…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

…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
+++ 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 […]
+++ there are mornings for saying yes. yes to getting out of bed early – even though it’s chilly out and warm under the covers. yes to filling a thermos with hot coffee, putting a packet of ginger biscuits in my bag, and stuffing my pockets with spare camera batteries and a head torch. yes […]
weekend magazine exploring the forgotten and the familiar my limbs are heavier and my pace is slower than it was a year ago. but slow trumps sofa any day, and the trails don’t care dough-covered hands home life and house plants clearing out and focused in a flashlight shining on forgotten memories, brought on by […]