Back where it started 27 years ago, on our first date at the Embassy cinema. “LA Confidential” then, “Gladiator II” this time.

27 years and 1/2 my life with this one today!

Couldn’t imagine anything better 🥰

Morning walk, Pōneke.

#walk #wellington #aotearoa

Storm clouds gather.

Storm clouds over Taranaki St / Courtney Place.

Evening walk, Pōneke.

Evening glow in the window of a bar and walk in.

Very proud of my octogenarian parents taking part in te hikoi mō Te Tiriti today!

A historic event.

Te Aro park, Pōneke.

Glorious day in Pōneke the day before the hikoi mō Te Tiriti hits town.

It’s going to be a fascinating day tomorrow.

Kelburn morning walk

Te Motu Kairangi (Miramar), Te Whanganui a Tara

Last marmalade of the season

Glorious early morning at Mata-i-Rangi #morning #matairangi #pōneke #wellingtonnz

Seagulls, Wellington

Oriental Bay, Spring

Birthday brunch with Bill

Sliver moon, Wellington NZ

Leeds Street, winter’s evening.

Glorious evening light flying out of Wellington to Brisbane and Vanuatu.

#travel #flying #dusk #eveninglight #wellingtonnz #pōneke #brisbane #vanuatu

Extraordinary birthday dinner at Rita with Bill - briefly in Wellington between Florida and Vanuatu.

Thank you to my wonderful bestie Sam Mackay for helping me to buy my latest bookstack from Unity Books in Wellington:

  • Lady Chatterley’s Lover (D.H. Lawrence 1928)
  • Mona of the Manor (Amistead Maupin 2024)
  • A History of Japan in Manga (Shunchiro Kanaya 2022)
  • The Land Wars - the dispossession of the Khoisan and AmaXhosa in the Cape Colony (John Laband 2020)
  • Normal Women- 900 years of making history (Philippa Gregory 2023)

#books #bookstack #history #friends