Summer holidays in the Marlborough Sounds.

Living in New Zealand and more specifically in Blenheim can be so cool! We're so lucky to have the beautiful Marlborough Sounds as our own little playground. I spent some time there last weekend and this photo brought back great childhood memories of growing up in 'safe little New Zealand' and camping with my family for the summer holidays. This was where kids at camp grounds forged rapid and strong bonds and went biking here, there and everywhere. Partaking in outdoorsy pursuits like fishing off a wharf. Great stuff! Makes you glad to be alive.

Mt Taranaki from a plane

Mt Taranaki 2
Originally uploaded by Jewels By Renee

Sometimes I have to fly to Auckland for school and on one of my trips I had my camera with me so thought I'd take some photos of the awesome landscape. I got this one of Mount Taranaki and some splendid shots of the Marlborough Sounds. When you get the chance to look at the landscape from up high it makes you realise just how awesome our world is and how really insignificant we all are in the larger scheme of things but that we each have such a profound effect on the environment in which we live at the same time.