Showing posts with label New Zealand. Show all posts
Showing posts with label New Zealand. Show all posts

Wednesday, February 23, 2011

New Zealands darkest day...

The Christchurch earthquake reached our kitchen in Perth yesterday morning, as news filtered in via tv & radio. Now we hold our breath and wait for the days to unfold, revealing the horror & utter devastation as the toll on lives & communities soar. 
(Image: Herald Sun - see the guys with their thumbs up!)
Mother Nature sure is pissed off, having reeked unparalleled havoc in the Southern Hemisphere constantly for months now - coming back for a second swipe at Christchurch in as many months only this time with catastrophic results.
The NZ Prime Minister said that this could possibly be New Zealands darkest day, I think that day is yet to come.
What seems to be evident, as I watch & listen from my home a million miles away, is that humanity & the Kiwi spirit will win in the end, as all that are able pitch in to rescue, feed, clothe and shelter the thousands of residents & tourists left injured, stranded and traumatised.
Makes me sad & proud to be a Kiwi!

Now I'm going to kiss my kids, tell him I love him, and find out where I can give blood - more often!

Saturday, October 23, 2010

Saying Goodbye

I'm going home to NZ to say goodbye to Grannie.

Augusta Ruby Doidge
  13th August 1911 - 21st October 2010

The strongest, most determined person I've ever known and the reason I'm who I am.

Friday, August 13, 2010

Grannie

Happy 99th Birthday Grannie!
My two favourite photos of Grannie. 
The photo on the left was taken with her twin sister Louisa (Grannie has her finger in her ear). Their mother, Pearl, had taken them to the photographers for a portrait, when the photographer saw how gorgeous they looked in their pram he insisted he take shots of them as is. I think they're 12mths old here.
The other image was taken about a week ago and is possibly my favourite because even though Grannie isn't always the person I remember her to be, that is the same smile I grew up with.