Sunday, March 14, 2010

New Beginnings!



Already a month here in NZ and I am finally getting around to setting up a new blog! Life has been amazingly busy - if you call reading, walking, gardening, etc. busyness.

I thought I would start off with a picture of a silver fern or ponga - the national symbol of New Zealand. The Maori, the indigenous people of NZ, use the shape of a new unfurling fern frond (or Koru) in their art as a symbol of new life, growth, strength and peace.

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"Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you didn’t do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines, sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover” – Mark Twain

About This Blog

My name is Catherine (also known as Lady Catherine). I'm a photographer, designer, nature-lover and explorer.

Originally from South Africa, I have spent a number of years in the States, but I am now living in New Zealand, the Land of the Long White Cloud (or Aotearoa in Maori). These are my experiences and findings as a foreigner in this exciting and beautiful country.


Recent Reading - 2010

  • The Fatal Shore - Hughes
  • Isaac's Storm - Larson
  • The Reason for God - Keller
  • I, Mona Lisa - Kalogrides
  • The Other Queen - Gregory
  • Skinny Bitch - Freedman, Barnouin
  • The Shack - Young
  • I'm a Stranger Here Myself - Bryson