furneaux lodge in queen charlotte's sounds on my birthday, watching the national championsip match between the north island's auckland team and the south's otago team. i was pulling for otago, they got smothered by auckland...but simone and dined on fine wine, fish, and chips for dinner...fuel for the tramp to follow nest day.

ode to beamer...bronze of dapper man and his doggie in lampton quay in wellington (next to a very lovely shoe store).

view of surf to mountain in the south island...the picture does no justice to reality!

bougquet of wildflowers i picked on the way home from work...that's right, cala lillies, lily of the valley, and poppies growing in the wild. i have no idea how they stand up to the wind.