Family History, Life at No.22, New Zealand, Road Trips

Follow the Golden Weather to Takaka

Suzanne

Aside from the Bay of Plenty, there is another place where the sunshine hours are plentiful with brown sugar-coloured sand beaches.

Australia, Road Trips, Travel

Blissful days in Ball Bay

Suzanne

What a fun name, we thought.  It tickled our fancy and ignited that playfulness side of us.

Photography

The Funeral of the Former Year

Suzanne

#SundayStills This week's challenge, "Birthday". Most of us see this occasion leaning towards more of a form of jubilation and celebration. A certain gentleman and poet, Alexander Pope (21 May 1688 – 30 May 1744 / London / England) thought otherwise. Pope's poem to his friend Martha Blount knows that birthdays are melancholy for many.… Continue reading The Funeral of the Former Year

Life at No.22, Musings

Do you Donate to Charity Shops?

Suzanne

We all know today's modern mantra, is to reduce, reuse and recycle.  The rippling effect of that usually means frequenting a charity shop is high on the agenda for many folks.  If the charity shop I work in is anything to go by.  We are very busy with incoming goods and with hopefully satisfied bargain hunters… Continue reading Do you Donate to Charity Shops?