Wednesday, April 27, 2011

Easter weekend at Aroha Nui

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Zuva, Donna and Darren

 


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Getting my hair brushed while reading a permaculture book

 


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Found all the eggs, now into the chocolate

 


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A lazy morning in PJ's


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Tuesday, April 26, 2011

Friday, March 11, 2011

Late summer

Enjoying the apple tree, and a view across the house where she was born.

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Late summer

Zuva and the apple tree at 18 Marama Ave

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Thursday, January 13, 2011

Off to swimming lesson

Checking flowers before she leaves.

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Thursday, January 06, 2011

Down on the farm

We surprised the farmer this morning.

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Sunday, January 02, 2011

A New Years house swap

We got lucky and swapped our house on Waiheke for a 16 acre organic farm in Kerikeri with a river and some Shetland Ponies (big hit with Zuva).

Pete, Katherine and Toby came with us for a few days and on the evening of the first day Pete and I wandered around the garden delighting in the vibrant colours.

The next day we went to Kerikeri and spent some time at the Stone Store basin.

 

Zuva quickly fell in love with Moony the brown Shetland pony and from the first day showed horse handling skills beyond her age. 

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Saturday, December 18, 2010

Zuva needed to get her wiggles out

We went to Onetangi and moments after this she stripped off and played in the ocean for 20 minutes. That did the trick!

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A visit to her birth place

On a rainy day yesterday we visited Zuva's bithplace and she stood on the exact spot she was born.

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Saturday, September 18, 2010

Saturday, August 28, 2010

A girl has to rest

After taking an almost-Spring swim.

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Friday, July 30, 2010

Zuva's fourth birthday

Getting ready for friends to arrive

 



 



The next day in her class at the Steiner Kindergarten, she was the centre of attention, and a story was told about her arrival four years ago.

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Sunday, July 04, 2010

Your parents escaped

Thank goodness for big sisters who let us get out to the movies sometimes :-)

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Bathroom sink/bath

Saturday, July 03, 2010

Sunday, June 27, 2010

Mid winter swim

Zuva is getting a reputation for her climbing prowess.


A little bit of sunshine is enough of a reason to get into the ocean.