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  • Chris Waugh, in reply to Lilith __,

    Now that kite looks like it's about to zip its flyer off to somewhere he didn't quite expect to be.

    Wellington • Since Jan 2007 • 2401 posts Report Reply

  • Joe Wylie, in reply to Joe Wylie,

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    Sorry Hebe, despite one of my great-grandfathers having watched his ship sail out of Lyttelton Harbour from atop those hills as a runaway 13-year-old cabin boy in 18-sixty-something, I’ve never learned their names. Thanks for piquing my curiosity.

    Thank you Jackson. Kind of interesting that one of the most currently active faults lies parallel with the distant shoreline in the pic in the previous post, with the current culprits only a few Ks offshore.

    I do know that the animal kites are by the amazing Peter Lynn of Ashburton. Here’s another pic from Ms Goodie’s haul today (can u spot the black & white dog?), plus a bunch more here.

    flat earth • Since Jan 2007 • 4593 posts Report Reply

  • Hebe,

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    I have always liked this one from the 2006 kite and buskers day.

    Ms Goodie's are excellent; I specially like the children in the water from above (the Pier ramp?)

    Christchurch • Since May 2011 • 2899 posts Report Reply

  • Hebe, in reply to Joe Wylie,

    I’ve never learned their names.

    Nor me and I have known those hills most of my life. The peaks and slopes change depending on where you are looking at them from, and on the light. Last night was an amazing blue-grey-pink dusk with luminous golden hills out my back door. I wish my camera battery had been working.

    Christchurch • Since May 2011 • 2899 posts Report Reply

  • Joe Wylie, in reply to Hebe,

    I have always liked this one from the 2006 kite and buskers day.

    That's a deliciously weird one at full size - Pro Patria Pooh Bear.

    flat earth • Since Jan 2007 • 4593 posts Report Reply

  • Lilith __,

    Speaking of amazing flying things, has anyone snapped any aurorae? Visible from Tekapo/Mt John a couple of weeks back, evidently!

    Dunedin • Since Jul 2010 • 3895 posts Report Reply

  • Islander, in reply to Lilith __,

    Shit, that was SO good! I laughed in several places- thank you!

    Big O, Mahitahi, Te Wahi … • Since Feb 2007 • 5643 posts Report Reply

  • Lilith __, in reply to Islander,

    Glad you liked it. All too believable, I thought!

    Dunedin • Since Jul 2010 • 3895 posts Report Reply

  • Islander, in reply to Lilith __,

    Aue, ae!

    Big O, Mahitahi, Te Wahi … • Since Feb 2007 • 5643 posts Report Reply

  • Hebe, in reply to Joe Wylie,

    Thank you ;-) I like the colours on the second pic you posted. How to get the sea green and the sky blue and the dark of the marram grass?

    Christchurch • Since May 2011 • 2899 posts Report Reply

  • Ian Dalziel, in reply to Lilith __,

    getting the hump... or the blues?

    dolphins, which are a subgroup of the whale family

    ...like a sub cet...?

    Christchurch • Since Dec 2006 • 7953 posts Report Reply

  • Lilith __, in reply to Ian Dalziel,

    Fit for any porpoise

    …like a sub cet…?

    cet theory ;-)

    Dunedin • Since Jul 2010 • 3895 posts Report Reply

  • Ian Dalziel, in reply to Lilith __,

    Circular que?

    cet theory

    that's all good Venn...

    Christchurch • Since Dec 2006 • 7953 posts Report Reply

  • JacksonP,

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    Someone wanted more flowers. This from a lovely garden I was in yesterday. ;-)

    Auckland • Since Mar 2011 • 2450 posts Report Reply

  • Joe Wylie, in reply to JacksonP,

    more flowers

    Nice :-)

    flat earth • Since Jan 2007 • 4593 posts Report Reply

  • Sofie Bribiesca, in reply to JacksonP,

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    This from a lovely garden I was in yesterday. ;-)

    I went around the other side of the house. Beautiful grounds for roamin' :)

    here and there. • Since Nov 2007 • 6796 posts Report Reply

  • Sofie Bribiesca,

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    And just because I LURVE Flowers..... think we got the same one Jackson ;)

    here and there. • Since Nov 2007 • 6796 posts Report Reply

  • Hebe, in reply to Sofie Bribiesca,

    I went around the other side of the house.

    Thank you: another one of of my favouritest flowers -- perennial cornflower?

    Christchurch • Since May 2011 • 2899 posts Report Reply

  • Rob Stowell, in reply to Hebe,

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    do you know the name of the pointy hill under the purple Pooh’s feet?

    Growing up in Diamond Harbour, we always called it ‘the Monument’ or sometimes ‘the pinnacle’. I gather from ‘Place-names of Banks Peninsula’ the 19th C pakeha called it Rhodes Monument, or Rhodes Sugarloaf (members of the Rhodes family farmed the Purau area).
    It has a Māori name, but I can’t seem to find it at the moment.
    Another angle on it :)

    Whakaraupo • Since Nov 2006 • 2120 posts Report Reply

  • Geoff Lealand, in reply to Sofie Bribiesca,

    Magnolia grandiflora.

    Screen & Media Studies, U… • Since Oct 2007 • 2562 posts Report Reply

  • Gudrun Gisela,

    Hi Hebe re: cone shaped mountain in the far distance. It might be Mt Herbert. Usually the first to show snow if we have a cold spell. The children jumping the waves one of my favorites too.

    Christchurch • Since Dec 2011 • 891 posts Report Reply

  • Gudrun Gisela,

    Rob it might also be The Pinnacle.lol

    Christchurch • Since Dec 2011 • 891 posts Report Reply

  • Lilith __, in reply to Geoff Lealand,

    Magnolia grandiflora.

    Have you read Shonagh Koea's novel The grandiflora tree? It has a soulangeana on the cover. Too bad.

    Dunedin • Since Jul 2010 • 3895 posts Report Reply

  • Hebe, in reply to Rob Stowell,

    Thanks Rob. I'm surprised the peak is on that side of the harbour -- it always looks a bit closer. I shall research the name too: have a treasure trove of the Great-Uncle's historic Christchurch and Peninsula books here, and my brother has the Maori ones. I'll get back to you with any more info one year soon :--)

    Gudrun: I thought Mt Herbert was the big rounded peak on the Diamond Harbour side. An aside: I spent one snowy afternoon nearly 20 years ago getting warmed sitting at the bar in the Wunderbar and looking across the harbour to the hills on that side covered in snow to sea level. It was magical; and though snowing, the vision across the harbour was clear.

    Christchurch • Since May 2011 • 2899 posts Report Reply

  • Rob Stowell,

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    Mt Herbert/Te ahu patiki is just off to the right of that photo. This is looking back at Chch from the top, about two weeks ago. Wonderful walk, on a good day :)

    Whakaraupo • Since Nov 2006 • 2120 posts Report Reply

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