HIM & HER

Get-away

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Some days you just want to pack up and leave, no matter how great life can be. Maybe it was a case of winter blues, but Saturday was one of those days. So we that is just what we did.  Packed us and the pup into the car and headed for the coast. Best idea ever.

Kairakau is by far one of my favourite spots around Hawkes Bay, rugged and raw with the most beautiful escarpment keeping watch over the sleepy little place. The combination of that, the sweetest little Bach and 24 hours of fresh air and no cell phone coverage, it is exactly what the doctor ordered.

Until next time.

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NATIONAL PARK part II

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The beauty of this place is so overwhelming, so grand, and so vast. From the almost inhabitable land, to the lush bush to the towering mountains. I want to go back.

There truly is nothing like being in the depths of this great country to get perspective.

And, yes, that second photo of me at the edge of the waterfall is when I got a little vertigo.

Until next time

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National Park

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If you ever get the chance to visit Tongariro National Park. Go. Do it. You will in no way regret it.

Last weekend the husband and I had the pleasure of a long weekend in the crisp air. Celebrating six years of marriage, six years of  the good, the great, and the heartbreaking. No tv, no work, just  us, the fresh air, the mountains, incredible vistas in a dinky wee cabin with a fire place and of course a scruffy wee Frankie. Utter perfection.

Along with the above ( Plus copious amounts of cheese, crackers and wine ) there was a fair bit of picture taking, Here is the first of two installments.

Enjoy

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Home & Away

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Unlike previous summers, we spent most of ours at home. We usually spend the summer in a bit of a mad rush between families and friends, never really feeling like we have had a break. So with this in mind we thought we would stick around, spending our days in a balance of renovations and swimming in the river.

We headed north to visit my parents in the new year, it’s quieter and feels more like home at that time of year.  It never really feels like summer until I am swimming in the Northland waters.

And now to get back to ‘normal’ and get stuck into 2015!!

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