Tag New Zealand

planet 1, santa 0

it seems in nz most items are shipped in their original packaging rather than placing them inside a plain shipping box. score one for the environment, but it can spoil a bit of the surprise of what you’re getting for…

long live the king

forget the queen, the king rules here in island bay. in the too good to be true category this portrait of elvis is featured prominently in our local grocery – the island bay new world. not sure you can see…

howdy neighbors

island bay beach is closed to dogs from 9 am to 7 pm during daylight saving time so our new weekend ritual is to head off a bit before 8 and spend the early morning at the beach. at 9…

november 22 – just another day

what i did today: got up at 0545 put the kettle on took the dog out made the coffee showered & dressed walked to the 0651 bus rode into town with the other worker bees work, work, work came home…

more english than england

one of my former london based orange colleagues posts occasionally to his journal – usually focusing on design topics. recently he reflected on some of his favourite words that were disappearing from common use in england. no surprise that many of the…

student parking

remember when kids walked to school? before the school bus stopped at every block. and before the kids sat with their parents in their idling suvs at the bus stop? the local take on how to get to school. [jboss…

he’s coming to town

santa that is. today was the santa parade. if you were looking for a cute small town parade that you hadn’t seen since the 50’s then it didn’t disappoint. it will not be confused with the rose bowl parade or…

this is where we live

yesterday and this morning jackie and i went for a walk with gromit down to the beach. a quick few blocks and we’re there. (click any for larger image) the coastline reminds me of portland – wild and rocky in…

parole hearing

yesterday marked gromit’s 30th day in quarantine – and after a final check by the maf vet he was cleared to go. one more big milestone. we’re all together again. 2 weeks until final milestone – container arrival. (let’s go!)…