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Continue reading →: Lips Mural on Peterborough Street
This new mural is on Peterborough Street opposite the Casino. It’s on the back wall of the Bog Pub and is by French artist Tilt.
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Continue reading →: Flowers in Cones on our 4th Quake Anniversary
Today, marks the fourth anniversary of our February 22nd earthquake. I am in the other New Zealand city devastated by an earthquake – Napier. Napier rebuilt itself in 2 years in the style of Art Deco, so now they celebrate their uniqueness with a fabulous festival. As much as I…
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Continue reading →: Early Morning by the EstuaryI took this photo early this morning by the estuary at Ferrymead (Humphreys Drive). It was about 6.45am and the start of a beautiful and hot summer’s day in Christchurch. It’s not often I’m up and taking photos at that time of the day on a week day, but it…
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Continue reading →: New Mural in Progress on Kilmore Street
This rather stunning mural is going up on a wall of a new building on Kilmore Street. It’s going to be rather stunning once it’s finished. The artist is Melbourne-based Adnate
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Continue reading →: Bee on a Flower
A bee spotted on some flowers in the city. A nice easy photo to ease back into some blogging as I took a bit of a break as I’ve been so busy with work and other commitments.
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Continue reading →: Mural on the Mexico RestaurantThe new Mexican restaurant on the corner of Hereford and Manchester Streets (it’s called Mexico), has this bright mural on the side of the building of Mexican characters. It was painted by artist Jacob Yikes (http://www.planetyikes.com). I really like the fact that murals are showing up on new developments, as…
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Continue reading →: First Thursdays ChCh – Lost in Space Event in SydenhamI checked out the First Thursdays event in Sydenham this evening with its Lost in Space theme. The robot costumes were very well done. An excellent event with food trucks and market stalls and live music. There was a Robot Parade and people were encouraged to dress up – I…
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Continue reading →: Box of flowers on Main Road
These flowers on Main Road are part of a promotion for the florist on Bridle Path Road – I often see the flowers out and decided they’d make an interesting subject while out on my walk this evening. It’s been quite an eventful day in Christchurch with hot weather and…
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Continue reading →: One couch free to a good home
Spotted in Heathcote while I was out for my bike ride. I couldn’t believe my luck that a spotted dog walked into the frame making the image just that bit more interesting. The dog then stopped to investigate the couch. It’s not normal for couches to appear on the street…
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Continue reading →: Entrance to Pegasus Town
This is the entrance to Pegasus Town is a new town under development about 25km north of Christchurch. It’s named after the nearby Pegasus Bay.
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Continue reading →: Baby AlpacaI was in Loburn today (North of Christchurch) at Oakridge Alpacas to photograph the baby Alpacas they’ve had this summer. I caught this wee guy peeking around his mother! They are very intelligent and inquisitive animals.








The background details above the yellow Pohutakawa tree at the Square piqued my curiosity as we’ve had a lot of…