The New Zealand government came through and has kindly provided a very tidy solution to my 101 in 1001 goal of finding a way to have a mid-year celebration to brighten winter. Today is the first ever public holiday for Matariki, which is celebrated in mid-winter, when the Matariki cluster of stars rises and becomes … Continue reading Mānawatia a Matariki!
A happy and calm month. How was yours? Ready on for five of last month's highlights for The Judd Crew... 1. Games with Amelie The bad weather in February convinced us to prepare for winter by buying a bunch of new board and card games and that is easily one of the best decisions we've … Continue reading Five things in March
We got the happy news the other day that our friends had got engaged, and with that happy news came an almost immediate urge to jump onto Net-a-Porter and The Outnet to find a dress for the wedding. A wedding that has not yet been planned, to which I have not yet been invited, and … Continue reading Glad rags
Welcome! I hope you’ve enjoyed a wonderful Christmas break, if you celebrate. If you’re overseas, I hope you got to see family and friends, and didn’t have your plans scuppered by the Omicron variant (what a twist for the end of the year, right?!) We were down in Hayden’s hometown of Hawke’s Bay for the … Continue reading The last day of 2021
The pandemic has done crazy things to one's perception of time and it is so easy to dismiss all this as some sort of suspended reality, a break in the space/time continuum that will one day heal so we can all get back to our usual ways with only an occasional chuckle about wasn't that … Continue reading This is real life right now
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