The Traveling Kiwi

Nothing has really changed over the past months, more earthquakes – over 7000 now and they are still coming, nothing has been rebuilt, things are still falling down and the politics and arguments and insurance will go on and on…. whats next? no one knows and its starting to get harder to stay positive as the weather gets colder and bleaker….

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Somehow amidst the ruins this seemed to be a glimpse of hope…

…. and then on the other side

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When you walk into the city, well as far as you can get into the city, the atmosphere is pensive, gray, a pervasive sadness settles over you as you walk in silence, there is no traffic, no sounds of life, it feels that Christchurch’s heart has been broken. I hope one day soon to find signs of life and renewal but for now it is just the impact of what has been lost that crowds out everything else.

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I just wanted to let everyone who I haven’t been in contact with already, know that we are all OK, its been terrifying and we are shell shocked, there is no power or water but we are the lucky ones, we are alive and thats all that counts. Its going to be a long hard road from here and I don’t know what is going to happen, we are taking one day at a time. I won’t post any photos for now, it just doesn’t feel right to focus on the destruction, perhaps as we move forward that will change.

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I have been holding off posting anything about my job prospects until I knew what was happening – so now its official I HAVE A JOB!!! I have not only joined the ranks of the employed – well I will on Feb 28th, but I have also found a place of my own and I move in on Feb 26th. Phew at last I am no longer a vagabond – well maybe I will always be a vagabond but I am no longer a vagrant 🙂

Yes I am excited – its the next step on my journey…

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… the journey continues with some unexpected twists and turns. I am so lucky to be house sitting my dream home. Perched up on Huntsbury Hill with 180 views of Christchurch this house is perfect, I wouldn’t change a thing.  A library, a chefs kitchen… I am in heaven. I have Daiquiri the dog and three serious siamese to keep me company.  No I don’t have a job yet, there is potential on the horizon but no counting chickens!!

I would like to stay in Christchurch, I sit on the balcony here at night and watch the softening pink of the evening turn into the twinkling lights of night and I feel a real connection here, this is home, even if I have to leave again I know I will always be back.

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…nothing like the peaceful perfection of a beautiful lily floating in the inky waters to make you stop and appreciate the moment…

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so when your steeple falls off in an earthquake just wrap it up in christmas lights and no one will notice 🙂

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The glow of the roses in the morning light gave them an abstract quality that I have tried to capture.

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I know, you have seen it all before, but its been a while and the trees are in now and growing, my brother Ian’s trufferie is well under way. Today we had glorious late spring weather, hot and still. The hills were green and the bird life prolific, monarch butterflies floated over the long grass and huge hawks soared above. Nestled into the hillside the long grass is taller than the trees for now but they are rocketing away and it won’t be long till it looks like an oak grove. I love the hills and limestone of North Canterbury, the scenery changes every turn of the of the road and the wild flowers splash some unexpected colour into the greens and golds.

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