Part One The Awesomeness of New Zealand

So, yes it's been a while since the last post but it is the same month -- not too shabby!

First, New Zealand was amazing and finally here are some pictures!


This is a Kaka - I really really wanted to see a Kakapo but sadly it was not to be - they are very hard to find as they are so endangered kind of like Kiwis, but we got lucky.



And here is a bad picture I took of a Kiwi being weighed to see if it was big enough to go with the other bigger kiwis, I apparently had a brain seizure and couldn't remember how to use my camera anymore.












This is my 'stereotypical' shot of NZ, sheep and iced mountains.






But my favourite photos are of the sea, like this one of Whale Bay...surfers paradise.




But best of all we got to see our lovely friends and their growing family and hang out and catch up and relax together. And as mentioned in the previous post get house and garden envy and be inspired towards a more creative life and dig up your tiny patch of a yard and plant veggies and flows and an apple tree in their honor.

I will add NZ photos gradually maybe in theme slots of 3, over the next few weeks.


PART 2 the awesomeness of Mike Jung aka Captain Stupendous

So Mike Jung spoke for me at SCBWI Beyond the Bay on Saturday in Walnut Creek and it was brilliant, great crowd great energy and loads of fun and to find out more go to his blog -- he even includes lots of really useful as in fabulous links to videos and other intriguing places.