You are here:
Home / Archives for best
Auckland city is the region that spans from the west coast with it’s rugged coast lines, black sand beaches, over mountain ranges, through the cosmopolitan ‘City of Sails’, over to the white sandy beaches of the east coast and on out to the islands of the Hauraki Gulf.
Tags: agathis australis, antipodeans, apricots, army, association, auckland city region, auckland's north shore, Australia, author, bacon, beautiful collision, best, black sand beaches, blog, blog writer, bristish naval history, bunkers, calliope dock, Central hawkes Bay, cheltenham beach, chicken breast, child, city of sails, coast lines, comicStyle, cosmopolitan, crash helmet, deep water anchorage, department of conservation, devon, devonport, devonport dockyards, devonport ferry terminal, dish, dry dock, east coast, english naval town, englishman, european settlement, famous, farm land, farming, ferry master's home, flagstaff, food, fort takapuna historic reserve, fortified settlements, green salad, harness, Hastings New Zealand, Hauraki Gulf, Hawke's Bay, highest hill, hikoi, historical maritime village, industries, islands, Jason Frazer, kauri tree, kayak, kiwi, kiwiStyle, knots, kumara, lifeStyle, main, maori, maori pa, military tunnels, mindStyle, Moewaka Jane Rapana, mountain bike, mountain ranges, mt vistoria, narrow neck beach, national base, native tree, natural harbour, naval vessels, navy, New Zealand, new zealanders, north, north head, pasifka, penneylane, penneylaneonline, penneylaneonline.com, pistachios, plymouth, polynesian, pontifications, portsmouth, prominent, quality, reflections, rendition, restored, royal new zealand navy, seafood, shipbuilding, sir francis drake, sir john hawkins, sir walter raleigh, small volcanic mountains, soil, south west england, southern hemisphere, southern point, style, sweet potatoes, swim, Sydney, takapuna, takaroro, takarunga, thoughts, tidal beaches, turnStyle, twistedmusings.com.au, victoria road, views, villas, Waipukurau, west coast, western europe, when past meets present, where mindStyle matters, white sandy beaches, wooden pier, writer, writing, writings
I like that the older you get the less you have to work at getting every other man and his dog to appreciate that fact. It’s like the imperceptible manner in which seasons change their leaves, over time we know it will happen and therefore we are less likely to stand in its way when
Tags: actions, addition, antipodeans, areas, author, best, blog, blog writer, care, Central hawkes Bay, Change, comicStyle, direction, dog, fact, friends, guard, guards, Hastings New Zealand, Hawke's Bay, Jason Frazer, kiwi, kiwiStyle, know, leaves, lifeStyle, man, manner, maori, mindStyle, New Zealand, new zealanders, nod, notice, older, Older Better Wiser, pasifka, pass, passage, penneylane, penneylaneonline, penneylaneonline.com, permission, polynesian, pontifications, reason, reflections, road less travelled, thoughts, time, tree, turnStyle, twistedmusings.com.au, views, Waipukurau, where mindStyle matters, work, writer, writing, writings, year
Does it ever seem to you that for most of your life you spend it looking for yourself? Even when you know you’re right there! Odd isn’t it! Tomorrow I’ll be travelling to Helensville. I’m attending the hura kohatu (unveiling) of my maternal great grandmother, a woman I hardly know
Tags: adapt, adopt, age old, Amiria Manutahi StirlingTe Whaanau-a-Apanui, Amiria Penney, Amiria Ruth Elizabeth Penney, antipodeans, author, best, blog, blog writer, border, Central hawkes Bay, child, comicStyle, companion, context, elder, Eruera, forest, friend, grace, grandchild, Granny, great, great grandmother, Hastings New Zealand, Hawke's Bay, Helensville, holidays, hura kohatu, identity, indifferent, Irihapeti Tarawa Heke, Jason Frazer, jigsaw puzzles, kaumatua, kiwi, kiwiStyle, life, lifeStyle, loved, maori, maternal, mindStyle, moabite widow, Moewaka Jane Rapana, mokopuna, nee Mitai, New Zealand, new zealanders, Ngati Porou, outside, parents, pasifka, penneylane, penneylaneonline, penneylaneonline.com, person, personal strength, polynesian, pontifications, principle, reflections, roots, Roots and All, Ruth, school holidays, search, sense, sink, sleep deprived, spend, spoil, sugar, thoughts, ties that bind, tomorrow, tree, tree climbing, tree hugger, turnStyle, twistedmusings.com.au, type, unveiling, views, Waipukurau, warmth, way, where mindStyle matters, woman, women, writer, writing, writings, yourself
Sumner Redstone once said, “The best deal is one where it’s fair to you and it’s fair to them”, this from a man who has engendered loyalty from his staff because he has shown it to them. And this too, from a man who has an estimated personal fortune of $US9bn.
Tags: acclaimed, antipodeans, armcloved, author, beinghair, best, blog, blog writer, blood sweat and tears, Central hawkes Bay, centre stage, character, comicStyle, commitment, competence, creature, deal, dream team, Dream Team Machine, exist, fair, Hastings New Zealand, Hawke's Bay, idea, identify, individual players, Jason Frazer, kiwi, kiwiStyle, leap, lifeStyle, look, loyalty, maori, mindStyle, New Zealand, new zealanders, pasifka, penneylane, penneylaneonline, penneylaneonline.com, person, personal fortune, polynesian, pontifications, quiet, recognition, Redstone Pictures, reflections, spectator, sumner Redstone, surface, team, thoughts, truly, turnStyle, twistedmusings.com.au, views, Waipukurau, where mindStyle matters, winning combination, writer, writing, writings
My network card is giving me grief and the modem is tiffing with the laptop, streuth! Over the back fence fighting. Tsk! Tsk! Tsk! Wasn’t it Dylan Thomas that wrote, ” …breathe deep the gathering gloom.”
Tags: adulthood, balance, best, better, bigger, breathe deep the gathering gloom, common, daily, Dylan Thomas, experienced, faithfully, fence, fighting, good work, goodness, grief, hard yards, honest, house, human decency, human life, inflame, it matters, laptop, lives, looking, modem, network card, news, open wounds, pain, penneylaneonline, power, question, sad, safe, scheme of things, scratching, service, small things, stomach, surface, thoughts, truism, understand, unfaithfully, universal, Wanna Serve Somebody, war
Next Page »
