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Times Square on a cold evening. Skyscrapers in the clouds. Crowds were in the street 24/7. We’ve not been to NY before so it really was a bombardment of all senses. The noise, the smells, the shuffle of people, so much energy in this place. We had a day of sightseeing around Central Park, BroadwayContinueContinue reading “New York. New York.”

Leaving Boston it’s a short trip to Salem. The town of the witch trials in 1692. I always thought the ‘witches’ were burned at the stake and all were women. I was wrong. There were both men and women and they were hung. There were 20 condemned to death. 19 were hung and one wasContinueContinue reading “Salem to Portland, Maine. USA”

Before going to Boston all I knew about it was the famous Boston tea party. So the museum was a must see. December 16th 1773 the American colonists threw the many kilos of tea into the Boston harbour as the English had put taxes on it that were exorbitant. One Samuel Adam’s stirred things upContinueContinue reading “Boston. USA”

So, just down the road from Jacksonville there is an amazing city called St Augustine. The oldest continuously inhabited city in America. Settled in 1565 by the Spanish. Ole Pedro Menendez de Aviles was sent out from Spain with the intention of finding a suitable location for a permanent settlement. He had a moat andContinueContinue reading “Saint Augustine. Florida, USA”

Or as the locals call it Jax Beach. Jax Beach tower Today I had my first swim in the Atlantic Ocean. It was similar to Waihi Beach in that it was wet! But also a similar temperature and I got knocked over with the waves. Here, just like home. Probably why there were lots ofContinueContinue reading “Jacksonville Beach, Florida,USA”

Woohoo! I know you are all hanging out to read the next instalment of our trip to the US of A. Drayton Hall Charleston Before we left Charleston we visited the Drayton Hall plantation. A walk around the land and a tour through the house was very interesting but I thought the best was theContinueContinue reading “Savannah to Jacksonville USA”

Air NZ from Auckland to Houston. Waiting with others in the lounge. Several people wanted to know why we would want to go to America at the moment with the current political situation as it is. If you are wondering, I’ll tell you. “It is family, it is family, it is family”. So when weContinueContinue reading “Houston and Charleston USA”

Already April. How did that happen? Welcome followers of my blog. Hopefully you are happy to stay connected cos I’ve some great things for the month. Firstly just a little recap of March. What is it about March? It’s not a holiday month after Christmas, nor is it an Easter holiday. It just sits thereContinueContinue reading “Actually April”

Welcome followers of my blog. If you have just joined over the last month send me a response so I know you are there. I hope my monthly blog inspires and lets you keep up with where I am and where I’m going! The only larger work done in February What I did enjoy doingContinueContinue reading “Moving into March”

Hi followers. January has flashed by and now it’s February and my granddaughter has already notified me that I’m running late with my blog. So here I am recapping my month. Lavender farm Waihi One of my little art group’s is called Unlimited Palette. A small group of artists of different genre that come togetherContinueContinue reading “Following February 2025”