Everywhere I look the last 12 months are being reviewed – news, sports, politics – the best of, the worst of – clearly this is the time of year for reflection. Never being one to miss a trend, here’s our year in review.
It started in a cold UK and ended in a warm and sunny New Zealand. Along the way there has been travel, adventure, triumphs and sadness. Going back through the photo album, a few images leapt out.
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- January – our place in the UK on a sunny winters day
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- The Grand Union Canal in winter – two days later it was frozen
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- After the snow had fallen
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- Daisy minding the car while I’m taking photos
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- Poppie meets snow for the first time
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- Chilling beer on the back step – icy cold
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- Misty Field
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- February – Jean shopping in London before our return home
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- March – Quarantine for the dogs
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- Doing time in Levin – 10 days to be precise, but it seemed longer
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- Out of quarantine, Poppie poses for a shot
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- The bird, now 18 years old stayed with friends while we were away
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- April – arriving home with a little more than we left with – two tea chests and two suitcases to be precise
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- After a year in storage the cars are still there – relief
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- All the stuff we packed away – most of it is still in storage
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- Happiness is sleeping in your own bed
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- Trip memories – the Tuscan watercolour Jean carried halfway around the world is on our wall
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- May – Autumn in Wellington
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- Road trip – the Kaikoura Coast
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- Road trip – the Kaikoura Coast
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- Road trip – those Cloudy Bay hills
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- Road trip – Marlborough countryside
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- Just down the road from our place – Evans Bay
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- June – Road trip across the South Island from west to east
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- Road trip – snow on tussock
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- Road trip – just before Arthur’s Pass
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- Road trip – the mountains from the plains
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- July – a bad day in Wellington
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- Wellington on a good day
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- Same good day but looking north
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- Wellington from Oriental Bay
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- Sad August days – Daisy aged 15 years and 7 months passes away
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- Windy Wellington lives up to it’s name
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- Same yachts on a calm day with the Instagram look
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- Trip memories – the books of the blog arrive
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- September – in Nelson with rellies where it’s always sunny
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- The view from the rellies front deck in the morning
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- December – Solace with Wellington City in the background
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- Summer arrives in our back yard
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- Summer evening from our verandah
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- Merry Christmas – Poppie waiting for Santa on Christmas Eve
toscanakiwi 
beautiful photos.
T.