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  Papakura, New Zealand
Friday, February 8, 2008

i just got off the phone with the RocktheBoat cruise in Paihia (Bay of Islands) to reconfirm the overnight trip Paul and I are going on tomorrow. that also drills home that there's two weeks until my extended vacation begins winding down. so, naturally, my brain is pulsing with thoughts of the good, the bad, and the ugly of this trip. was there even an ugly? oh, maybe that time in Christchurch... engh, nevermind that.
the past month has basically been spent - give or take a few nights in town/wandering around the Pukekohe train station - here, at the farm, either 'on duty' working in the mornings, or taking some daytrips to the zoo (!!), local and not-so-local beaches, and driving around the area to do different errands. i quite enjoy those days, just driving around with Sarah and the kids, looking for a good way to spend the afternoon. it usually ends with a picnic on a beach somewhere... and really, who could complain about that?
i'm glad this is the way my trip worked out. getting a lot of good travelling in when i first got, especially doing some of that on my own, gave me time to take in what this country has to offer. and yes, i know i'm going to miss nearly everything. i had this thought yesterday of how odd it will seem to drive around Ontario again and not run into a massive lake or another side of the ocean around every turn. i know now that once i have the freedom - in my career and financially - to pick exactly where i want to 'settle down', there's going to have to be both water and mountains nearby. that's something i'm going to miss a great deal back home.
the next two weeks are really just about tieing up any loose ends i may have here; saying goodbye; and making a little bit more money to keep me going at home.
expect at least another entry before i leave NZ, and then who knows what during the hellish 3 full days of travelling i'm doing to get back home.
xo

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at MOTAT (museum) in Auckland	Maori meeting house wall	with Janna at the end of a long day	sculpture in the park @ botanical gardens   Comments!
the rose gardens	self-portraits are necessary	Pete, Adele and Sarah on the bridge	the kids checking out the pond
fern frond	Pete piggybacking Adele thru a maze	look at me! i'm a bird!	stone pathway
:)	Pete + Adele playing with a magnifying scope   Comments!	tide was wayyyy out	the long, unstable walk to the edge
Pete out to sea	i sunk.. and the found crabbies	'perspective' (a tribute to Ian)	Pete freaking out over a crab
hi, it's me	redheads - unite!	woken up to this out my window   Comments!	very foggy morning
Adele on our walk through the property	Janna in her pram	reflection of the farm	Adele's photoshoot on the fence
we're going to the zoo zoo zoo!!	Pete + Adele next to 'Oz' the tiger	a kokabura.. Aussie bird with a giant head	our picnic :)
tortoise being greedy	map of the zoo	in the sealions exhibit	hello mr. giraffe
a for-reals kiwi!!! i finally saw one!	Janna fighting sleep to eat her lolli	chocolate-faced Adele	finally met Darren!
the link bus downtown.. it's fancy	Paul and his girls!	my god.. too cute	the girls
Janna faking a nap on me	um.. i didn't teach her this - intentionally	another day, another picnic	Adele in her new towel-dress
she's awesome   Comments!	the fam	my girlies and their buckets	the beach.. 'east coast beach'
somewhere north of Auckland	hahaha Adele and the basket of water	me on the job	apparently there was an eclipse yesterday?

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