Mental Health

Mental Health
Posted by: kiwisoul.

Loved this building at the Historic Village in Tauranga..I guess this ol world has always been a crazy place...

Phone Box

Phone Box
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Old Kiwi Phone box :)

Stormy

Stormy
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The stormy sky had two rainbows..very little rain though..vey hot and humid.....

The Beak

The Beak
Posted by: kiwisoul.

This is a Grey Heron that inhabits the roof next door...! Looks more like a vulture here.....!

Water II

Water II
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This is my beautiful bay...I swim in here most days.....

Iron Grafitti

Iron Grafitti
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Loved the colours in this old iron railway bridge over the harbor

Crown and Badger

Crown and Badger
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First *english* style pub I went to in Kiwiland....

Over the Bay

Over the Bay
Posted by: kiwisoul.

View from my deck... over the mangrove swamps to Welcome Bay...

Another Sunrise

Another Sunrise
Posted by: kiwisoul.

I wake each morning just before dawn..and the sunrise is usually totally awesome..how could I not take photo's!

Rainbow

Rainbow
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This appeared over the bay this afternoon....

Pollyanna is 10!!

Pollyanna is 10!!
Posted by: kiwisoul.

We have a traditional family birthday cake which I tried hard to create for Pollyanna..but it was a bit difficult, given lack of tins, scales, a strange oven and pure exhaustion! But I tried..it got a bit burnt and fell to pieces but I scraped it together and they enjoyed it!! We were so tired yesterday though that we didn't get to eat it until today!!

Homeward Bound

Homeward Bound
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After a long hard day and 13000 miles atired hobbit heads home....

Party Tree

Party Tree
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The party tree in all it's glory....

Party Remnants

Party Remnants
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These genuine scraps of bunting pictured on the party tree are highly treasured as they were one of the few things that were accidentally left from the movie set. So sad that they took everything away..but they are now rebuilding the hobbit homes :)

Hobbit Homes :)

The Shire
Posted by: kiwisoul.

The Magic Fellowship Cloak

The Magic Fellowship Cloak
Posted by: kiwisoul.

Tabitha wearing her magic fellowship cloak in her natural habitat. I had the cloak made here in new Zealand for Tabitha for Christmas. It has now flown all around the globe and is back in beautiful Kiwi land...I am sure this cloak was woven with special magic...after all...at Christmas I had no idea I would ever be here...

The Shire

The Shire
Posted by: kiwisoul.

Today Pollyanna is 10 years old..and jetlag and all, I wanted to do something special. So we went on a tour round the shire...the children are all LOTR fanatics so this was an amazing day!
The guys who took us on the tour were the best...they did everything to make it special and were really totally commited to makiing sure got as much as possible from the day,
Took heaps of photo's :) Above is looking down on the party field.

First bite....

First bite....
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My first Kiwi fruit in Kiwiland......*awesome* .....been having fun with the camera... :)

Still feels unreal...

Still feels unreal...
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Well....I slept for 2 hours or so.....woke very early and felt so free and wonderful....still cannot believe I am here though..feeling pretty whacky still!
It is Pollyanna's 10th birthday and sio I am looking into taking the children to Hobbiton at the moment.

Flora II

Flora II
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Just another flower in the garden by our little chalet....