Travel theme: Abroad
Travel theme: Abroad Abroad means many things to me…but if I were to choose only one thing – it is Freedom.
New Zealand
Travel theme: Forest
Travel theme: Forest Oh, Ailsa…where to begin…? My favourite motif and my major love – the Forest. Of course I love my own forest best…and in spring when the wild apple trees and cherries greet me when I walk across the meadows to where the forest starts. But… …the Kauri forest on the North Island, […]Read Post ›
Travel theme: Peaks
Travel theme: Peaks In the header, Mount Ruapehu, NZ. The Mitre, Milford Sound, NZ
SL-Week 49: Vintage
For Sylvain Landry: Vintage from New Zealand and the old train ”Kingston Flyer”.
WPC: Earth
The challenge this week from WordPress is to “…share your vision of our glorious Mother Earth”. I feel…we are a tiny, gloriously beautiful, island out in the great blue – surrounded by stars and the heavens. Who is at the wheel? I wish we had better control …I fear we have lost the sextant and […]Read Post ›
SL-WEEK 42: Car
Cars can be fun, but also beautifully decorated. In New Zealand I just loved all the cars wearing innovative signs or being richly decorated. As I am a fern lover – the header car with silver fern caught my eye. Sylvain Landry loves the colour red – so here is a red Lion as well… […]Read Post ›
CFFC: Things that are Hot
As I have just been soaked in the hot pools in Iceland, I quote: ”Some Like it Hot”… For other hot spots – click here. Hot pools in New Zealand and in Iceland. The difference is that you should not put your foot in the NZ pool…you might lose it.
SL-WEEK 27: Pride
I am immensely proud of my daughter, who after high school went to New Zealand as a volunteer worker – natural science. NZ is far away from home – in fact they are our antipodes – and she did not know anybody there. I never got the opportunity to go when I was young, so […]Read Post ›
SL WEEK 8: On the Road
Art On the Road. Being a language teacher, I am a great Lover of Words. Making art with words demands certain skills as well as practicing, practicing and again – practicing. In New Zealand they love making life on the road more fun. And they are very skilled… Hopefully you will enjoy these as much […]Read Post ›
Cee’s Black and White Photo Challenge: Trees
Irresistable – a challenge involving Trees. Join in! Click here for more about how. What trees and what forest could be more suitable for a dreamy memory than the one where Frodo and his faithful companions could be found? New Zealand, Wellington.
