Bye Bye beautiful Bach.
Bye Bye beautiful Beach. 
My Mahunga.
Remember to take one last look so we can come back again.
Tomorrow I leave very early to drive back to Napier to catch a plane to Auckland. We are on the last leg of our journey. So I have posted this last look at the beach a day ahead of time. Tomorrow will be a busy one.
I will be meeting up with dear old friends in the next few days. There is an excitement running about in my muscles, different emotions are chasing each other through my body, as though I am coming untethered though I cannot place the source or the tether. I feel light, as in not heavy. I am getting closer to going home, there is the long wrench of moving further from my family and then meeting anew some of my best friends – all pricking at my skin from the inside. I am not sure if I want to cry, fall into a great sleep, run up the empty beach laughing into the rising blue wind, or just raise my arms and float up into the hills.
Not long now and we will be back at the farmy. Five more days. Sometimes when I travel so far, I feel like I am a rubber band and I have to be careful not to stretch too far or I will just snap, drop to the ground and never be able to find my way home. Hard to describe. But we are having a wonderful adventure. I have to soak up this sun! They say there is snow in the forecast back in Illinois.
You all have a lovely day tomorrow while I get us to our new destination. I will be back in touch soon.
Love celi
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50 responses to “Bye Bye, Bach. Bye Bye, Beach.”
Beautiful photos. Sitting here in the December midwest gloom, they make me feel happy & whole– knowing that somewhere on earth such prettiness abounds. Safe travels, much joy to you.
Thank you for taking the time from your visit to share your homeland with us, Celia. I knew very little about New Zealand and wonder how anyone can leave a place that is so staggeringly beautiful. Your photos are magnificent and your “travelog” just beckons…..
Jan in Illinois, awaiting the snow
Such a beautiful place…I love it! I’d love to visit some day. The beach is my favorite grounding place on the planet. Safe travels and pack in as much more fun and joy as you possibly can! 🙂
I can only imagine the feelings, of seeing all too briefly family, friends and old home haunts celi. safe travels my friend, I could do with some of that wonderful sun and sea. Cx
your emotions are being stretched. and the snow it is a comin’!
I love that terrace with the little treasures from the sea imbedded in a lovely circular form….that must have been fun to make…or a pain to hurry before the concrete set up!! 🙂
Beautiful, peaceful place!! Will you be seeing your Dad on the last leg of your journey as well as old friends?? I hope so!!
I know right now how you will be feeling on that flight back to the farmy…………….xo
No dad was held up in the south island, selling his house, so was unable to get away, but that is ok, maybe he will come out and visit the farmy.. c
Celi, I admire how you eloquently desribed the way you are experiencing the various felt emotions and how that feels in your body. You are so “in tune”. WOW! What an adventure! Thanks for the vicarious moments that has enhanced my life. Diane
You must be exhausted already!
I love the look of that BBQ 😉
Morning mad, i am sure tiredness has something to do with it too! c
There’s no snow on that patio furniture…Kites fly higher when tethered by the string…fly high as you are tethered by love.
Wow, that time has flown, Celi! The beach looks just idyllic. What a wonderful holiday. Hope it continues as enjoyable as it has begun!
thank you for sharing your trip with me
The sea, the beautiful sea……………………..sigh!
Linda
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When you begin a journey such as this it all seems to go in slow motion. Then somehow, when you are having too much fun, the end seems to rush at you and realize all too suddenly it is time to go. What a beautiful place, Celi.
I have to get to the stage where I am looking forward to going home and I think that stage has come now.. c
My heart feels your joy and your pain. Leaving the home of our birth is hard all over again, every time. I’m glad that you’ve had a full and happy journey this time, visiting your old ‘stompin ground’ with family…… Then the Farmy…… It’s like day and night……… ebb and flow……. it will all come around again.
Have fun with your friends and have a safe journey. We’ll all be waiting for your return to blogland.
That outdoor cookstove/fireplace/whatever it is on that patio is fabulous. Is it really almost time to return to the prairie already? So soon?