Traveling around the curve of the earth. And now I am here – home again.
The sunrise from the plane.
Intense colour.
The sun bobbing just behind us as we flew ahead of the fire.
Then as I plane hopped with unnerving ease across the world and down the country. New Zealand – that is the place of my birth. Home am I again.
Wellington is dried up after an unusually protracted period of dry heat.
No-one has touched the rhubarb because it is growing for Aunty’s rhubarb crumble.
Lot’s of dill grown for Mum’s dill chicken. Thyme for the beetroot salad and on they go my children. Growing vegetables with recipes in their minds. Christmas time feeds. Teaching their children to cut from the garden and bring it into the kitchen.
A whole new generation of gardeners and cooks in the making.
I will not say terribly much this morning. It is 5.40 am and my kitchen assistants will be out of their beds and roaring into their morning soon. I have presents to rescue from the depths of my suitcase and I need to wrap them before I am caught. I think everything survived the journey.
I have been promised breakfast in bed from a certain milking shed farmboy excited to show me his new skills. Evidently, I am to be treated to whipped cream and strawberries on toast. Goodness.
The morning has dawned a little cloudy and still for the moment. It is Wellington though – there will be wind coming.
I will be where I am, quite happily.
Love celi
WEATHER: Wellington, New Zealand.
Thursday 12/21 0% / 0 in
Partly cloudy. Gusty winds during the afternoon. High 69F. Winds N at 20 to 30 mph. Winds could occasionally gust over 40 mph.
Thursday Night 12/21 40% / 0.03 in
Windy early with showers becoming likely after midnight. Low 61F. NNE winds shifting to SSE at 20 to 30 mph. Chance of rain 40%.
Sun
5:43 am 8:53 pm
Moon
Waxing Crescent, 5% visible 8:03 am 10:49 pm
The Kitchen's Garden 
31 responses to “FROM SUNRISE TO SUNRISE”
So lovely to hear this particular kind of I’m at home with family joy in your words. And the anticipation of family recipes and festive traditions, makes me smile because that’s what Christmas is about for me too ♡
Oh, I love the sense I’m getting that you’ve got home and slotted into your place and your family like the right sized peg in the right sized hole, no wriggling about to make it fit, no adjustments, just… there. And you know how everything works and you like what they like and the weather feels right for the season and all the beloved people are around you. Miss C, I wish you days of bliss, contentment, joy and satisfaction. I wish you the clean air of your homeland, the big skies of Aotearoa and the delighted faces of your children and their children. No need to hurry back. We’ll be here when you’re done.
Very happy for you. Peace and contentment and a whirlwind of visiting. Family treasured.
Maybe other people besides me feel nostalgia this time of year for our old childhood homes & first families, there still in dear memories, but we have moved on & now have our own families we’ve created somewhere in the present day, maybe even nearby. I find your story very poignant, as your two beloved families & precious animal charges are divided by hemispheres & the whole curve of the whole earth. I admire you with all my heart for balancing these worlds & I wish you very happy holidays ahead in your native familial NZ. Judith
* the hugest smile in this wide world* For me there is just one photo at which I am stuck, staring in wonderment: a little boy taking a very determines step! God’s blessings . . . .
have a wonderful holiday!
Hello, here I am, same hemisphere but 12 hours behind you 🙂 Like Eha above I too am amazed to see the Little One running, just have so much fun. Beautiful photos of the sunrise …. promise of much to come. Laura
have a wonderful stay at home!
Home. Wonderful place to be. Knockout sunrise photos. A Little zipping around. Food fresh from the garden. Happy Holidays.
So happy for you x
Nothïng like whanau all right…welcome home !!
So pleased to hear that you are home again 😃