"a quick succession of busy nothings"

New Zealand is all about ferns.  Specifically the silver fern .  Check out the image below.  It's the International Symbol for New Zeal...

After buying summer fruits and avocados, and laughing at the Illicit Venom, at the grocery, we headed out into the real world. We didn...

Ah!  These photos are from the point after which I realized the white balance was not right. Passing the ferry headed in the opposite...

The conference ended on Friday, and early Saturday morning co-worker Rachel and I met our friend Katie (also featured in New Mexico last sp...

New Zealand Breakfast!  Start.  My.  Day! That tea, along with the Spiky Melon and the Man Yogurt, was scored at the grocery store.  Al...

It's a kiwano melon ! Gross looking inside, and tastes not worthwhile.  Lesson learned!

I found it at a grocery store!