Hopefully, amongst all the dross will be the good things like Mike, Tony and I catching up for our yearly pre-Christmas lunch, letters and cards from old friends, re-runs of some good UK TV programmes (Morecombe and Wise springs to mind) and the tasteful Christmas displays in quality stores like Ballantynes, Kirkaldie and Staines and Smith and Caughey.
But, one of the great things about New Zealand Christmases (well in the North Island anyway) is the flowering of the Pohutukawa trees that generally start in the first week of December. We are working in Auckland during the week and coming home to McLeod Bay on weekends. Last weekend the trees by the bay were not in flower. This weekend they are getting dressed for Christmas. Magic.
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| Pohutukawa tree starting to flower - view from the Kitchen Saturday 3 December 2011 |
2 comments:
Ours haven't flowerd yet.
What an amazing view. They must pay you a lot to make it worth while leaving a paradise like that every week!
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