New Zealand, Road Trips

It’s Summer – Let’s go for a Roadie to Taranaki

January requires a more concentrated organisation if we are to celebrate our birthdays in style.

Life at No.22, New Zealand, Road Trips

Have you stayed in a Haunted Hotel?

Recently, we had the experience of staying in a place that was once a grand 19th-century hotel. It sits proudly on a hilltop overlooking the Waitomo Caves. It does sound very posh, doesn't it? As it so happens, the Queen's head once lay on a fluffed-up pillow on the first floor in late 1953. Of… Continue reading Have you stayed in a Haunted Hotel?

Life at No.22, Walks

An Architectural Experience in NZ

Most of us automatically start thinking cathedrals, usually on a grand scale or the visual eye-catcher of a modern museum when architectural design is mentioned.   Let me be honest, I took for granted we would have many more years together to reexplore Architectural Wonders of the World while housesitting.  Then I thought does Architecture have… Continue reading An Architectural Experience in NZ

Musings

Moments to be Grateful Forever

This time of the year seems to ignite thoughts of gratefulness. Remembering those we love who have stood by us throughout the good and challenging times.. For me, acknowledging those reasons to be grateful makes for a more positive outlook on life.

BeckysPhotoChallenge, Photography

January Light – Spotlight of Sunlight

Life seems more palatable when there is an abundance of light in one form or another. Becky's January Square Photography Challenge is all about LIGHT.