A new sighting in the pasture…Ten facts and stats about cows in New Zealand…
Yesterday afternoon, when gazing out the veranda window, Tom said, "Get the camera! We have new visitors in the pasture." I jumped...
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One more task completed..Failure to observe…
Yesterday, we booked a hotel in Auckland for February 11, and the sense of relief was almost immediate. It’s located within two...
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Happy New Year’s Day to everyone who celebrates today…Challenges paying for holiday rentals?…
Over the years of world travel, we’ve made a very deliberate choice when it comes to paying for holiday rentals: we...
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It was a great New Year’s Eve…Photos…Happy New Year to all!…
Last night, New Year’s Eve in this part of the world, we attended a small gathering of only nine of us...
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Happy New Year’s Eve in this part of the world…
Tonight feels like a gentle pause before the calendar turns, the kind of evening that asks nothing more of us than to...
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The storm proved to be wild with consequences…
Note: WiFi issues are impacting our paragraph spacing today. Yesterday’s storm didn’t arrive with drama so much as persistence. It simply stayed...
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Stormy day in Kaiwaka…Confusion on our site with the dates…
Note: Based on the almost 24-hour time difference between our US-based website and New Zealand, our current location, the dates listed...
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We’re back!…Getting into the groove in this remote area of New Zealand…
Note: Due to the almost 24-hour time difference, this post appears to have been posted on December 27, when in fact...
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Merry Christmas and Happy Boxing Day to everyone who celebrates today!…
Last night, we enjoyed Christmas dinner with our wonderful landlords and new friends, Dave and Eing, who live next door, just a...
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Merry Christmas!…It’s Christmas Day, today in New Zealand!..
Merry Christmas from New Zealand. It feels both familiar and completely different to be writing those words from this side of the...
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