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Winter storms, sunsets and waves. Winter in Wellington

July 6, 2022July 6, 2022 BritMumInNZ Leave a comment Header, Seasons

Winter has started with its usual mixed bag in Wellington – calm, sunshine days that are moderately mild lull us into a sense of ease, before a sudden southerly change hurls us into an abrupt awareness that it is actually the season of winter. Gale force winds, heavy rain, and snow on the distant Kaikoura […]

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My Sunday Photos | Winter sunshine & fun at the beach

June 14, 2015 BritMumInNZ 8 Comments photography, Seasons, Silent Sunday Photographs

Oh my, what a day of weather! In Wellington, today, it was almost possible to forget it was winter altogether. The sun shone gloriously and the calm air let the warmth shine through, without the usual wind chill factor bringing it down. The tide was super high and the waves rolling in, from far out […]

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The Photo Gallery | Light

October 29, 2014October 29, 2014 BritMumInNZ 12 Comments Photo Gallery

A sunset on a Saturday, at beautiful Princess Bay, on Wellington’s South Coast. The gift of light, in all its entirety – from dawn to dusk and every filtered stream in-between. The luminescent glow of light, reflected off the greenest canopy, in the New Zealand bush. Light filtering through the canopy, to shine on a […]

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The Photo Gallery | Yellow

March 13, 2014August 21, 2014 BritMumInNZ Leave a comment Photo Gallery

Yellow, in the garden, drawing butterflies in – Yellow, in the setting sun, drawing my eyes to the horizon – Yellow, reflecting off the water, as I finish my evening run – And yellow, of my youngest daughter’s pirate hat, blowing bubbles on a boat with her friend – Linking up with –

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Some sunsets feel too good to see alone | Prose for Thought

October 26, 2013 BritMumInNZ Leave a comment Poetry

I took a walk, alone, on a Friday evening, after a week of being with my three children, every hour of every day. Alone, by the sea, I walked along the beach, past couples entwined and groups of friends sharing drinks, past people walking their dogs and jogging on the sand. There wasn’t anyone else […]

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Back from our road trip to San Francisco

October 8, 2013September 18, 2014 BritMumInNZ 1 Comment Adventures, Californian Adventures 2013-2014

What a trip! Exhausting with three children and a husband working hard in the office Monday to Friday! It wasn’t a holiday, but most certainly an adventure and an experience – with some amazing sights either side of the working week and a couple of incredible weekends either side. The drive back, from San Francisco […]

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Things I’m Loving

July 19, 2013July 19, 2013 BritMumInNZ 6 Comments Life in action - Videos, Loving & Not Loving, photography, Sarah

In less than three weeks we fly away from our home of some fifteen years, New Zealand, to start an adventure living in Santa Barbara, CA, USA. Our new adventure may be for just a year, three years, or possibly more. In this past week we flew up to Auckland, from our home in Wellington, […]

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Grateful for the calm after the storm…

June 25, 2013 BritMumInNZ 3 Comments photography, Sarah

The raging sea is quiet, fishing boats at ease. The ferry glides out the harbour, a sight to please. The planes descend, to a Wellington of calm. From the sky all looks fine, though the beaten coast needs many caring hands. Sea walls completely washed away, footpaths and roads a mess. Sand dunes dealt a massive blow, […]

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