A long weekend

We spent Waitangi weekend with friends at Riverton down on the southern coast ... it was great to spend some time at the beach with many of our breaks away being in Central surrounded by lakes not the ocean. The weather thankfully was warm, as you quite often strike cold windy days down this part of the country.

So with my new toy I took a few different pics with the hipstamatic app. I print these on my printer at home and they are just the perfect size for 6x6 layouts which I have found myself doing a lot of lately.

Below the kids at the Riverton Rocks ...
And back to my DSLR - this was the view on Colac Beach ... loving the stripy sand ...

And with the zoom lense on I snapped a few (quite a few) shots of a pod of 20+ dolphins that swam up the river entrance while we were sitting there fishing ...

They did flips etc out of the water on the other side of the bridge then swam back past us and back out to sea ...

Just stunning to be in the right place at the right time to see them.

Oh yes ... a post I have been meaning to do ... my little word for 2012. I have decided on the word 'balance' ... after making it through my first year of my new (busy) job I decided that I needed more balance. I was concentrating a bit too much on my work and getting it all done (as you do when you first start something), unfortunately alot of other things get pushed aside because of it - mainly my 'me' time. Whether this time is for reading, crafty stuff or just catching up with friends - it is important, just as important as anything else including work and I need it to feel fresh. So this year I will attempt to create a better 'balance' in my everyday life ...

And one last shot for today ... a pic of a stunning rock I found at Colac Bay (see the giant heart) ... very applicable with it being Valentines day on Tuesday ...