On the ferry from the North Island to the South Island:
Around Nelson (left), and hiking in the coastal region of Abel Tasman National Park (right) and following:
Ferns – New Zealand’s national plant – in Abel Tasman:
Kiwifruit growing near Motueka:
Pancake Rocks in Paparoa National Park:
Franz Josef Glacier in the southern Alps:
Amory’th firtht tooth – popped out yethterday!
Also, see photo-of-the-day today on my h2o blog – day 3 of my Photo-a-day for the month of May project! :O)
Wait Mummy! Not another picture until I have sock monkey!
Okay – now.
Well… maybe sock monkey isn’t that important after all….
especially when he can only crawl BACKWARDS!
Huka Falls on the Waikato River flowing into Lake Taupo:
Hanging out with the glow worm on a rainy morning!:
Kiwi crossing!:
Tongariro National Park – Mt. Ruapehu – The Lord of the Rings’ Mount Doom
Lord of the Rings’ Mordor – the hike tired Amory out!
Putangirua Pinnacles – Lord of the Rings’ ‘Paths of the Dead’:
Wellington – walking around for the day (that’s the “BeeHive” on the right):
Gollum at the WETA Cave:
The “jumping pillow” at Wellington’s Top 10 Holiday Park!:
Amory practices the art of conversation, incorporating both the question and the exclamation.
oh, and Happy Easter from the Easter B-… errrrrrr… bear.
First, the happy outcomes from our session:
Then, the deterioration, in chronological order:
I’ll leave you with this final frame. If this doesn’t break your heart, what will?
(Don’t worry, lots of cuddles ensued!)
Our first morning. Amory chills on the picnic table in front of our ‘campa’.
Amory and mom at the Waitangi Treaty Grounds – the birthplace of New Zealand!
Cruising in the Bay of Islands – on the boat, Oliver eats lunch while walking Amory to sleep!, and ‘oyster catchers’ in action.
Amory’s first swim in the thermal pools at Matamata. He rocked his floaty surf suit – pruny feet and all!
Our visit to Hobbiton – the only remaining bit of the Lord of the Rings on-location set. Bag-End, the Party (“Patty”) Tree, Amory in the Shire’s Rest cafe and local sheep.
Amory takes in sunset at Lake Rotorua.
Amory and dad enjoying the ‘Maori experience’ at Rotorua’s Te Puia, and the three of us in Waitomo’s Glow-worm cave.
