Miranda again, this strange and quiet place

This time we went to Miranda to get some shells to cover the soil on the new stairs down to the guest appartment. We were again fascinated by the tranquile athmosphere of the place. 

The pictures, taken with my cellphone, do unfortunalely not reflect the real charme of the mix between turquoise, beige, white, blue and green, and the scenery looks much more grey and veiled as it was in reality. 

I have yet not photoshopped them to a more realistic impression. Maybe later.

By the way: on the 14th September it was 5 years ago that we arrived in NZ as a family, and one week later we were standing on this very Miranda Coast shore on our first way to Thames and watching this rainbow pointing to Thames, knowing that God is already there, waiting for us to got His way with us there.

Our new shop by night

Waikato Idyll

The new true shop facade

The new JollyBikes shop ....

... is gaining contours.

This is a computer generated photo composition  -  signage is still in the making

Premiere

Our new fireplace on it's first run.

Whenever I complained about cold weather in New Zealand, I got the comment: well, you must be used to much colder weather in Germany! 

The answer I give is always the same: You know, in the New Zealand winter it is relatively warm outside, but inside the houses it feels cold. In Germany, it may be very cold outside, but the houses are usually warm inside. It is affordable to heat them because of the insulation. 

Well, this fireplace is a very effective one, so we don't suffer any more, and the living area is large, and we all fit in there, everyone has his corner. 

  

Almost finished and good to go: our new guest area! Goodbye Former Garden Shed - hello CoroBase!

Link to our new airbnb listing.