Friday 29 August 2014

Winter Roamings


New Zealand. Sick of these images yet?

Our second day of skiing was cancelled due to heavy rain and strong winds, so we decided to spend the day exploring the sweet corner of Arrowtown. We took a walk beside the riverbank as the mist hugged us by the waist. We frolicked through, throwing pebbles into the stream and climbing over branches that were in our way.

By the time we reached the end of the trail, the sun was peeping out behind the clouds and onto the mountains that lay before us. The warmth embraced us and it felt like a sweet childhood memory.

To be honest, I could have done this for the whole trip. 

I wish I had.

Wednesday 27 August 2014

City wandering

Friday saw Stephen and I on the streets of Melbourne. A state away from home, a place to share our anniversary.

It was to be a day of love and wanderings and op shops and laughs.

And it was.

Unfortunately I wasn't feeling too well and we were forced to have a simple day of slow paced walking and lots of coffee stops. We made our way through the narrow lane ways of the city, finding little nooks and crannys that perhaps no one else had ever seen before. We ventured into strange shops that caught our eye and were amused at the odd things we would find. My favourite part of the day though was when we made our final stop by the park. We found a quiet spot under a single tree and we lay on each other and watched the families play around us. We sat in silence for a lot of it but even without words we spoke to one another. Stephen pulled out his book and read quietly to himself as I rested in his lap. My eyes closed more slowly every minute and I found myself drifting in and out of a peaceful rest.

It was a simple day, perhaps too simple for an anniversary. No fireworks went off, no candlelit dinners were had; all we did was wander and sit in each other's company.

But perhaps it's that kind of simple that really marks perfection