under the mountain

{postcards from the whakapapa holiday park}

hello friends,
here in the southern hemisphere christmas day is drawing to a close.
the sun is playing with a fiery palette of pink, red, orange.
the skies have been blue and there’s been a remarkable absence of snow on mount ruapehu
hoping you are having the very best of days; today and always

~

oh hai! (nic is off to put our wine in the stream)

i am a sucker for afternoon light

skis hang in an orderly fashion in the rental window at whakapapa ski field

even the ski lift chairs get a holiday

the snowmaking machines all stand around idle, waiting for winter