That right there – that’s the border It feels relatively normal to stand on the border with another country. I guess growing up in the States, I didn’t think much about standing on the line and looking over at the other side. When you grow up in a country that is forced to defend itself on […]
Month: October 2017
Travel to: Caesarea, Israel
I take pictures of signs to remember where I went (and how to spell it) The number of stunning places you see along the coast of Israel is surreal. Caesarea is an ancient city, built by Herod as a maritime and commercial center, and it survived as a capital city until its conquest my Muslims […]
Travel to: Tel Aviv, Israel
Welcome to Tel Aviv! Summer in the desert: holy smokes. I had forgotten how hot Israel can be, even on the sea coast. BUT! Look how stunning it is! Tel Aviv is a gorgeous city, and it’s the best place to start an adventure in Israel. Because we were in the UK for a few […]
Sweet as: Visiting our UK family
The English countryside is picture perfect in summer! As a prelude to my family’s biannual reunion in June, we stopped in the UK for 4 days to spend time with the Kiwi’s family. Really, it was the only way to get from New Zealand to Israel – flying to the west coast of the US […]
Sweet as: Construction (part 3)
Jack’s Point on a sunny day … or, the road to nirvana? Well, we were right about one thing! A lot of work happens when you’re not watching. I suppose having 3 weeks to think about something *other* than construction meant that we could be pleasantly surprised by how much progress our builder made while […]
Sweet as: Construction (part 2)
Jack’s Point is a beautiful place I think we’ll like it here. If they ever finish the house. Our builder is actually a pretty decent guy. A true kiwi, born and bred in Southland – which means he isn’t much of a talker. And he isn’t fond of email either, which makes it *really* […]
Sweet as: Construction (part 1)
Yep, that’s some empty land right there. These pictures date back to late April, so it looks pretty different today. But this is what an empty plot looks like in Jack’s Point, a “suburb” of Queenstown. I wasn’t wholly convinced that I wanted to buy land out here, […]
Sweet as: LUMA Light Festival
I’m really not a big fan of winter. I think I handled my first winter in 12 years with grace and humor (and lots of warm layers!), and one of the highlights was definitely the LUMA Southern Lights Project Light Festival. I had never seen anything like this before – all kinds of really interesting […]
Travel to: Dunedin
Dunedin: through the looking glass Even though it’s only about 3 hours from Queenstown, Dunedin hadn’t really registered as a “destination” for me. Only after I was told that I needed to go there (as part of the immigration vortex) did it hit me that Dunedin is a cool city. I only vaguely remembered it from […]