What a whirlwind February was! I feel like the year was desperate to spin us closer to March. It was here before I knew it, but at the same time our trip to the Bay of Islands seems a very long time ago. We've had an odd ending to February with alert levels being ramped … Continue reading Five things in February
Another year, another regatta! As we've been doing for the vast majority of my life – and all of Amelie's – we spent the Saturday of Auckland Anniversary weekend at the Mahurangi Regatta. We woke up to drizzle at ours and my mother reported that it was raining at theirs (they're about an hour north of us), … Continue reading Our yearly regatta tradition
Pōhutukawa (affectionately known as Aotearoa's Christmas tree) December. December. It feels like such a long time ago! I'm really having to cast my mind back to think about what was going on then! This always happens to me, I think it's the Christmas/New Year/summer haze where days and weeks kind of all run into each … Continue reading Five things in December
July, July...what can you say about July? It's cold, it's bleak, it rains a lot. Thank goodness for this series or I swear I'd look back and just think the whole month had been a total write-off. But we're here, we made it through! Below are some of the highlights. What were yours?! 1. Homemade … Continue reading Five things in July
As we've done every summer for last thirty-odd years, my family headed up to Mahurangi on the Saturday of Auckland Anniversary Weekend for the annual regatta. This day stands out as honestly possibly my favourite day of the year. When I was a kid I loved going up with my wider family to swim, play, … Continue reading Family times at the Mahurangi Regatta
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