One of the incredible blessings of working in the Queensberry Group is the wonderful people we get to spend our time with, and few are more inspiring than Peter Haythornthwaite.
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I was sitting at the kitchen table about to take a photo of this wood pigeon when I got an email from Peter commenting on my blog. Amongst other things he said "I guess a natural 'other' would be small videos of family discoveries at the beach - your area, your 'forest' area, your Titirangi - why do you live there etc." The timing made me smile as this beautiful bird perfectly symbolizes why we live here. I guess home is always where your family is, but only a few meters from our kitchen table we have the wonder of nature (Peter you must admit Mother Nature was a pretty good designer), while through the internet and travel the rest of the world is available to us as we want it. Our house sits on a ridge, with the sun rising on one side...
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... and of course setting on the other. It's as if we live in an incredible painting, but one that changes by the hour and where the wind blows. Today the sea is looking very moody and cold.
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