Category Archive: summer

The summer day

The summer day

I walk past this elm tree most days on the way to and from work. I’ve feel a bit a of a relationship with it …

 

Blue sky dreaming

Blue sky dreaming

I had coffee today with a business associate. He’s a very dangerous and frightening guy in many respects. It’s not that he is scary in …

 

Waffle delight

Waffle delight

Over the last week our meals have been initiated by a body driven need to eat as opposed to any kind of time driven protocol. …

 

Signposts

Signposts

While on a walk around the Tokaanu natural thermal area earlier this week, I noticed a plant I had never seen before. It was covered …

 

Christmas Plan B

Christmas Plan B

As Lynsey has already shared, we hadn’t planned on being home for Christmas. After only one day away we discovered we couldn’t continue to our …

 

A widening in the road

A widening in the road

Our plans for Christmas have changed. The plan was we spend a couple of nights in Turangi on the way to Auckland, and we celebrate …

 

Stripes

Stripes

“Hot weather opens the skull of a city, exposing its white brain, and its heart of nerves, which sizzle like the wires inside a lightbulb. …

 

Brilliant blue

Brilliant blue

Seated with my back to the window The glare on my computer screen makes me turn around. Amazement at the view. Brilliant blue. Not a cloud to be seen. Nothing …

 

Wummer

Wummer

The long anticipated warmth and energy associated with summer hasn’t eventuated this year. Actually, it feels a bit like we are living in the Selfish …

 

Colourful fragments

Colourful fragments

The sun was shining down on us today and it felt wonderful. It was warm. The sky was a shimmering deep blue colour, with no …