It's a long weekend for us here in the north and traditionally it is the hottest week of the year. Traditional doesn't always happen though, and last night we sat around with neighbours, enjoying a few drinks with blankets wrapped around us and the kids cuddled up on the couches inside. It's certainly no traditional summer, we haven't had decent heat all season.
Looking at the clothing in this layout says it all, really. These are photos from Hahei - our annual beach trip. Usually we take a jersey but don't put it on all holiday. This year we lived in warm clothes and we were often stuck in our bach, watching the rain fall outside.
I guess there is good and bad that goes with a freaky season like this. Bad being that I'm seriously mourning for the summer that should have been. I feel like if I don't get a week of hot weather somewhere, I'm going to go into winter struggling. I love my summer so much. Good news is that I've scrapped a little this summer. I've created layouts for no reason at all - and the pics I use won't be the typical summer ones either. Something different for a change. Maybe change ain't so bad.
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Supplies: Prima Printery Papers. Prima flowers and leaves. Scrapware chipboard flourish. Martha Stewart punch. Prima Alphabet.
Yeah what is with that, our week in Auckland for the foo Fighters concert the weather was shocking! Saturday saw Timaru with 28 degress, NZ 's high - perhaps it is time for another family holiday to the big smoke down here lol.
LOVE the layout Nic - nearly makes me want to break out my scrappin stuff and do a layout :-)
Posted by: Rachel | January 30, 2012 at 07:59 AM
I am laughing so hard right now!! We have been bodyboarding, swimming at the beach, sweating, wearing shorts and t-shirts and jandals and generally reveling in summer since October and are completely baffled that everyone else seems to have missed it! I guess it's all relative - and relative to the UK this summer has been AWESOME. Next summer, if we get one that is acceptable by NZ standards, I'll be wilting and complaining of the heat, no doubt :P
Posted by: JenM | January 30, 2012 at 11:01 AM
Another beautiful layout,love your work!!! And as for summer, I'd swap you any day, it has been in the 40's all week, yuk, too hot!!!
Posted by: Ang | January 30, 2012 at 12:55 PM
Hi Nic
Sorry to hear you are missing out on Summer, maybe you should have changed your summer holiday destination to Sunny Timaru, we have had gorgeous weather, I was saying to someone just the other day, how the weather has been sooo great this summer, love it, you should seriously come check it out.
Your layout is stunning, awesome photos!!!
Cheers
Joanne
Posted by: Joanne Flannery | January 30, 2012 at 02:15 PM
Super gorgeous layout and special photo Nic. Ditto the above - it's been a wonderful summer down here.
Posted by: Dianne H | January 30, 2012 at 05:40 PM
Great pics and gorgeous layout! Stunning. OK....I'm ordering summer from 9th March....PLEASE !! Oh and a extra special order of another full week of summer weather just for Nic really soon.
Posted by: Debbie Kingston | January 30, 2012 at 10:11 PM
I feel the same about summer Nic. We headed to the beach last night for fish & chips for dinner & it was freezing. Glad we spent 3 weeks of our holidays on the Gold Coast :o) Hopefully Waitangi weekend will be warmer.
Posted by: Kelly | January 31, 2012 at 09:39 AM
Sorry to hear summer isn't as hot as usual. Im recovering from sore shoulders from beaching and surfing four days in a row but hey the crappy weather will no doubt be upon us very shortly as usual. One day great the next yuck.. Great layout too as usual - love your work...
Posted by: Melissa Kennedy | February 01, 2012 at 08:59 AM