is referred to as the new zealand christmas tree. quite stunning. the flowers are…
meri kirihimete
merry christmas and happy holidays to all, antony, jackie & gromit
closed for the holidays
ok – so i guess the whole thing about a better work life balance in new zealand was not just marketing hype. new zealand has nearly shut down for the next 2 weeks. i was looking forward to my time off, but…