NZ Diary

A description of what I get up to in my new life Down Under

Saturday, May 05, 2007

Our house

Thought I'd spend some time this week showing you what our house is like (rental) - here you go:

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This is the lovely view from our balcony - you can see the Sky Tower from the balcony, but it hasn't come out on this photo.

I really like it here - it's so quiet and peaceful and yet tis only 10 mins walk into Howick itself - lovely!

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The photo below is the view of the weeping willow taken from our settee! If I get my binoculars out whilst sitting on said settee, I can watch the birds VERY CLOSE UP when they land in the branches.

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Here is our lovely, lovely wood burner - my best friend on the cooler evenings - although it hasn't been too bad yet - we've had a few practises and it was toasty warm:

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It's lovely to just watch the flames roaring away through the glass!

Here's the back of the house - with Kev doing something in the car! From the back, the house has two levels and from the front it looks like a bungalow - due to the slope!

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Fig tree laden with figs (yummy cooked in butter and brown sugar), but the birds keep beating us to it and tucking in before we get there!

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Physalis plant very laden and very much out of control really - but never mind - yum yum!

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Crazy grape vine - growing manically over everything including physalis and fig tree!

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Little fig tree centre of picture and lemon tree to the right top corner:

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Now - in order to illustrate just how heavy the rain is and how quickly one can get soaked (ie from door to car), I took some photos to show you:

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The one below is of our front drive - the water was just gushing down it! Sorry about the flash!

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Well - there you go - a little bit of where we live - I like it LOTS!

Hope our next house will be as peaceful.

Yesterday we had a family afternoon at Sylvia Park (a new shopping centre) exploring its 2nd and 3rd phases. Spent a lovely few hours pottering about - especially in Borders - was like being in England again that bit - except books are more expensive here!

After that, we sampled the delights of the new cinema via the movie Spiderman 3. Loads of leg room - people can walk past without you moving your legs! It also has a bean bag movie - yes - you can loll around on a huge bean bag whilst indulging yourself in popcorn and the like! At the back of our room, there were settees, where you can relax with a drink and a meal if you like!

Here's a bit of info for you:

http://www.viewauckland.co.nz/halfpipe_at_hoyts_auckland_sylvia_park_index.html

Well - tara fer noo - gotta go and write ploppy reports.....

See yas.

x Sue