
Winter has officially arrived in this part of the world, and it is not welcomed by everyone. It is that time of the year when people begin to get crazy and depressed. But that does not seem to bother us kiwi baluts. Life goes on for us, albeit a little bit colder.
Er, I may have understated that a bit. Let me rephrase that part. It is a lot colder. In fact, way, way too cold. Just this morning, I woke up to a -1 degree C temperature. Our bed was warm and kept pulling me back like a maiden's call on a dreary winter voyage. How could it not be when we had four layers of blanket on us.
On my way to the office, I had to wear four layers of clothing as well. It kept me warm enough to brave a walk across a park for a longer but more scenic route, a habit that I had picked up from Pom's GPS.
It is also the time for colds and flu, swine or otherwise. Of course my trimmer body now belongs to the latter. But with three more months to go before it gets warmer, I may be back to my swiney self in no time.
And winter not only affects humans and swine. It also got into my camera. Yup, something happened to its sensors and Canon has to replace it. So I could not share any pictures for at least a month.
But, as I said, life goes on. And just before my camera gave out, we were able to make a loop through the hills of Banks Peninsula. Our drive took us from the hills of Sumner to Godley Head, down to the ports of Lyttelton and up to the peaks of Port Hills before descending to the city fringes of Christchurch. It was very cold that day, so we just survived a few minutes on the peak, but long enough to get the beautiful picture of the peninsula opening to the sea and a rainbow in the horizon.
It has been more than a week since and I am eager to go out there and explore more. Maybe on my next post I will be sharing more of my adventures. Until then this piece will have to do. *sigh*
and it's 42 degrees on our side of the world!
ReplyDeleteI am not sure if I would be jealous or happy with that news. haha! Both temperatures seem to be extreme for comfort. :)
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