On the road again in NZ

Well on Sunday we hit the road again for Napier and saw all of these wind turbines along the way

Interesting road travel with beautiful treed mountains each side...

over to the left a train track ran alongside.....with views into a gorge with river....that would be a wonderful train journey ☺☺

Tonight we are staying at this great motel Shoreline motel Napier

Studio room with lounge/eating area

television.....actually 2 as one in sleeping area

looking through blinds from lounge to bedroom

king size bed AND spa bath.....sweet

cooking facility's  and this included pots, casserole, even all the utensils you could want.....

bathroom......so much better than last place we stayed which was really smelly from cats....... 

our shadows on the beach and Paul says our heads are heading for South America....

and some neat sock wool I bought before we hit the road......lucky me

Up early on Monday and roadtrip to next stay.....Rotorua for 2 nights

info  we have visited before for day trips in this thermal valley....

plenty of mountains along the way

busy with trucks too

you can see the road twisting through ahead

many sharp bends

and stopped at this random lookout to be surprised by this ☺

pretty neat

we also called back on that rainbow mountain where it was real steamy    taupo-and-friends       and looking much calmer today 

still warm water as Paul discovered this time

We have now settled in Rotorua at this simple accommodation 

bed....kitchen....cooking facilities 

even spare room for our cases lol

bathroom

and the loo.....

will be taking many pics here as going to an animal park with Kiwi ☺☺

see you again soon xxoo

Baby Ripple crochet hat finished and Trevor

So here is the completed ripple hat from the pattern in last post and yes I sewed in all those ends plus many more from the extra rows I did, that is the hideous part of using a few colours but worth it.

Here is the back of the little hat on my model and a bit big but at least can be turned up for now and even on the baby who ends up wearing it too and then turned down as baby gets bigger.  And the beauty of crochet you can add rows as they get older to make that hat last a long long time too.

Here is my model, isn't he sweet?  He belonged to my mum and when I was little (3-4yrs) I named him Trevor, probably after a new cousin at the time so was allowed to play with him.  He is one of those lovely porcelain dolls from around the 1930'3 (mum is now 87, sorry mum but no one will tell anyone I put your age here lol). He had a terrible accident whilst in my care and I was taking him for a walk in my dolls pram down the steps of the concrete veranda to the asphalt pathway in our front yard.  And yes ( I can imagine the gasps in the distance as you picture it) he fell out of the pram (I was about 5-6 at the time) and onto the path and cracked/broke his head.......... oh boy was I upset and can imagine my mum was not too happy either. But at that time the doll's hospital existed in Melbourne/town/city so my much loved Nana took him and thank goodness could repair him just like Humpty Dumpty with special adhesive so he was almost/not quite brand new again.  I can still remember my Nanna telling me that the ladies at the hospital said that if "He was to have another accident/breakage then that would be the end of him and had to look after him extra special and never go down steps with him in a pram again".  So of course as you can see I never did unless carrying him very securely or better yet, just playing inside the house with him.  He now lives here with me in my old doll's cot (which is painted black, my choice lol) and with various other doll's I have and my old soft toys too, so pretty happy. But I think he probably would like a whole new outfit as his is ancient to say the least, but still looking good as you see below ☺

Also can you see his hands are a little worn due to old age and his feet, poor little man and the below shot showing his terrible scarring, makes me sad, but happy I still have him. 

And below is the mob he hangs out with, some are cute and cuddly and a couple have little horns so don't look to close if you are a bit afraid of that type of doll.  Here is a link to these kryptkiddies and my 2 are blue face girl Kitsune and little boy with horns and teeth Blitz, even cookie monster likes hanging out with this lot lol lol.  

Really, I am quite a regular type of gal just a bit different in my tastes lol.

Now these new ball's of Stylecraft Special DK from Deramores Online store and I have a plan to make something in the future with these, again such lovely soft wool and great price. Bright colours eh?  Till next time, take care everyone xo