Saturday Walk in Petone!

Summer has arrived in Wellington! Its clear blue skies and sunny days right now (although knowing what the weather is like around here, that could change tomorrow). On Saturday we met up with some friend for coffee in Petone, but went for a walk along the shoreline before we met up. It was such a fabulous day I decided I needed to take a few photos.

We did a much more epic 12km walk today and I will post more pictures of that soon - I even saw some rabbits during that walk. Happy times!

First Day of Summer!

I've been a little quiet lately - there seems to be so much happening and I've been a little bit tired as well. I had some kind of virus that just wouldn't go away that left me exhausted. But I am starting to feel a bit better and more importantly I've been getting out and enjoying the sunshine as it is now officially summer!

Sunday was the first officially day of summer and I had plans to hang out with my friend Matt to meet for brunch and then head to the Thorndon Fair.

We had brunch at Picnic in the botanical gardens, I think it was the first time I had eaten there and it was pretty delicious. But let's face it - they could have fed us any old crap and we would still have been happy sitting in these gardens.

Before we left we stopped off at the Lady Norwood Begonia House as Matt wanted to see the Lotus flowers - they were really pretty.

Then it was time to hit up the fair - this was only the second time I've been to the Thorndon Fair and I had forgotten just how huge it was. As it was such a hot day I decided to start things off with a slushee drink - you could choose your own flavours.

That's right they had "Tigers Blood" and also Godzilla and Slime - my favourite was marshmallow!

I didn't take many photos of the fair as there were so many people! But how adorable is that cake stall? I took Rich home a "mancake" as he wasn't feeling so well. 

The Prime Ministers house is in Thorndon and part of the front gardens were open to the public for the fair - there were some kiddies rides set up in the garden. So Matt and I went to have look, its not every day you get to visit the Prime Ministers garden right?

We even had a cheeky peek at the Prime Ministers house - because we live in New Zealand the only thing that was blocking us from going any further was a lone road cone and a single police car!

Before we left for the day Matt wanted to show me a street that had a whole bunch of fancy old houses, as he knows how I love fancy old houses. He told me one of the houses has a ballroom in it and they sometimes have plays and other events there. Fancy Thorndon!

Unfortunately I forgot how hot the summer sun was and the only thing I took home from the fair for myself was sunburn. Note to self - wear sunscreen! I hope you are all having a great start to the week.

Taranaki Adventures: Coastal Walkway

Hey Folks - I'm having a mid week day off as today is Waitangi Day. Monday and Tuesday were pretty busy this week so a mid week break is just perfect.

Today is the day I share with you the final photos of our Christmas/New Years holidays (good things take time right?).

I took these photos of the coastal walkway in New Plymouth on New Years Ever.  Rich, Nankz, Paul and I spend the morning hanging out in the city and in the afternoon we headed out to do part of the coastal walkway before a spot of New Years Eve supermarket shopping.

As you can see, it was another stunning day in Taranaki, look at those blue skies! The walkway was really amazing as well, great views and the whole walk was basically all paved so it was really accessible to pretty much anyone.

I especially loved the bridge - it kind of looks like a dinosaur rib cage? Well to my eyes at least!

Summer in Wellington

There are many reasons we choose to live in Wellington - but generally speaking the weather isn't one of them.

It's summer right now and whilst its not cold,  it is rainy and windy and not generally the kind of weather that makes you want to go out for a walk after dinner.

However, two weeks ago we had the most exceptional weather. Rich and I went for a walk in the early evening and ended up buying a few things from the supermarket and having a picnic dinner on the waterfront at 8pm.

These photographs were taken after we had our dinner - about 8:30 at night - hard to believe!

I decided to take these photos to remind myself in the deepest, darkest days of winter that its not all doom and gloom. The sunshine will return to us eventually! Besides if the weather was THIS fabulous all of the time we would start to take it for granted - rather than truly appreciated it.

Also if it was this good ALL the time - then EVERYONE would want to live here and we can't have that!

Hope you're all having a rad Monday xoxox