The Landwarming Picnic

Today we had a small picnic for a 'land warming' party. Mainly champagne and nibbly things.

Ballooning...(another aside)

One of our friends, Abraham, bought us a balloon ride over Hamilton. We set off at 0600 and met the other ballooners at The Lake. It took about an hour to get the balloon set up and inflated. We then took a lovely trip across Hamilton's western suburbs and farmland towards Mt Pirongia, finally landing just short of the foot hills. It was very peaceful and quiet up there (the occasional blast from the butane excepted).

Our friends Timothy and Stephen had come up from Havelock North for our land warming, so they 'chased' the balloon in their 4x4 and took some of the photos.

Skydiving... (a slight aside)

We recently went to Nelson, at the top of New Zealand's south island, to visit my mother. My mother owns a stone art studio in Nelson, and works as a stone carver and artist. While we were there we did a skydive from 15,000 feet. It was amazing...

The Blank Canvas...

This is a shot facing east over one aspect of the land. As you can see, it a flat pasture, with plenty of well established trees on its boundaries. Here is a little video clip of the land.

Google Earth Pictures of Land

As you can see, the satellite just missed out going over the land. We will update the photos after the next fly over.