Mt Ruapehu, North Island, New Zealand. Image: Su Leslie 2021
I’ve visited family, learned new art techniques, walked on unfamiliar beaches and scoured small-town thrift shops (I’ll show you my best find when I can extract it from the back seat of the car).
Now it’s time to go home.
Zimmerbitch 
You had fun, then. 😀
I didn’t kmow that Ruapehu’s crown had been so destroyed – dunno why. I mean, all volcanoes pretty much chew up their tops, eh ?
Lovely shot, Su.
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Thank you. Have had so much fun! From the other side of the mountain, the cone seems more complete — strange angle for my shot maybe.
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Wonderfully captured with the moody skies and I think you picked the right time to travel home as heavy rain is forecast. We are heading to Ak Hospital tomorrow morning, not looking forward to that drive! Working in an Op Shop of sorts it is very hard not to browse. Fun though.
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Thanks Suzanne. Yes I saw the forecast too. I hope your journey is a safe one and the hospital appointment no too stressful.
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Unpacking the treasures…..the best part of coming home. Well, that and your own bed.
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Hehe. So true; though I have to say all the beds while I was away were really comfortable!
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Hope you came back home refreshed and energized, Su.
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Thanks Peter
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I hope the Op-shop treasures were fabulous finds. Sounds like my sort of a few days away. Love the photo of Mt Ruapehu 🙂 🙂
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Thanks Brian. Small town op shops do seem to offer up more treasure.
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Beautiful mountains and sky!
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Fabulous image! So glad you had a wonderful trip, Su!
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Thank you 🙏
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Another wonderful shot, Su. It’s a joy to go away and have fun and a blessing to have to place to come home to that you love. I’m so happy you had a wonderful time I’m looking forward to leaving Thursday for a week. 🙂
janet
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Thanks Janet. I hope you have a lovely time away.
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I’ll do my best. 🙂 It’s hard to pack for weather in the 60’s (F, of course) when it’s 91 here.
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I get that. I had the opposite problem last week — though not quite such a big difference
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A Lovely sot of Mt. Ruapehu!
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A wonderful photo as a final souvenir of your trip. Like many of your followers, I guess, I’m seething with envy at your spending time away from home! But you have lots of tales to share, apparently, which will be a good second best for us.
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Thanks Margaret. Home now; so time to start sorting photos.
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🙂
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Seems too short. Although even a few days away would be very nice. I think I need at least a month’s road trip, but that’s not going to happen any time soon 😭
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I know what you mean. I totally get the camper van road trip thing; a month around the South Island would be great.
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I’d be happy to be your navigator 😁
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Sounds like a plan. As long as you promise not to say “return to the route, return to the route” like my sat nav thingy does whenever I find an interesting detour.
She is insistent and horribly shrill 😂😂
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Oooh…thrift shop treasures!
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Hehe; one of my favourite pastimes
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so very different to anything we have here!
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Mt. Ruapehu is very dramatic Su, lovely photo.
Leslie
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Thanks Leslie
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Fabulous image. Glad you had a good trip away.
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Thanks Anabel
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What a sky!
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It’s a wonderful part of the country for big skies.
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Sounds like the best kind of trip!
And you’ve taken stunning photographs too!
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It was wonderful. And now of course, I’m itching to plan another
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Best way to get over “trip was over too soon” blues!
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👍👍😀
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Just stunning! Looking forward to learn about those new art techniques!!
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Such a stunning capture. And that sky 👏👏👏
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Thank you 🙏
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The clouds and the road take me back to Ruapehu, if only in my dreams of the past experiences.😎
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Ruapehu in our dreams; we share that in common Jack.
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