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Autumn Sunday

After a wet and grey week, the weather dicided to treat us to the most beautiful Sunday!

Kiki had the chance to go out to the lawn and she ran wild and happy, and she climbed the trees! Way up! She was besides herself! Which gave us a good laugh.


Then we saw the most beautiful Monarch butterfly! It flew and rested on the leaves. By the time I ran into the house to get my camera, it had danced and flew away. This was the only photo that I got. Bright orange wings against the green leaves and blue sky was spectacular!


We were suppose to be out doing our shopping but the weather screamed and begged us to ditch that plan and we headed to the park to find some lovely autumn colours. Most trees in Auckland are green all year round, so we had to "find" autumn.  


And we did find Autumn.


Orange, yellow, red, brown...


Such beautiful colours!

And we were beside ourselves...

We were all a little crazy happy this beautiful Autumn Sunday!

Last week

Scenes from last week. We had a day of sunshine and Kiki had a chance to go out. 
Sniffing, sniffing.... sniffing the air and everything.


I received good news upon waking up Saturday morning, I have been accepted to sell my goodies at a local craft market. I am so excited and very VERY nervous. I have about 2 weeks to prepare and make more journals. Time to get the momentum going.


On Sunday, I manage to finally meet a blog friend after years of knowing each other online. We had missed meeting each other in 2010 when i was there for a holiday. I had a wonderful time chatting with Candice and she shared so many tips on preparing for winter. This will be my first experience of winter. It has already begun with lots of rain and strong wind and it will go on for months ahead. Brr...

Moving on...

Past weekend we visited another art market. It was bustling with people and by far the most happening market we've visited. After the market, curious us took a road that lead us to this...

Beautiful, calm and peaceful. I am so thankful every time i am able to be with nature, the sea. It just feels so good.

On the creative business front. I am slowly getting into the momentum of things. Still a little slow on getting things done, but it's taking shape. Making plans and setting goals. Having this for a creative space helps. It's bright and view of the lawn. I love it!

Making more journals to be listed in my Etsy Shop soon.

Kiki is doing well. She's happy. She's more playful and would out of the blue jump and run around the house for nothing. Funny cat. And i think she has put on some weight too as she seems heavier when i pick her up.

We're all moving along well.

Sun and sea

Yesterday was Anzac day, a public holiday. We woke up to beautiful sunny morning and right away decided to go out and enjoy the sun. I wanted to go to the beach and it's so nice that we didn't have to drive very far to enjoy beautiful beaches.

Here's Mill Bay.

Pohutukawa tree. Native to New Zealand.


Pohutukawa flower.

Next stop. Conwallis Whaft. Lots of people fishing here.

The photos don't do justice to the real thing of course. This place is beautiful!

Thanks to Roselle of The Enchanted Lady Prism, I am currently watching Lark Rise to Candleford on youtube.

Auckland weather

In just 3 weeks, I've experienced the infamous Auckland temperamental weather, sunny one minute and rain bucket loads the next, warm, cool and really cold in a day. Just this morning it was bright and sunny and i took a walk to little town, an hour later as i was walking home, suddenly it rained and i got wet! The weather just cannot decide what it wants to be :)

Down our driveway. The street where we live.


There's an apple tree beside our driveway but not very good apples i suppose, the birds and bugs enjoy them mostly.


The weeds here grow really fast!


I'm so excited i finally got my library card today! Borrowed some cooking and gardening books. I love flipping through the pages and look at the colourful pictures, whether I'll pick up any cooking or gardening skills is another matter.

I'm still making changes, tweaking the system with regards to my Etsy Shop. Hopefully it'll be up and running by 1st May.

Taking a deep breath of gratitude and smiles in my heart.

What's next?

Kiki enjoying bird watching. I scattered some pieces of bread for the birds.

The furniture arrived, spent the pass few days unpacking, cleaning, arranging. Fun and tiring at the same time. Our little house is looking more like a home now. It feels good to have things that are familiar with us. Even Kiki is happy to snuggle up in her own basket, high up on the book shelf. All is good. The goods travelled 8700km and all are in good order. Thankful for that.

Mettaville Etsy Shop is still on vacation, just a wee bit longer. I'm doing some research on postage charges and scouting for some supply shops so that I'll be able to get my hands on with making more journals soon.

I am so glad that my own personal journals are finally here, i miss doodling and writing! Perfect for rainy days that we're having at the moment.

Happy weekend to you!