04/02/2022
Unfurled fern fronds on the flora track floor
The flora track is popular among families as it is wide and rather flat. We stayed at the Flora Hut one night last month and met a lovely family with 2 little girls. As we walked with them to the Gridiron Rock Shelter, the six year old held my hand for balance. Still a bit wobbly, we grabbed a stick she could put in her other hand and tied her weka feather she found earlier to the top of it. Taking the design a step further, we then tied a big fern leaf behind the feather. It jiggled as we walked and she giggled the rest of the walk there.
It’s these little moments with kind strangers in the middle of nowhere NZ that I have been grateful for the most lately 💛