vol. 1 :: christchurch to woodpecker hut we’re awake early and ready to go well before the taxi turns up. we’re headed for the airport for a roadtrip around the south island’s west coast. we’ve got eight days, a vague itinerary and i’m feeling the thrill of being out of cellphone range for most of […]
…being on and under the water + kayaking around the bays near the beach closest to home + scouting for overnight campsites for next summer + finishing up with a swim in the (still) gloriously warm and clear water at palm beach
there was a guy in an office i worked at in london that used to whistle randomly. no tune, just the odd warble here and there. it drove me to distraction, and i’m totally with sheldon on this one… whistlers need not apply. unless you’re eric idle, paul simon, the bangles or otis redding of […]
the STUNNING photography of gerrard gethings, specially the bumblebees! revisiting the video of otters holding hands (you know the one, right?) watching kittens sleep with their bodies arranged as if they were made of jelly knowing there’s a MUJI store where i’m travelling to next
the first gasp of air after surfacing from a dive into cooling sea water bird antics our workday commute clean sheets making art i have no intention of sharing publicly the blue blue blue of our summer sky
+++ it’s saturday morning and the three days of auckland anniversary weekend spread before us, bathed in possibility. we have a couple of plans. well, i have a couple of plans, and nic goes along with them (thankfully). there’s an early(ish) start to head off the island, a car warrant-of-fitness followed by an impromptu stop […]
we remind ourselves how much we have to be grateful for with this island life we have chosen, even though we are already back at work. with daily commutes into the city, we want to intentionally and deliberately savour island life in the remainder of our waking hours. +++ we’ve had friends from overseas visit, […]