Ruru Says... Wise Drivers

Another Yummy Birthday Cake

My darling youngest daughter whipped up this delicious Lamington birthday cake for my 35th birthday last month.

Ruru Says... Watch Out

Mini Vacation Ideas

In the interest of Living a Life Less Ordinary (and having recently experienced a weekend escape, coming back refreshed & relaxed) my DH & I have decided that every few months we're going to escape from the house and take a Mini Vacation together.

The list of places we'd like to visit so far:

• Morere Hot Springs
• to experience the Hot Springs
• do the  Night Walk to Nikau pools 
• walk the  Nikau Loop Track  (would love to do the longer walks at some stage too)
• visit their arts & crafts shop
• Waipoua Forest
• Orakei Korako Cave & Thermal Park (The Hidden Valley)
• Solscape - they have some pretty unconventional accommodation and retreats available, I'd love to go and spend some time there 
• Nikau Sancutary  - luxury yurt - enough said ;0)
• Waitangi Soda Springs
• The Lost Spring

Do you have any ideas for us? If so leave a comment and I'll add it to our list :0)

Updated 15/7/2012 to add The Lost Spring - Whitianga

Ruru Says... Never Drive

Rotorua Photographs

 More photos from our weekend escape :0)

Close up shot of the Maori design on the Rotorua Information Centre

The scenic lookout on the Napier-Taupo Road

 Close up shot of the ironwork on the Band Routunda

Ruru Says... Slow Down

A very timely reminder as it is winter here in NZ at the moment!

Ruru Says....

Passing through the Bay of Plenty we spotted a series of signs that we just had to stop and photograph

We found the signs below explaining who this wise owl is and what he does:

I thought it might be fun to reveal a new sign each day over the coming 10 or so days rather than post all the photographs at once.  (Please don't get me wrong, each of the signs has a very important message for drivers - I just thought they were so well executed that I just had to share them with the world!) Look out for future posts entitled "Ruru Says..."

A weekend escape

That's right, we escaped the HB this weekend just been and enjoyed a trip up north where I indulged my fondness for photography as well my passion for soaking in hot pools!

Private mineral pool at our motel

The top storey of the
Rotorua Information Centre

Band Routunda

Attitude Of Gratitude Journal Pages

Above are three pages which have evolved over the past month (I often start a page and then leave it part way through coming back to it when I have time and inclination). Each of them is in my Attitude Of Gratitude (AOG) journal.