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Continue reading →: Waxeyes in a Tea Cup and Cheeky MagpieI’ve often looked at the tea cup bird feeders and thought ‘that’s cute, but probably not practical’. Well over the weekend, I gave in to frivolity and bought myself a hanging tea cup bird feeder. The hook I had was actually too big for it to hang, so it’s currently…
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Continue reading →: Ferrymead with Castle Rock
The small building in the foreground is at the Ferrymead Historic Village – with the large hill in the background being Castle Rock.
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Continue reading →: Corrugated iron cow sculptures
Spotted on Durham Street in an alley way of a new building.
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Continue reading →: Views from Scarborough
Looking down into Sumner from the Scarborough hill (standing on the Flowers Track).
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Continue reading →: Vegan Pumpkin Soup at Upshot CoffeeEverything was good about this lunch today at the Upshot Coffee – the amazing vegan pumpkin soup, the crusty tasty scone and the very good coffee – with excellent company (who had the vegetarian roasted pumpkin bagel). The cafe is on Bridle Path Road at the same location as the…
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Continue reading →: Silk Italia, Beautiful clothing from Italy
I was taking photos today with a friend along Colombo Street when we popped into Silk Italia, which specialises in beautiful silk clothing imported from Italy. We spent quite a bit of time having a look around and chatting with Susha the owner (who it turns out is a very…
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Continue reading →: MOA Statue in Redcliffs by Andrew Lyons
This Moa statue can be found in Redcliffs – just opposite the New World supermarket and in front of the old Mother Hubbard’s building. It was sculpted by Andrew Lyons of the Heathcote Valley Gallery (which is at 22 Station Road) and was commissioned by the building owner. The statue…
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Continue reading →: Very little snow on our mountains
Our mild winter is continuing, with very little snow on our mountains. Maybe by the end of July it will look a bit different!
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Continue reading →: The Ginger Menace (s)This is Marcel, the ‘neighbours cat’ (but he firmly believes he lives with us). He’s turned this cabbage tree into his own personal scratching post, and those claws need to be sharp – we have rodents the size of small ponies around here – thanks to living near a river.…
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Continue reading →: The Chalice, Cathedral Square, At Night
Another one of my evening shots. I must get a bit more practice in as this one was a lot ‘noisier’ than the others.
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Continue reading →: La traviata Rehearsal at Isaac Theatre Royal
On Sunday afternoon, I was lucky enough to be a visitor at the NZ Opera rehearsal of La traviata. It was stunning and such a wonderful subject to photograph (also a little challenging with the theatre lighting!). Even if you don’t know the story, you’ll recognise the music of Verdi.…
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I have a long time friend in Papanui as it’s on her side of town who would love Kai Co…
The earthquakes really gave Christchurch the opportunity to fully embrace street art and now we’ve become well know for it.…
It seems LED street lamps are everywhere now. I can’t even begin to imagine the size of the factories that…
Consider yourself to be very fortunate to have artists in your area allowed to create such outstanding murals of this…
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