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Akaroa New Zealand
Here are a few bonus photos of the place we’re staying and of the nearby lighthouse and harbor-view.
Monday – Akaroa and The Giant’s House
What a thing, The Giant’s House is. How lucky the maker, Josie Martin is to have come to this place, begin a garden, find some shards of china and begin this journey. Her life and art has merged nicely. The … Continue reading
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Sunday afternoon in Akaroa NZ
We left Christchurch, fortified with breakfast and a look at the Postcards from Antartica exhibit and started down the road to Akaroa. We stopped at Birdlings Flat after having had views of Lake Ellesmere. Quick stopat Little River (Gateway to … Continue reading
Saturday at the NZ Quilt Symposium
There was the merchant mall. I test drove some new Berninas and found out I could still machine quilt pretty darn well. Then I looked at a lot of quilts, in several locations around Christchurch and chatted up some of … Continue reading
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Friday in New Zealand
Sort of squeaking this one in under the wire but hey, it was a pretty busy day! Got up and figured out a bus to take downtown. The bus ended at a terminal building where you can change buses but … Continue reading
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