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Winter in Whangarei 4 years ago

Winter in New Zealand is usually damp and dreary. Since we've lived in Greymouth for the last 2 years we've had mostly fine Winter days with blue skies but this year so far it's been the 2 D's - damp and dreary. 

Linking up with Weekend Reflections and the Weekend Roundup.

Comments

s.c said…
Doesn't look to cold.
Bill said…
Sounds like our winters here. :)
gz said…
Sounds like our summer so far 😄
roentare said…
Yea, it was raining and cloudy all the time when I was there
Tom said…
...you sure a different take on winter!
Paspii said…
Sorry about those D´s. Nice shot you´ve got regardless.
Iris Flavia said…
Winter and t-shirt/shorts... Here it´s not really summer yet, butt I was wearing jeans and a sweater yesterday - and was getting cold...
Jim said…
Still in shorts though.
Damp and dreary sounds like winter in Oregon. Which is partly why we decided to be winter RVers all those years ago and why we're still coming to Florida half the time. Still damp and dreary is better than a lot of people in this country have for winter -- our part of Oregon doesn't get much snow.
Amy I think a lot of places over the world have had MORE than their fair share of rain this season. Does look cold there. Hope you have a great week ahead.
Jim said…
It looks like a pretty and well kept shopping place. We've had rain every week, sometimes really hard with wind and lightening.
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