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Monday Morning Mumblings

Dec 4, 2016Tracey Alvarez2 Comments2016, Monday Morning MumblingsChristmas, Christmas Down Under, Down Under, Holidays, Julian Dennison, Life Down Under, Monday Morning Mumblings, New Zealand Christmas, New Zealand culture, New Zealand travel, Ronan Keating, Tracey Alvarez

Here in New Zealand it’s 20 days until Christmas. TWENTY! I have barely started Christmas shopping and I’m in a kind of love-hate place thinking about the effort of putting up and decorating a tree only to have Kevin and Alfie, our year old kitties, experience the Joy of the Season by trashing it. Christmas is

Monday Morning Mumblings

Sep 11, 2016Tracey Alvarez2 Comments2016Daffodil day, Daffodil festival, Monday Morning Mumblings, New Zealand, New Zealand travel, Small town

This weekend DH managed to convince me to get up at the crack of dawn for an hour and three quarter drive to Carterton in the Wairarapa. And by crack of dawn, I mean we had to leave at 9 a.m. to meet up with some other Sunbeam Classic Car members to go on a

A Trip to Jurassic Island. Okay – Kapiti Island, New Zealand.

Oct 15, 2015Tracey Alvarez3 Comments2015contemporary romance, Due South series, In Too Deep, Kapiti Island, New Zealand, New Zealand birds, New Zealand romance, New Zealand travel, Ready To Burn

As an author of five (nearly 6) books about couples who fall in love on an island at the bottom of New Zealand, it may surprise you to know I’ve mixed feelings about islands. It’s weighted more toward love (hence, 6 books with more on the way!) but the not-so-keen part is there.