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Massey Memorial – Things to See in Wellington New Zealand

19th November 2018 By Jonelle Leave a Comment

Massey Memorial

Things to see in Wellington One of our favourite things to do as a family is hop in the car and go exploring. Being new to Wellington, we still have so much to see and do. So we take every opportunity we get to get out and explore our new city which has so much…

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Filed Under: Blog, Destinations, Travel Tagged With: Massey Memorial, New Zealand, Places to see, things to do in New Zealand, travel, Wellington

Thailand | Our first international family holiday with a toddler!

30th April 2018 By Jonelle Leave a Comment

Our first international family holiday with a child! | Tyranny of Pink

  Today is the day we’ve been waiting for, we are finally off on our first international family holiday to Phuket in Thailand. Both of us have previously been to Thailand (I know, we are really blessed), I went with my friend Lauren during my undergrad years at University and my husband went with his…

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Filed Under: Travel, Blog, Destinations, Tips / Advice Tagged With: adventure, family holiday, flight with kids, holiday, holiday with kids, Thailand with a toddler, travel, travel with kids

A life lived in limbo | Migration Tales

30th August 2017 By Jonelle 5 Comments

one way | Tyranny of Pink

I feel like lately, the only thing I ever feel like writing about is my journey into another country. It’s not because I FEEL like boring you with the ins and outs of what moving entails but it’s because this is literally my entire life. I have a million things to do and they ALL…

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Filed Under: Being an Expat, Blog Tagged With: choices, following your dreams, leaving South Africa, life choices, migration, moving to New Zealand, travel

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Learning to back myself. Allow myself to be more. Learning to back myself. 
Allow myself to be more. 
More out there. 
More out of my comfort zone. 
More authentic. 
More me. 

This coat is fucking fabulous. 
I was terrified to buy it... it's too much. Over the top. Not me. 

Well. This is me. 
This is my coat. 

Guess it's me now. 

#embraceyourself #authenticself #beyourself #backyourself #zarastyle #leopardprint #zara
It was a cold November day and she had dressed her It was a cold November day and she had dressed herself up in layers of cardigans and covered the whole lot with her old tweed coat, the one she might have used for feeding the chickens in.

#barbarapym #janeandprudence #qotd #quotesaboutchickens #chooks #chooksofinstagram #aliceandclementine #chickens #backyardchooks #backyardchickens
The perfect Sunday. All day on the couch. Prosec The perfect Sunday. 
All day on the couch. 
Prosecco. 
Burgers. 

Dreading Monday.
I need a holiday.... 

#summerday #wellingtonnz #prosecco #oceanview
And in the naked light, I saw Ten thousand people, And in the naked light, I saw
Ten thousand people, maybe more
People talking without speaking
People hearing without listening
People writing songs that voices never share
And no one dared
Disturb the sound of silence

#hellodarknessmyoldfriend #soundofsilence #disturbed #home #redandgreen #homestyling #sanseveria
Date night. Date night.
Bit my pretty red heart in two. I was ten when th Bit my pretty red heart in two.

I was ten when they buried you.   

At twenty I tried to die

And get back, back, back to you.

I thought even the bones would do.

#sylviaplath #darkpoetry #poems
It's the kind of tired that sleep can't fix. #bat It's the kind of tired that sleep can't fix. 
#bathtime #metime #whiskygram
Tiny house living. When your kitchen counter doubl Tiny house living. When your kitchen counter doubles as your office space. 

#wfh #wfhlife #workfromhome #homestyling #tinyspaces #smallhouse

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