Food: Any nutritious substance that people or animals eat or drink, or that plants absorb, in order to maintain life and growth. Icecream certainly counts as nutritious! ;)

Would you believe it started raining about 10 minutes after this photo was taken?!? Having said that, there's very few better places to enjoy a burst of summer rain than while catching waves at the beach.

We chopped down a couple of trees over the weekend - so we can now see the sun setting from the deck each night.

Nothing like checking out an amazing view through a porthole.

Calories don't count on Tuesdays.

A couple of weeks ago we headed up to Northland, NZ, to check out some of the magnificent stands of kauri trees in the Northland forests. It's incredible to think that these trees are thousands of years

This year was the first time that the Wisteria has covered the entire side of our pergola. It was so incredibly beautiful to sit underneath the Wisteria and admire the view. What's your favourite flower

We don't have snow here in Winter, but we do get some pretty terrific winter storms. This photo was taken from a Private Lane after a crazy overnight winter storm. Trees had fallen down on highways, and

Queenstown is an incredibly beautiful place to visit leading up to Summer. Walking along the boardwalk by Lake Waikatipu, you can't help but feel relaxed from the troubles of the world and amused by the

It's been a wet and wild start to the New Year here in New Zealand - raining almost four days in a row. We had been trying to take advantage of the Summer Break and fit in some hiking - but a fair amount

We headed out to the countryside for New Years Eve last week. It was a picture perfect evening, with a glass of wine in hand. How did you spend your New Years Eve?

Just a sneak peak into the box....

This labradoodle is pretty good helping with the gardening. She loves picking up the clippings and creating a pile to drop them in. They're just usually not quite where her humans want them...

With only six more sleeps till Christmas, the countdown is on! Here in NZ, our native Christmas Trees - the Pohutakawa trees - are almost in full bloom. Exciting!

One of my favourite things about Queenstown is the greenery (along with the snow and the lake!) - and the Queenstown Botanical Gardens are no exception. It's an incredibly beautiful place to wander around,

The cat was not happy about a trip to the vet.

Fun out in the Mountain Bike park!

Every accomplishment starts with the decision to try. How many Mondays have been and gone since you said 'I'll start next week'?

Came across this tree while out walking. (

Woke up this morning thinking it was Sunday. Made for a difficult start to the morning! But I came across this image, which was a motivational way to re-start the day.