After reading jay's contribution to the blog i decided to stop writing entirely as my narrations are so totally blah & perfunctory compared to his eloquent, informational & witty pieces. For example, i say: had fish & chips for $14.50 somewhere in NZ while jay gives the route to which we arrived at that spot on the map, the history of fish & chips as well as the unique method to preparing fish & chips at the place where we got them in addition to some interesting facts & descriptions of the town we were in. As usual, he is better than me at writing, along with almost everything else. i.e. skipping stones, learning foreign languages, using & understanding a gps/computer/car/phone/anything with cables or words or diagrams. For my birthday present i asked Jay to write about why he likes me because i feel so dumb and awkward compared to him. The only thing i can really think of is that i jump around a lot saying "look at me, Jay!" and that seems to make him laugh. anyhow, i just sent off a really quick email to my mother that i thought i may as well post since jay is otherwise engaged in a video game next to me here at the internet cafe in queenstown and unlikely to break for blogging.
btw: i will add photos to these blogs as soon as we can get the laptop online succesfully- or i haul in my little external with all the thousands of images we've taken on this trip.
we totally forgot it was my birthday on my birthday! i was very very sad. so jay suggested that we could make all the rest of the trip my birthday which after long & deep consideration i agreed to (about 2.5 seconds). that made me very very happy! but really, this whole trip has felt like my birthday, so i am coming home chubby, happy & with lots and lots of photos of flowers!! luckily i am starting a juice fast and dedicated exercise regimine the day after we get home!
I am dying to show all the images i've been shooting in the botanic gardens throughout australia and new zealand. My mother is an avid lover of roses but it took a trip to new zealand for me to finally find an appreciation & love for them! maybe not growing them as they are high maintenance and prick you a lot, but i sure love photographing them!!
Only a few days left- we are trying to make the most of them! We blew our wad today in Queenstown on a helicopter ride up to the cliffs of Mordor, a jet boat ride which was ridiculously crazy & horse trek and gondola ride tomorrow! I think jay is in heaven after a day like today. It makes me so happy. I've really enjoyed the time just to be quiet, to drink a beer and watch a soccer match (australian-style, much more exciting!), to wander through parks, to drive in contented silence, just comfortable being. i knew i was keyed up- really wound tight after the last few years of non-stop something or other. i definitely needed a good long month to remember how to be still and quiet. a few days ago we sat alongside a river and skipped stones for over an hour. jay was like a little boy, just laughing as his bounced all the way across the entire river and mine sunk "kerplunk" the second they touched the water. i liked the way he laughed so much that i continued trying in spite of my frustration at being so incompetant. and eventually a few of my rocks actually skipped- a very little bit. i wish we had more quiet times like that in our life. it is just too hectic. i wish i could make everything with cables & cords disappear from my life. ah well. we'll be back at it in a week or so, but hopefully more clear & reinvigorated. i've been reading "champagne for the soul" by mike mason outloud a chapter a day in the campervan and discussing. very good. very challenging. definitely feeling like i'm missing the point most of the time and focused on the wrong things. perhaps during my juice fast i will hear God more clearly as well as look better in the most popular oufit of the season: belted sweater dress over stirrup pants- without the stirrup part. people here seem to wear what's in fashion with absolutely no regard for how it will suit their body. unbelievable. and people think i dress weird. at least i'm not silly enough to try to squeeze myself into what only looks good on a 6'2" 110lb girl! but i guess we're all silly in our own silly ways.
will add photos later of campervan, the unbelievable Fiordlands, Milford Sound, baby penguins, and most likely more flowers. because shooting is what i am good at. but only compared to some.
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