Mareenz

Tuesday, March 15, 2011

School Swimming Sports

Another beautiful day today. I spent the early part of the afternoon at my oldest This is a collage of some of he photos I took of her.

Friday, March 11, 2011

Sculpted by the Wind

This weeks topic for Foto Finish is weather. This is my entry which was taken on Somes Island in Wellington Harbour. It shows the force of the prevailing wind in this area.

Wednesday, March 9, 2011

Blacks and Brights

This is one of the several quilts I have been playing around with. I also have a whites and brights in progress at the moment.

We had a wonderful day out fishing in our boat today - caught plenty of schnapper and gurnard - enough for all the family. Of course we had fresh fish for dinner tonight. This view of Mount Taranaki with the Kaitake Ranges in the foreground was taken from the boat. A few days ago we had a southerly come through which left quite a coat of snow on our mountain but we have since had a few lovely sunny autumn days and most of the snow has disappeared. It was much to early to have snow on the mountain - hopefully there is more good weather on the way and winter doesn't come too soon.

Friday, March 4, 2011

Stripes for Foto Finish

These images are of the Rewarewa Bridge over our local Waiwakaiho River. It is a recent addition to our beautiful coastal walkway.

This bridge was designed to represent a breaking wave.

Thursday, March 3, 2011

More Abseiling Photos

Abseiling in Fossil Canyon with WIA

Wow it is almost 4 weeks since we did this activity. How time flies. We travelled in cars to Okau which is about 45 minutes north of New Plymouth.

After being kitted out in wetsuits, boots and helmets we made our way to the top of the waterfall we were to abseil down. Several of us could not resist a quick dip and slide down the rocks at the head of the waterfall. I opted to do the supposed easier of the two abseils. On reaching the bottom I dont think there was much difference between the two routes but it did help to get us all to the bottom quicker by having two ropes operating. Much fun was had by all frolicking in the water at the bottom of the waterfall.
We then walked down through the very picturesque waterway for quite a distance before having to negotiate a climb through another small creek back to where we had left our cars.