When first you land in Auckland, New Zealand, 
or when you are weary of travelling and almost ready to go home – I have found the perfect place for you to lay your little head.
I am staying at Ponsonby House, Ponsonby, Auckland. Quite delightfully Bernadette and Jonathon, my hosts, have read the blog too. 
So they were completely up to date on my wanderings and prepared a beautiful first class room with a view of the cool treetops.
Staying there is a little like staying in a friend’s home, but with breakfast in bed. 
Fantastic attention to detail. I am very grateful for their care.
This morning I wandered down to the waterfront from Ponsonby, it is not a long walk at all and the weather is so gorgeous. 
I watched a little cricket on the way. 
Made some new friends… 
And met some old friends down on the viaduct where all the fancy boats are moored. 
Another fantastic day in Auckland. Though back at the Farmy it is 22F (-5C), a wee bit chilly and blowing evidently. Our John is ready for me to come home.
One more dinner party though …. and it will be a goodie. The next time I post I hope to show you a real Kiwi garden. Deb is a wonderful gardener.
Have a lovely day. Lovely, lovely, lovely.
celi
The Kitchen's Garden 
37 responses to “White on White: Ponsonby House.”
I left you a lovely long comment on this post but now that I’m back from the bach I see that it didn’t post. Grrr. Dialup was challenging and then my computer did a hissy fit and a go-slow strike. Anyway, what I said was, how exciting to think that you were just a hop step and a jump away from where I live (when I’m at home, which I wasn’t just then), and walking the same streets, and wandering down to the same waterfront. I felt I was almost rubbing shoulders with you and if I was at home I could have been wandering down the street and suddenly thought, that’s Miss C! So glad that you found such a perfect place to stay.
what an incredible thought!! I look forward to a good catchup of your blog when i am home! c
I loved your photos.. but, as always, my eyes got stuck on those little star cut-out pies.. sigh.. xx