Big Sunnies!

In Australia we noticed a trend of gigantic sunglasses. I, of course, had to try them out. Here are a few...

go to september and read about the bully lorakeets!

Here are the pics that go with my previous Lorakeet post.

I figured if I posted the pics with the original no one would see them!

First picture, I was not expecting the bird to land on me, can you tell I'm a little startled!

Picture 2.. Clearly we've bonded!

Three of my Favorites

Milford Sound, Fiordland National Park, NZ


Lake Pukaki - Near Twizel, NZ



Tasman Glacier, Mt. Cook area in NZ

Don't Let the Emu Out.

Really? Cause I think that if one comes running toward me I may not be able to heed this sign.

Pictures on the web! My pictures!

I think this will work. I am putting up all my pictures, with captions, in web albums in Picasa. Here is the link. I will try to blog more specifics like Kris. I just did the Great Ocean Road album. So cool!

Jenny's Crazy Road

When driving from Twizel NZ to Queenstown NZ, we took a crazy road through a mountain range that led into Queenstown. This road was nuts, tons of switch backs with one side rock face and the other side a huge drop. Jenny was driving part of this road and we noticed about 3/4 of the way down the insanely steep hill that there were signs saying "Check Your Brakes." Why now? Why when we have made it this far should we worry about our brakes. Wouldn't it be pretty clear at this point if our brakes weren't the best?

Here's a shot from the high point of the road before we started the straight drop down.

Meet Biddy - Everyone's favorite knitter

This is Biddy.



We met her in Queenstown , NZ at the Warf Market on our last day in New Zealand. Biddy makes hats, scarves and other knitwear. She explained to us that she tends her own sheep, spins and dyes the wool and then makes her goods. I'm not sure if she sheers her own sheep but I'm going to think that she does. It just makes Biddy cooler. She told us that for some of her hats she uses fruit juice for dye. The results are some pretty loud hats and I have to wonder if you feel like a melting popsicle if it rains on your hat.

The best part though is that in front of each basket of hats Biddy had placed pictures of the sheep who provided the wool for those hats. If you click on the picture above you can see one of the sheep photos on her table.

Biddy is da bomb! Want to meet her, check out her web site!