Turn your sound up high to listen to the ASMR happy sounds of redwood trees creaking in the wind, sounding like old-fashioned rocking chairs... https://youtu.be/cRx4C8JdRKo Most people know of the redwoods of California, where trees are so awe-inspiring that they’ve got names and their Avenue of the Giants. But did you know that New Zealand has… Continue reading Happy Sounds Video, New Zealand Redwoods and Corrugated Pets by da-AL
We landed at Auckland Airport early, rented a car -- and learned how to drive on the ‘wrong’ (har-har-har) side of the road. A quick look around and lunch later, we headed south for Rotorua (after that we had a great time at the Redwoods and Huka Falls and Craters of the Moon and Waitomo Glowworms Caves,… Continue reading Rousing Rotorua, NZ by da-AL
Too little time for da-AL to discover all of Mt. Eden, Auckland, New Zealand. Mount Eden is the place to go for a fantastic full-circle view of Auckland, where my husband and I began and ended our visit to New Zealand. (Next we'd be off to Rotorua, then New Zealand's Redwoods and Huka Falls, plus Craters… Continue reading Awe for Auckland, New Zealand
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North Carolina is far more than pine trees and the ‘pottery capital of the world.’ Noteworthy art fills the North Carolina Museum of Art’s two buildings — as well as its outdoors. Over the single week that my husband and I visited a dear friend in North Carolina, we gravitated back to the fascinating museum.… Continue reading Old/New, Out/In: North Carolina Museum of Art by da-AL
