I was made for Afternoons

A quick round up, basically for myself, but you may be interested to check out some of these sites for yourself if you visit this beautiful land I am beginning to wonder if my sense of longing for "Northerness" is really a longing for New Zealand. Best Coffee in Nelson, New Zealand : Morrison Street cafe Best Peanut Butter: Really Good Peanut Butter (No Kidding!) Kids Favourite NZ soft drink: L&P (lemon and paeroa) Favourite Brewery and Cider Maker: Macs Best Ice cream in the Known Universe: Penguinos Cheap, good, kids Clothes you can buy online: JK's Great way to travel around New Zealand: Trans Scenic Railway

late night chats with family driven by daylight saving twilights late morning sleep ins tea and toast shopping daze lunch on the run new everything but some reassuringly familiar jandles n trundlers LnP and macs windy beaches children giggling emails sent cafes visited in the hope of a perfect long mac new adventures plans made then remade old friends missed places rediscovered vibe embibed dreams hopes longings holy holidays

well then here we are. is it the beginning or the end a new decade or another year of the naughties? oh the debate the hours spent wondering the newspaper reports why are they wasting our time on this stuff? got a sort of breezy this is going to be a good year sort of feeling wanting to make some changes in small ways in big ways in sort of in your face way but i'm too well aware of my own laziness to post 'em here but needless to say i want to stretch my intellect and probably my muscles too eat less but better same goes for wine slow down listen to all things must pass over and over read think write play love another year beckons.