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Farm, family day and barbecue

From the lens Coromandel Peninsula North Island New Zealand.

  • Quantum_Catholics Mar 3, 2012 @ 10:55 am | delete
    A lovely, interesting and fun page. Thanks for sharing Africa with everyone, and your wonderful family.
  • vallain Aug 15, 2011 @ 8:32 am | delete
    Great family memories! It's been years since I've been able to attend a family reunion.
    Blessed by a squid angel and featured on You've Been Blessed.
  • paulalouw Jul 22, 2011 @ 3:00 pm | delete
    well, that was a delight to trip with you and your family! and to see all that loverly brawn! thanks spooky. congrats on the award... a fascinating read! :))
  • Spook Jul 24, 2011 @ 6:22 am | delete
    Much obliged and thankee ma'am.
  • askhelen Feb 10, 2011 @ 9:45 pm | delete
    I love the Coromandel especially where we have our holiday house at Whiritoa!
  • Tipi Jan 6, 2011 @ 12:08 pm | delete
    There's so much to love here, something for everyone. Have you considered a second career as a male model, perhaps a body double job, I know Julia Roberts has been known to use them, lol!
  • Michelle1959 Jan 6, 2011 @ 8:40 am | delete
    Another brilliant journey Spook! Firstly, huge congratulations on the award! You make this area sound like heaven on earth - really! Love your photos, the video by your niece is powerful in it's love and very touching indeed. You've got great family who actually seem to appreciated each other - love all the fun portrayed - really an all-round GREAT lens! Wow, you're a very tall man - I wouldn't get on the wrong side of you...
  • awelldressedbullet Dec 30, 2010 @ 8:13 am | delete
    I had a wonderful visit, thank you!
  • OhMe Aug 20, 2010 @ 1:47 pm | delete
    I am so excited and just add to pop back in and let you know that the August payout for Friends of the Park was $86.85 in royalties and $495.00 in contest winnings. Thank you for your part in making this happen! Friends of the Park is so appreciative of all our Squidoo friends. Thank you. Thank you.
  • grannysage Aug 18, 2010 @ 12:04 pm | delete
    The video from your niece is very touching. Family history is so interesting and so diverse. I enjoyed reading about your family. And so great that it won a Sunshine Award.
  • pastella Jul 10, 2010 @ 3:54 pm | delete
    What gorgeous photos. It must be lovely to live there.
  • theraggededge Jul 10, 2010 @ 3:31 am | delete
    Fabulous lens, boyo! As always, your photos are wonderful, personal and fun! Blessed - of course :-)
  • chefkeem Jul 6, 2010 @ 8:02 pm | delete
    Great stories, my dear friend! And New Zealand has a fine soccer team!
  • poddys Jul 6, 2010 @ 7:53 am | delete
    Great lens and photos, loved it. This brought back memories of a long weekend spent on the Coromandel in 1988. I just loved Hot Water Beach, but I wasn't so impressed with State Road 25 which was still mostly just gravel back then and I almost got run off the road at one point.
  • puzzlemaker Jul 4, 2010 @ 7:56 am | delete
    Congrats on your win Spook!!!!
  • Judy Hatty Jul 3, 2010 @ 4:04 am | delete
    Well done, Kevin - great lens! The commentary by your niece made us cry!..
    We found ourselves looking back at all we've lost in Africa...a continent that fascinates, yet frustrates. We can never forget our farming years in Zimbabwe, as they are indelibly printed in our psyches...constantly calling us back to where we feel we belong...
  • OhMe Jul 1, 2010 @ 8:45 am | delete
    Love your Announcement! You rock, Spook!
  • WordCustard Jul 1, 2010 @ 3:45 am | delete
    Yay, you won! Congratulations Spook! :)
  • CreativeArtist Jun 30, 2010 @ 10:36 pm | delete
    Lovely lens. Loved reading about New Zealand. The water colors are beautiful.
  • burgessvillian Jun 30, 2010 @ 7:09 pm | delete
    I enjoyed everything about this lens. I am not a farmer, although I live in the country and wish I had a farm. It would be a bonus to have a farm beside the ocean.
    Great lens and congrats on winning the sunshine award.
  • BevsPaper Jun 30, 2010 @ 6:36 pm | delete
    Congratulations Spook! What a great lens for the Sunshine Award! Yippee for you and FOTP!
  • JESK Jun 30, 2010 @ 6:17 pm | delete
    Great lens!!!! Thanks for supporting our FOTP group in Pendleton, SC.
  • WeddingZazzle Jun 30, 2010 @ 5:54 pm | delete
    Blessed by a SquidAngel :)
  • Sue Medlock Jun 30, 2010 @ 4:04 pm | delete
    What a beautiful lens. Thank you for helping Friends of the Park in Pendleton, SC, USA. I especially liked viewing the video with your niece narrating ~ her accent is so charming to this American's ears. I'm also a fan of the film Notting Hill. Though I'm not a lens maker, I'm a good friend of OHME's, and she does a great job promoting our beautiful town.
  • Momtothezoo Jun 30, 2010 @ 1:55 pm | delete
    Congratulations on winning for Friends Of The Park!!!!!
  • sittonbull Jun 30, 2010 @ 1:19 pm | delete
    Wow... outstanding news that you won with this great lens and the proceeds go to FOTP. Congratulations and thank you my friend!
  • clouda9 Jun 30, 2010 @ 1:14 pm | delete
    You are one rich man Spook! Loved this lens filled with family and good memories! Congrats on your win today for Friend's of the Park! And now you have $99 too...bet you'll be lighting up the barbie and calling friends over for a chat!!
  • AmberLBarnes Jun 30, 2010 @ 1:05 pm | delete
    Great Lens!!! Thanks for thinking of Pendleton!! We truly appreciate it.
  • bethd821 Jun 30, 2010 @ 1:00 pm | delete
    Congratulations on winning the Sunshine Award! Great lens and great charity!
  • Joan4 Jun 30, 2010 @ 12:23 pm | delete
    Fantastic, Spook! Yippee to you and to the Friends of the Park for your win in the Summer Sunshine Awards! :)
  • OhMe Jun 30, 2010 @ 12:19 pm | delete
    Fantastic Spook! I am so excited about this winning today. For one thing, it is such a deserving lens and you are such a deserving lensmaster but to top it off, Friends of the Park benefits, too! Thank you, thank you!
  • SquidooKimberly Jun 30, 2010 @ 11:37 am | delete
    Congratulations on your Sunshine Award! Both you and Friends of the Park have earned $99. http://blogs.squidoo.com/squidblog/2010/06/30/sunshine-award-coromandel-peninsula/
  • OhMe Jun 22, 2010 @ 4:22 pm | delete
    I will be back to lensroll this to my latest lens when it goes green.
    Squidoo Steps Up To The Plate for Pendleton
  • OhMe Jun 20, 2010 @ 12:30 am | delete
    Back again. I just can't seem to stay away from all these wonderful lenses benefiting Friends of the Park. We have a meeting on Monday so I wanted to have all of them fresh on my mind to give my report. Thanks again.
  • OhMe Jun 10, 2010 @ 10:55 am | delete
    Hi, just had to pop back in to see how ya doing. Have a great day!
  • OhMe Jun 9, 2010 @ 5:36 am | delete
    Beautiful tribute by your niece and a very nice addition to this lens.
  • sittonbull Jun 4, 2010 @ 2:37 pm | delete
    Spook...loved seeing the pictures of this beautiful farm and beach... and most of all the great shots of the man we all know and love relaxing and having fun with his family. This is a great tribute lens to that wonderful time of celebrating kinship together... and a beautiful tribute to your Pendleton family to make this a charity lens to Friends of the Park. I've thought of you often lately while reading some of Wilbur Smith's books on South Africa. Here's to your journey... then... and now... Godspeed!
  • Spook Jun 5, 2010 @ 4:55 am | delete
    Is it any wonder I like Pendleton people so much? Thank you John.
  • Jenna Jun 3, 2010 @ 11:14 pm | delete
    Loved this lens, what a fantastic story and a truly lovely day! We are so wonderfully luckly to have such an awesome Uncle Kevin, it is a pity that our fantastic (and beautiful and handsome cousins) couldn't be there to celebrate with us! Let's plan another catch up someday soon! Lots of love and hugs!
  • skiesgreen Jun 2, 2010 @ 11:17 pm | delete
    You appear to have such a fun time in NZ that was so worth the trip. Thanks for sharing it. *-*Blessed*-* and featured on Sprinkled with Stardust and added to charity-lenses-for-summer-sunshine-giveaway
  • CastleRoy May 31, 2010 @ 7:20 pm | delete
    I always wanted to go to New Zealand almost made it one year to learn about and work on a co-op garden for a month I cant wait to go someday and I know i will someday. you made it look all that more beautiful wonderful lens thanks.
  • Norma_Budden May 29, 2010 @ 4:04 pm | delete
    Oh, my gosh! You had the best of both worlds: family and beautiful landscapes. I really should travel in your suitcase sometime. Just kidding, but I can only imagine the sights I would see. Then again, you may feel the same way when looking at some of the places I've traveled.

    Great lens...
  • JoanneOtt May 27, 2010 @ 10:09 pm | delete
    Great lens and story. New Zealand looks very beautiful.
  • The_Bard May 27, 2010 @ 4:56 pm | delete
    Superb lens which encapsulates a memorable time in a single page. It's commendable. There is a joy of living here, and represents your unique ability to express it and share with others. 5*s
  • Susan52 May 27, 2010 @ 12:51 pm | delete
    Another wonderful feast for the eyes as well as a fun read from my friend Spook. Fabulous lens, well worthy of a nomination for the Sunshine Award, and for a great charity, too.
  • GrowWear May 26, 2010 @ 8:30 pm | delete
    On my way to nominate Coromandel Peninsula North Island New Zealand for Squidoo's Sunshine Award. :)
  • OhMe May 26, 2010 @ 4:19 am | delete
    Kevin, what does your kinfolk in Coromandel think of this great lens? The pride and love you have for your family really shines through!
  • Joan4 May 24, 2010 @ 8:49 pm | delete
    Oh such fun -- all those family photos! Love it! Thank you, Spook, for sharing and for caring about Pendleton's beautiful park! You would love that little park! I think you need to come to South Carolina for a visit!
  • OhMe May 25, 2010 @ 6:37 am | delete
    Aren't we lucky to have so many great Squidoo Friends who are helping our Veterans Park!
  • sandyspider May 23, 2010 @ 5:42 pm | delete
    Super lens. Thanks for sharing.
  • ElizabethJeanAllen May 23, 2010 @ 9:16 am | delete
    Awesome lens.
    Thanks for sharing.
  • bethd821 May 23, 2010 @ 7:56 am | delete
    Super photos. I want to visit more than ever now. Glad to be able to share in your fun day with your family!
  • Janiece May 23, 2010 @ 6:05 am | delete
    The photos of New Zealand are beautiful!
  • John Rogers May 23, 2010 @ 12:58 am | delete
    Nice lens.
  • Heather426 May 23, 2010 @ 12:37 am | delete
    Made me want to visit New Zealand....beautiful!
  • BarbRad May 23, 2010 @ 12:15 am | delete
    Great scenery, and the BBQ on the beach made me hungry.
  • Michey May 22, 2010 @ 6:35 am | delete
    Great outdoor, and great lens
    thanks
    Michey
  • WordCustard May 20, 2010 @ 2:18 pm | delete
    I really enjoyed this photo story (and what fantastic scenery!) and love that you are supporting Friends of the Park with it.
  • OhMe May 20, 2010 @ 11:20 am | delete
    Wow, Spook! This is a super lens and I love all your photos. It looks like you and your family are having a grand time in Coromandel. It sure looks gorgeous. Thank you so much for your continued support of Friends of the Park. Maybe one day you can get to the USA to see our Park for yourself. We all sure appreciate your entering the Summer Sunshine Award Contest for Friends of the Park. You're the greatest!

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Spook

Special people, special family, special day. I had an absolute ball.

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