Whangapipiro

...or otherwise known as the Rachel Pool. The girls and I were in town today and decided, like my fellow Rotorua photograph V1k1, to show off the thermal waters of our tourist town for this weeks mono Monday challenge of Water.

This is the famous Rachel Spring, and I did a bit of a google about it and found some interesting info....

"Water from this boiling cauldron is alkaline and reaches 212 degrees Fahrenheit. Silica-laden water from here was originally piped to the Pavillion Bath, later to the Bath House, and is still reticulated to the modern Polynesian Spa. Whangapipiro was renamed Rachel Pool after Madam Rachel, a notorious English cosmetician who promised youthful complexions because of the softening effect of silica water on the skin."

And after this, the girls and I went and soaked in the beautiful alkaline waters of the Polynesian Spa, I am sure I am now much more "youthful"!

Winter has arrived today..and have lit the fire for the first time this year. We have had another successful day, picked up some material in town and Keely has made herself a pair of gypsy type pull on pants....she loves them, chose rather "funky" material, which is actually a paisley design of orange on dark blue! She is really excited as at 10 this is her first sewing effort...and is now wearing them.

Thanks to Notowennewitt for hosting this months Mono Monday challenges.