Kiwis and Fairy Bread

24 January 2024 First off: THANK YOU to all of you who have been reading this blog! Mike and I have been surprised and flattered at how many of you have mentioned reading my words and gazing at his pictures. There is still much to share, and my apologies for not getting back to this blog sooner. We have been home for three weeks. Getting used to life off the road wasn’t easy. The house is huge. The weather awful. Mike returned to work but has still not returned to a full night’s sleep. He pours over his excellent photos.… Read more

5 January 2024 The long plane flights to and from New Zealand were the part of the journey I had dreaded most. In fact, when Mike first proposed this trip over a year ago, I was wary of the idea for just that reason. Visiting somewhere along the way like San Francisco or Hawaii was something we’d considered. But once we started our research, there was far too much we wanted to see and do in NZ. So I set my fears aside. Eighteen hours in the air seems an impossibility. And yet, it is possible. And done almost every… Read more