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Fri, 23 Dec 2011 14:56:46 +1300

Discussion from blog post.

JacksonP

Fri, 23 Dec 2011 15:40:18 +1300

Decided to retract my initial comment here, while we divert our attention to #eqnz. So so difficult to fathom. Take care everyone.

Ian Dalziel

Fri, 23 Dec 2011 20:55:06 +1300

a sense of wander...
Nov 22, when we first launched Capture,
seems a distant memory. We had hopes...
You might even call it 'sticking your neck out..."
And what an elegant neck it is, all angle and poise!
So how wonderfully apt to have an Audrey Hepburn
hat-tip titled?

Joe Wylie

Fri, 23 Dec 2011 21:06:32 +1300

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bVlRwoWUtf0
The bottom of the barrel of the Flintstones/Jetsons franchise. Died after one crappily-drawn season, sparing the world from possible further knock-offs such as The French Letters, who would likely have lived in a condominium.

Islander

Fri, 23 Dec 2011 21:10:21 +1300

gag/gah!

Ian Dalziel

Fri, 23 Dec 2011 21:42:59 +1300

the reanimators' revenge...
possible further knock-offs such as The French Letters, who would likely have lived in a condominum.
and the theme song woulda been Sheath a mod!

How about My Thracians
with cuzzy Spartacus...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D3nLLI-CilM&feature=related

JacksonP

Fri, 23 Dec 2011 22:22:35 +1300

Thanks for dropping by Ian and Joe, on another day of turmoil.
scooters
You got me.

If I could take all of Christchurch on a real Roman Holiday right now, I would.

Joe Wylie

Fri, 23 Dec 2011 22:36:48 +1300

Honda Today, 'Nikon' yellow, enhancements by Spanko/Matt Campbell.
Proven photographic accessory in Cchch conditions.

JacksonP

Fri, 23 Dec 2011 22:38:28 +1300

Get out on the highway, on a scooter.

Actually, just discovered the real Roamin' Holiday was an Our Gang (Little Rascals?) short film from 1937.

It's a hard road being original.

ETA:
Honda Today, 'Nikon' yellow
Nice one Joe.

Joe Wylie

Fri, 23 Dec 2011 23:00:28 +1300

When you need an indication of scale and a a TicTac packet is too small.

merc

Fri, 23 Dec 2011 23:08:29 +1300

When I get home, and I've been holding back, but it is time I showed you a picture of my Peugeot Mobylette, orange 70's style. In congested French traffic the only way to get to the surf on time, board under arm.

Sofie Bribiesca

Sat, 24 Dec 2011 07:20:47 +1300

Get out on the highway,

Will do Jackson. Gotta get over this beasty boy first. See you in the New Year (I'll be a year older too :) Happy hols for you and yours. Thanks for this place to share some of my many pics xx

Ian Dalziel

Sat, 24 Dec 2011 07:55:28 +1300

Roamin' space, chasin' tail...
More comet Lovejoy, but from a unique vantage point
just a short piece from the International Space Station
Very 2001 and all the speckles in the darkness at the start
are lightning flashes, what a planet we share...

Jackie Clark

Sat, 24 Dec 2011 08:55:45 +1300

Neither Ian nor I will be going anywhere much these holidays. Mum has a house to renovate before she moves in (well the tradespeople will do it like February xmas elves) so I'll be keeping her company less than I normally do over this period. And thanking my lucky stars?

Sofie Bribiesca

Sat, 24 Dec 2011 09:07:30 +1300

So we can keep n touch via here. Give Linda lurker a cherry merry for me, though I might get up to the pet shop today. May just see her. Love to you and Ian Jackie xx :)

Sacha

Sat, 24 Dec 2011 09:14:58 +1300

Awesome. Ta.

Sofie Bribiesca

Sat, 24 Dec 2011 09:18:38 +1300

what a planet we share...

And we are but star dust :) Hope you can try get past the quaking Earth distractions and enjoy what else there is. Can't wait 'til we get to our telescope with new motorised attachments for better viewing and photographic stuff he has derived. The?

Ian Dalziel

Sat, 24 Dec 2011 10:30:26 +1300

the origin of the spacies...
No distracting city lights anywhere.
Pure stars and planets...
That was one of the upsides of the February quake
and all the power outages
– we got the milky way back (for a while)!

dust bunnies...
And we are but star dust
and of course?

Lilith __

Sat, 24 Dec 2011 11:13:29 +1300

This morning when it was going on for 4am and I was lying awake (again) because of another quake, I opened a Xmas present. It was this. I laughed myself silly.

Sofie Bribiesca

Sat, 24 Dec 2011 11:31:24 +1300

is an anagram of stud rats

So can you get from derived to devised please. My bad earlier post. :)

JacksonP

Sat, 24 Dec 2011 11:32:25 +1300

It was this. I laughed myself silly.

Classic. For the photographer who has everything. Sorry for your disrupted night, though.

Sofie Bribiesca

Sat, 24 Dec 2011 11:42:50 +1300

because of another quake, I opened a Xmas present. It was this. I laughed myself silly.

So get more pressies and open one for every aftershock. That'll sort the problems out. Well some of them anyhow. A good laugh is the best medicine. Well there are other ones too but?

Lilith __

Sat, 24 Dec 2011 12:06:25 +1300

A pity there are more aftershocks than presents! ;-) But yeah, trying to keep a sense of humour. Just doing the pre-Christmas cooking today and looking forward to hanging out with family and friends over the next few days. Times of crisis sure do focus the priorities. The loved people?

JacksonP

Sat, 24 Dec 2011 12:31:03 +1300

On The Road Again.
All of yous: arohanui, and thanks for being there.
It seems the least we can do is set up silly photos with the hope of helping to fill the spaces in between.

Arohanui to you and all those in Christchurch this Christmas.

Lilith __

Sat, 24 Dec 2011 13:26:58 +1300

Thank you Jackson, and your racing cars did give me a giggle. :-)

Sofie Bribiesca

Sat, 24 Dec 2011 13:31:37 +1300

It seems the least we can do is set up silly photos

You got it. :)

Sofie Bribiesca

Sat, 24 Dec 2011 13:32:55 +1300

Just hangin' around.

JacksonP

Sat, 24 Dec 2011 13:56:56 +1300

Stormtrooper: 'I knew I shouldn't have sat here!'

Lilith __

Sat, 24 Dec 2011 14:05:04 +1300

:-) you guys rock.

JacksonP

Sat, 24 Dec 2011 14:24:04 +1300

you guys rock.

But we're all heart... ;-p

Sofie Bribiesca

Sat, 24 Dec 2011 14:57:51 +1300

:-) you guys rock.

Rock you say?

Jackie Clark

Sat, 24 Dec 2011 15:55:01 +1300

Just for you Lilith. I couldn?t find any soft toys to arrange anywhere in a humorous manner, so I got down Dad?s old racing helmet (from when he raced cars). It?s a bit battered around, as you can see. Mainly because in 1958 or thereabouts, he had a major crash?

Lilith __

Sat, 24 Dec 2011 16:42:28 +1300

Oh Jackie, thank you so much, you look so cute! Your Dad was obviously quite the survivor. And staunchness obviously runs in the family.

You people are all so lovely. Big hugs.

I've just made slightly munted samosas and am now going to attempt a nap.

Graeme Edgeler

Sat, 24 Dec 2011 19:58:18 +1300

The bottom of the barrel of the Flintstones/Jetsons franchise. Died after one crappily-drawn season, sparing the world from possible further knock-offs such as The French Letters

Ye of little faith. Have you ever looked at the list of Hanna Barbera series? Many many more one-season not-wonders followed, one or two?

Joe Wylie

Sat, 24 Dec 2011 20:48:54 +1300

Jeez Graeme, I worked on that thinly drawn knock-off of The Waltons. I also counted five titles I?ve whored myself out on in your Wikipedia link. Not something I?m proud of, but one likes to eat. The other pilot farmed out to Hanna-B?s Australian studio in that distant Summer was?

Rob Stowell

Sat, 24 Dec 2011 20:59:16 +1300

Hey Joe :)
Did you have anything to do with the animated The Magic Pudding? Love that- though now our old vhs tape has now gone west, I'll have to look out for a dvd.

Joe Wylie

Sat, 24 Dec 2011 21:27:45 +1300

Did storyboards and layouts – see storyboard page. Animation was high-quality Korean. I feel the film was let down by a wretched script – sticking to Norman Lindsay's original could have saved it, without all that nonsense about finding parents. Directed by Robbert Smit – Footrot Flats, the notorious dancing?

Rob Stowell

Sat, 24 Dec 2011 22:18:59 +1300

Cool!
Yeah, it didn?t translate the anarchic (and nonsensical in the best sense) flavour of the book. But the voices and animation are good, and the characters work. And some good songs :)
Footrot looked good too. Too many features are ruined by producer/director insistance that the story has to?

Joe Wylie

Sat, 24 Dec 2011 22:31:35 +1300

I remember when things came to near open rebellion on the Pudding, where someone was saying 'Why do we have song and dance sequences simply because it's some kind of stilted convention?' The original idea of the cut-and-come-again Puddin' was like the golden goose – as a Puddin' owner you'd?

Rob Stowell

Sat, 24 Dec 2011 22:42:51 +1300

Ae. Sounds bloody unhappy.
Still, it was a special favourite of my son Oscar, and I?ve enjoyed watching it with him- especially The Puddin Owners Song
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1xitN_sMcsc
In fact, he wants to watch it now :) Thanks youtube (and Joe!)
And merry Christmas!

Joe Wylie

Sat, 24 Dec 2011 23:51:21 +1300

Thanks Rob, that's far and away the best part of the film, and the only song therein that doesn't make Always Look on the Bright Side of Life sound like the music of the spheres. That sequence was very much one person's baby, and if he'd had his way the?

Graeme Edgeler

Sun, 25 Dec 2011 00:03:06 +1300

Jeez Graeme, I worked on that thinly drawn knock-off of The Waltons. I also counted five titles I?ve whored myself out on in your Wikipedia link. Not something I?m proud of, but one likes to eat.

It was out of love, Dude. Hanna Barbera won seven Oscars. They put __These?

Russell Brown

Sun, 25 Dec 2011 14:37:51 +1300

Point Chevalier beach on Christmas Day.

Russell Brown

Sun, 25 Dec 2011 17:52:29 +1300

Point Chevalier beach, looking towards the Waitakeres, same day.

Jackie Clark

Sun, 25 Dec 2011 18:23:42 +1300

Did you go for a swim? I drove backwards and forwards from Kumeu to Mt Eden a few times today, and noticed that the tide was WAY out.

JacksonP

Sun, 25 Dec 2011 18:56:55 +1300

Ok, I know it's sad, but today, while sitting under the Pohutukawa trees along the coast from Russell's photo above, I'd like to be able to upload from my phone.

Guess I could do this.

Jonathan Ganley

Sun, 25 Dec 2011 23:32:29 +1300

It's not a Real Kiwi Christmas without a chainsaw, bro.

JacksonP

Mon, 26 Dec 2011 07:32:34 +1300

It's not a Real Kiwi Christmas without a chainsaw, bro.

You cut me up.

Badoom-ish!

Geoff Lealand

Mon, 26 Dec 2011 08:31:55 +1300

Blokes with chainsaws. They make me nervous, especially around our neighbourhood.

Ross Mason

Mon, 26 Dec 2011 09:06:57 +1300

Jonathon, that is not a chainsaw

It's an axe.

Sacha

Mon, 26 Dec 2011 09:08:29 +1300

that'll keep those developers in line

Russell Brown

Mon, 26 Dec 2011 12:34:24 +1300

One more from the Chev yesterday, after a frankly heavenly sunset swim.

Russell Brown

Mon, 26 Dec 2011 12:36:21 +1300

Nek minnit ? Dress Smart lol.

Jackie Clark

Mon, 26 Dec 2011 13:54:38 +1300

Ruby was a year old yesterday, and spent her birthday in the company of my family. She was universally loved and had a wonderful time. This photo is of my nephew Sam ? he?s 16 and a sweet sweet boy. He was very taken with Ruby, and she was very?

Jackie Clark

Mon, 26 Dec 2011 13:58:27 +1300

And this one is of Ian, in his super cool new hat.

Steve Barnes

Mon, 26 Dec 2011 15:20:22 +1300

Now that's what I call a sunset shot

ChrisW

Mon, 26 Dec 2011 16:51:06 +1300

Last time I was at Pt Chevalier Beach, the tide was out, the pohutukawa had finished flowering, the sky was boring – so I had to liven it up a bit.

DeepRed

Mon, 26 Dec 2011 17:28:55 +1300

Boundary Road – talk about cheap & cheerful.

Sofie Bribiesca

Mon, 26 Dec 2011 18:37:04 +1300

Picture on it's way. Ignore me for now thanks :)

Steve Barnes

Mon, 26 Dec 2011 18:42:37 +1300

Boundary Road ? talk about cheap & cheerful.

Their IPA is amongst the best I reckon, quite hoppy and full flavoured, not really that cheap $14 on special at t supermarket so cheaper than Epic but on a par IMHO.
Wish I had more.
;-)

Sofie Bribiesca

Mon, 26 Dec 2011 19:45:41 +1300

So I'm on a yacht on the Waitemata Harbour on Christmas Eve, nek minnit this dude flys on by.

Sofie Bribiesca

Mon, 26 Dec 2011 19:51:57 +1300

Well.....hmmm

DeepRed

Mon, 26 Dec 2011 21:24:27 +1300

It gets down to $11.99 in the right places.

Sofie Bribiesca

Mon, 26 Dec 2011 22:11:41 +1300

I like to think there is both a side and front face in the clouds in front of the sun.

Kebabette

Tue, 27 Dec 2011 11:32:11 +1300

A lovely big family Christmas – here is my girl and her cousin on his new trampoline. Yesterday there was 9 under 4s in our extended family bouncing here.

Kebabette

Tue, 27 Dec 2011 11:34:51 +1300

And a visit to Willowbank – you have to get in pretty close to catch the cheeky face at t'window. Ng? mihi o te w? to you all.

Sacha

Tue, 27 Dec 2011 11:36:18 +1300

Modern trampolines look like cagefighting arenas :)

Steve Barnes

Tue, 27 Dec 2011 11:40:54 +1300

Yesterday there was 9 under 4s in our extended family

No wonder you need a cage for them. Did the one in the hut escape?

ETA.
Snap, great minds think alike it seems ;-)

Geoff Lealand

Tue, 27 Dec 2011 11:43:22 +1300

Yes, when did trampolines become enclosures? My son and his pals used to leap from the garage roof on to the mat---so much more daring than bouncing around in something which looks like a chicken coop.

Lilith __

Tue, 27 Dec 2011 11:54:39 +1300

As someone who lost her front teeth at age 11 to the edge of an old-style trampoline with no safety mats, I feel no nostalgia for the old days :-)

Jackie Clark

Tue, 27 Dec 2011 11:54:47 +1300

Yes. We had a swimming pool area that was roofed over, and my brothers used to jump from that into the pool. Only one tooth was ever lost. A miracle, really.

Julie Cross

Tue, 27 Dec 2011 13:26:26 +1300

Great to see the sun is shining for you all. This pic is for the holiday we intended to have this year beneath the pohutukawa in Northland... except 2011 machinated otherwise.

Julie Cross

Tue, 27 Dec 2011 13:28:05 +1300

Laughing at myself. It even says how to do italics in them there instructions. Back to the alcohol soaked trifle!

JacksonP

Tue, 27 Dec 2011 13:35:05 +1300

Roadside, Mt Albert.

It even says how to do italics in them there instructions.
Not sure I'm supposed to go round fixing syntax errors for people, but I can, so I did. It was a mere trifle after all. ;-)

Julie Cross

Tue, 27 Dec 2011 13:38:38 +1300

I like to think there is both a side and front face in the clouds in front of the sun.

Great sky Sofie. Very intense looking cloud citizens, with those furrowed brows. I see another one right of centre, kind of like the Wizard of Oz lion.

JacksonP

Tue, 27 Dec 2011 13:41:38 +1300

Modern trampolines look like cagefighting arenas :)

We have the 'safety' nets, but haven't put them on yet. Apart from the complexity in the instructions, I'm also uncertain I want them trying more difficult moves than they already do, in the illusion of being safer. But it could just be?

Julie Cross

Tue, 27 Dec 2011 13:50:34 +1300

It was a mere trifle after all. ;-)

Definitely not meh!. Drenched in Cointreau and smothered in chocolate flakes, cause for great merri-ment. Gracias.

Jackie Clark

Tue, 27 Dec 2011 14:19:50 +1300

Or could be, actually, that you are a fantastic dad, allowing them to develop healthy risk-assessment skills, which in my teacherly opinion, are sadly on the wane.

JacksonP

Tue, 27 Dec 2011 14:43:35 +1300

Drenched in Cointreau and smothered in chocolate flakes

Yum! Sounds dangerously good.

Thanks Jackie. Time will tell.

Sofie Bribiesca

Wed, 28 Dec 2011 08:40:22 +1300

We had a swimming pool area that was roofed over, and my brothers used to jump from that into the pool.

As did my brothers from a large Pine tree into ours.My Mum would freak, Dad ,not so much. No broken backs. No smashed teeth. Interesting that I see parallels?

Sofie Bribiesca

Wed, 28 Dec 2011 08:46:19 +1300

I see another one right of centre, kind of like the Wizard of Oz lion.

Oh yes, 3 wise men ;)
The one you spotted could be the beginnings of Mt Rushmore. Are we stretching it now?

JacksonP

Wed, 28 Dec 2011 09:13:06 +1300

I never climbed the tree.
We had a 'baby' Kauri tree in our front lawn. The trick was touching the very top. It was probably only 12 – 15 metres, but that seemed high enough at 11 or 12.

This house was on top of a cliff too, which was?

Sofie Bribiesca

Wed, 28 Dec 2011 09:17:48 +1300

This pic is for the holiday we intended to have this year beneath the pohutukawa in Northland?

Well here is a glimpse from where I write. Internet in the bush in the middle of nowhere in particular in the Far North. Well it is particular but I wont tell you?

Sofie Bribiesca

Wed, 28 Dec 2011 09:41:31 +1300

Doesn?t seem so sensible now.

Ah but the view from up top must have been worth it no? And here you are in all your glory.
Over back fence.....

JacksonP

Wed, 28 Dec 2011 10:06:15 +1300

Kaleidoscope World

iPhone and a kaleidoscope. I may be some time.

Oliver Thompson

Wed, 28 Dec 2011 11:03:31 +1300

Very Escher.

Steve Barnes

Wed, 28 Dec 2011 11:20:19 +1300

Classic Kareponia holiday homes
House of the late Steve Herewini.
Most photographed house in Northland, apparently and as such MacDonalds decided it was a great place for a sign. The sign was torn down and stuck aside by a cousin who mowed the lawns and had a bit of a?

Steve Barnes

Wed, 28 Dec 2011 11:31:19 +1300

Classic Kareponia holiday homes 2
This one is a gem, light and airy with a full inside outside flow, would suit a DIY enthusiast.

DeepRed

Wed, 28 Dec 2011 12:02:30 +1300

Gack... if there's only one downside to summer, it's hay fever. Especially when you're deep inland, away from the coast. I never sneeze quite this uncontrollably back in the capital.

Steve Barnes

Wed, 28 Dec 2011 12:30:10 +1300

If only people would stop mowing their lawns.
Grass is so much nicer uncut...

Julie Cross

Wed, 28 Dec 2011 13:20:47 +1300

oh thank you Sofie and Steve, a virtual trip to my husband's heartland... those houses look exactly as he describes his abandoned and neglected family home. And my heart skipped a beat to see cabbage trees! This one in the corrugated iron capital of NZ.

Russell Brown

Wed, 28 Dec 2011 16:53:43 +1300

Perfect day for boogie-boarding at Muriwai: high tide; small, clean surf; consistent north-easterly.

Lilith __

Wed, 28 Dec 2011 21:14:56 +1300

I went swimming tonight at Scarborough beach. It was teh awesome, but I have only mental images, sorry. :-)

James Francis

Thu, 29 Dec 2011 00:27:44 +1300

This is like my great-grandfather's house at Oruru, a wee bit inland from Mangonui. It's gone now but I remember going to see it with my Dad; a tiny three room cottage (although cottage is rather a twee word for something made from pit-sawn totara with hand-made nails) that was?

JacksonP

Thu, 29 Dec 2011 08:23:30 +1300

80s Portaloo, to go with a ramshackle house.
would suit a DIY enthusiast.
Wouldn't it just.

JacksonP

Thu, 29 Dec 2011 08:32:42 +1300

Fan boy.
Very Escher.
Thanks for dropping by Oliver. Join in, if you're keen.

Sofie Bribiesca

Thu, 29 Dec 2011 10:19:11 +1300

80s Portaloo, to go with a ramshackle house.
would suit a DIY enthusiast.

Or, self contained unit, can be converted to a caravan. Wheels included :)

Geoff Lealand

Thu, 29 Dec 2011 10:42:19 +1300

Oruru. Of course, also the home of the now defunct Swamp Palace. No more films but there is a bloke selling bric-a-brac. Bought an ancient film splicer off him. People probably still venture down the road as it is still on AA road maps.

David Hood

Thu, 29 Dec 2011 12:11:00 +1300

Most summers, I try and win prizes from National Radio. This photo of a waxeye won me a calendar this morning.

JacksonP

Thu, 29 Dec 2011 13:29:26 +1300

Waxeye reply.
This photo of a waxeye won me a calendar this morning.
Nice one.

Steve Barnes

Thu, 29 Dec 2011 14:42:59 +1300

This is like my great-grandfather?s house at Oruru,

My dog loves that place, she talks about it constantly.
And.. The names and the families are still there; the Jecenthos and the Da Silvas.
Here is an actual Jecentho, Phil, the guy to go to with trucks and quarries and diggers?

Steve Barnes

Thu, 29 Dec 2011 15:12:08 +1300

Oruru. Of course, also the home of the now defunct Swamp Palace. No more films but there is a bloke selling bric-a-brac?.People probably still venture down the road as it is still on AA road maps.

Actually, the Swamp Palace is still a going concern. The film buff stuff has?

Geoff Lealand

Thu, 29 Dec 2011 15:51:08 +1300

I noticed that but no films anymore, since the departure of Richard Weatherly and the more recent, unsuccessful attempt to revive screenings?

Jake Pollock

Thu, 29 Dec 2011 16:21:30 +1300

We just got back from a winter break in Mexico. This is the lagoon at Sian Ka'an, a wetland reserve.

Karen White

Thu, 29 Dec 2011 16:55:59 +1300

My nephew in a pohutukawa on the Hillsborough harbour shore on Christmas Day. Walking (& climbing) off the days indulgences

Gudrun Gisela

Thu, 29 Dec 2011 23:21:32 +1300

From my garden today. Greetings and happy holidays to you all.

Lilith __

Fri, 30 Dec 2011 00:11:35 +1300

Ah, Gudrun, in person, finally! Welcome. :-)

JacksonP

Fri, 30 Dec 2011 07:33:22 +1300

Ah, Gudrun, in person, finally! Welcome. :-)

Yes, thank you for joining in.

JacksonP

Fri, 30 Dec 2011 19:35:08 +1300

Tamarillo in the making.

One thing about the soggy ground, things are growing rather well. This seems to be adding about a foot a week.

Sofie Bribiesca

Fri, 30 Dec 2011 20:56:29 +1300

One thing about the soggy ground, things are growing rather well.

I've been pulling Gorse, but man am I pleased.:) My birthday is in the morning. Happy that new year is coming.

Sofie Bribiesca

Fri, 30 Dec 2011 20:58:23 +1300

One for the road. ;)

Sofie Bribiesca

Fri, 30 Dec 2011 21:17:33 +1300

Nikau.

Lilith __

Fri, 30 Dec 2011 21:43:36 +1300

Nikau! Barrytown, on the highway to Punakaiki. If they aren't the ones Stanley Palmer painted, they are very like!

Lilith __

Fri, 30 Dec 2011 21:55:27 +1300

Man, I haven?t been to the Coast in a long time. I?ve promised myself a holiday, somewhere, after I?ve found a new place in a flat/new flatmates and moved house! Can?t wait to get out of the city for a bit!

[And if any other PASers are looking to share?

DeepRed

Fri, 30 Dec 2011 22:02:19 +1300

Finally back in civilisation again? big prang at a black spot just north of Paraparaumu prompted me to take an alternate route via Akatarawa, if I didn't want to be in for a 2-hour delay. I completely forgot how hairy that can get in wet weather.

Lilith __

Fri, 30 Dec 2011 22:33:33 +1300

big prang

A very nasty accident. Take care, everyone.

Russell Brown

Fri, 30 Dec 2011 22:33:38 +1300

Front garden in Miller St, Pt Chev, before the weather turned.

Biobbs

Sat, 31 Dec 2011 05:34:23 +1300

I love the Buller district, Lilith! I want to retire there (eventually). Those Nikaus are so special.

Here is one of mine from about 4 yrs ago from a bit further south (near Totara Lagoon). It answers the question "so, does it get a bit windy on the Coast sometimes?"

Sofie Bribiesca

Sat, 31 Dec 2011 09:12:21 +1300

?so, does it get a bit windy on the Coast sometimes??
The Ti tree was wild here yesterday. Lost one crappy one over the driveway. Much of it is on its decline, but that is making way for some very nice Natives and opening up the magnificent view.

Sofie Bribiesca

Sat, 31 Dec 2011 09:14:57 +1300

Like my favs. Nikau

Cecelia

Sat, 31 Dec 2011 11:09:39 +1300

Loving the nikau. Here (i hope) are the Wairua Falls which flow only after heavy rain.

JacksonP

Sat, 31 Dec 2011 11:26:24 +1300

Nikau Pigeon.

Stewart posted a picture very similar to this on our first thread. Decided not to do the snap at the time, so I could save it for now, obviously. ;-)

Sometimes you're the pigeon, sometimes the nikau, to coin a phrase.

Lilith __

Sat, 31 Dec 2011 11:41:34 +1300

I love the Buller district, Lilith! I want to retire there (eventually). Those Nikaus are so special.

When I was a kid my Mum took me on protests to save what?s now Paparoa National Park. I had the t-shirt! So hard to believe that area was going to be clearfelled.?

Russell Brown

Sat, 31 Dec 2011 15:39:32 +1300

Nikau, Pt Chev backyard styles.

Russell Brown

Sat, 31 Dec 2011 15:40:45 +1300

And a little cabbage tree prospect.

David Hood

Sat, 31 Dec 2011 16:26:01 +1300

It's another sunny summer day in Dunedin. I've been doing a lot of walking.

Jake Pollock

Sat, 31 Dec 2011 17:32:38 +1300

Something else from Mexico.

JacksonP

Sat, 31 Dec 2011 18:38:57 +1300

A quiet country road? Or Kiwitia St in Sandringham?

Nikau, Pt Chev backyard styles.

I like that effect. What's that app?

Russell Brown

Sat, 31 Dec 2011 19:40:36 +1300

I like that effect. What?s that app?

Camera+ ? created by a team that includes Karl von Randow of CactusLab. It?s been a huge success and deserves to be.

There?s a little more to learn than on the built-in Camera app, but it packs a lot into a very intuitive?

Sacha

Sat, 31 Dec 2011 19:56:02 +1300

nice shots. 4S seems worth it too.

Sofie Bribiesca

Sat, 31 Dec 2011 20:06:50 +1300

All I am going to say about Nikau.

Russell Brown

Sat, 31 Dec 2011 20:10:06 +1300

nice shots. 4S seems worth it too.

At $300 with a two-year Telecom contract that was better than my old Vodafone one, for sure. (The voice and data performance on XT also seems notably better.)

And the camera itself is amazing. A lot of image-processing goes on inside the phone,?

Hebe

Sat, 31 Dec 2011 20:16:32 +1300

You took that on a phone? Bloody amazing.

Happy New Year to you all. I'm thinking about a friend's do in Heathcote; but today's "event" inclines me to an evening at home. I have a good book too...

Sofie Bribiesca

Sat, 31 Dec 2011 20:23:29 +1300

Ponga, on the other hand...

Lilith __

Sat, 31 Dec 2011 21:04:39 +1300

Something else from Mexico.

Love it! Same as your gravatar?

Sacha

Sat, 31 Dec 2011 21:13:10 +1300

A lot of image-processing goes on inside

Interesting. Via Jackson, some similar smarts that impressed me – the fricking awesome Lytro that allows refocusing and other manipulation by viewers long after the shot is taken. See their gallery for examples.

JacksonP

Sat, 31 Dec 2011 21:47:54 +1300

First heard about the Lytro through Simon G. I really want one. Now!

I'd still back the DSLR over the iPhone for a certain type of shot, or printing large, but the 4s is impressive. Those comparison shots are quite staggering.

Lilith __

Sat, 31 Dec 2011 22:05:26 +1300

Those comparison shots are quite staggering.

Also, you're likely to have the phone with you all the time. You know how the best camera is the one you have with you!

JacksonP

Sat, 31 Dec 2011 22:32:27 +1300

One for the road not taken, from iPhone on Waiheke.

Two roads diverged in a wood, and I?
I took the one less traveled by,
And that has made all the difference.

Happy New Year everyone.

Simon Grigg

Sat, 31 Dec 2011 23:21:47 +1300

Happy New Year everyone.

Happy NY Jackson. It's been a pretty mixed year all round I think, but your photo blog has been a highlight. Thank you.

Julie Cross

Sun, 01 Jan 2012 01:04:21 +1300

Happy New Year everyone.

Happy New Year from across the ditch. We still haven't got to 2012 yet, but it sure feels good to be ushering this year out the door. This was the end of our day here on the Central Coast, waiting for the evening fireworks down on?

Jackie Clark

Sun, 01 Jan 2012 01:29:14 +1300

Happy New Year, my lovely PAS friends, met and unmet. 2011 was an unhappy one for many, so I hope that 2012 brings better things for us all.

Jake Pollock

Sun, 01 Jan 2012 04:27:20 +1300

Thanks! The gravatar is a photo I took at the aquariam in the Pittsburgh Zoo last year (erm, 2010, we're still in 2011 for the next 14 hours.) The turtle was at Akumal Bay, on the Yucatan Peninsula. The turtle photos look like I used retrofilters, but they were disposable?

Sofie Bribiesca

Sun, 01 Jan 2012 08:38:16 +1300

Happy New Year everyone.

Happy New Years Day Jackson. My head hurts. A lot :)
Hope everyone survived and enjoyed the events of last night and can look to this year in a better light. Fingers crossed.
As Stella indicates, she has a plan. Sort of. it's around the corner...

Cecelia

Sun, 01 Jan 2012 08:52:05 +1300

You kind of expect Little Red Riding Hood to happen along ...

Lilith __

Sun, 01 Jan 2012 11:14:16 +1300

Julie, what a beautiful photo of a beautiful evening! I don't reckon fireworks can top that. :-)

Jake: good old disposable cameras, huh! Well they're lovely, very dreamlike.

Jackie: Happy New Year to YOU, dear lady! xxx

And all PAS folk: you're the best, have a fantastic year. Let's hope?

JacksonP

Sun, 01 Jan 2012 16:32:16 +1300

Undergrowth iPhone.

Happy New Year from across the ditch.

Cheers Julie, and everyone else. That looks rather blissful. Rain just cleared a bit today, and we made it to the botanical gardens.

Thought I'd do a comparison on the iPhone and the Canon G10. Part II to follow.

JacksonP

Sun, 01 Jan 2012 16:34:31 +1300

Undergrowth G10.

I'm... something?

Russell Brown

Sun, 01 Jan 2012 16:36:57 +1300

And so the red blossom falls from the trees and pools on the ground ...

Russell Brown

Sun, 01 Jan 2012 16:38:12 +1300

I?m? something?

Fascinating!

JacksonP

Sun, 01 Jan 2012 16:43:40 +1300

photo blog has been a highlight. Thank you.

Thanks Simon, and also for your contributions thus far. Funnily enough I was discussing the pictures of your dad working on the plane with someone today. She was a retired aircraft engineer from Riverhead, and we were talking about her first Box?

Lilith __

Sun, 01 Jan 2012 17:06:02 +1300

I?m? something?

A little teapot? ;-)

Russell Brown

Sun, 01 Jan 2012 17:06:28 +1300

And so the red blossom falls from the trees and pools on the ground ?

Shot, sir.

Thank you! And thank Camera+. I wanted to bring up the red so I chose the "vivid" effect and it ... turned into something.

JacksonP

Sun, 01 Jan 2012 17:25:53 +1300

Pink flower and bee. I'm afraid I can't be more specific.
A little teapot?
No argument here.

Apart from the tall and gangly bit, I guess. ;-)

Lilith __

Sun, 01 Jan 2012 17:32:25 +1300

Apart from the tall and gangly bit, I guess. ;-)

Ah, details! ;-)

I think that's a dahlia. I took a lot of photos of that one's cousins the other day in the Chch Botanic Gardens. Must sort them. Amazing thing about the Gardens – you get whole 360-degree views?

Lilith __

Sun, 01 Jan 2012 17:39:32 +1300

like I said – a cousin! But no bee :-(

JacksonP

Sun, 01 Jan 2012 17:47:46 +1300

Toms.
And thank Camera+.
Oh dear. I just downloaded it. There goes the afternoon...

JacksonP

Sun, 01 Jan 2012 17:51:01 +1300

But no bee

They were covered in them up here. At one stage two were fighting over the same flower.

Lilith __

Sun, 01 Jan 2012 18:03:12 +1300

two were fighting over the same flower.

I was watching bees on these compound flowers (don't know what they are), and it's amazing how they visit all of the tiny blooms without seeming to repeat themselves. How do they keep track??

Gudrun Gisela

Sun, 01 Jan 2012 18:06:16 +1300

Mass photographers, midnight fireworks, Hagley Park.

Thank you all for your kind words of welcome, Happy New Year.

Lilith __

Sun, 01 Jan 2012 18:11:44 +1300

Mass photographers, midnight fireworks

Oh, lovely shot!

Any other Capturazzi in the crowd, do you think? :-)

Geoff Lealand

Sun, 01 Jan 2012 18:35:23 +1300

Lilith; These are Ornamental or Sea Thistles, closely related to globe artichokes and yer pesky Scotch Thistle. I should post a photo of an artichoke bud once it opens into a display of intensely blue stamens.

Jackie Clark

Sun, 01 Jan 2012 18:44:12 +1300

Some cabbage trees.....

Gudrun Gisela

Sun, 01 Jan 2012 18:44:59 +1300

I am heartbroken at the little forest that is starting to establish itself in my back garden. It started with one at some stage and now god forbid, i have to take motorized implements to deal to them. Any remedies?

Lilith __

Sun, 01 Jan 2012 18:45:42 +1300

These are Ornamental or Sea Thistles

Oh, thanks Geoff! I thought there might be some thistleness in there, after I tried to remove one of those shrivelled petals. Ow! :-)

Jackie Clark

Sun, 01 Jan 2012 18:46:11 +1300

And flax pods.

Jackie Clark

Sun, 01 Jan 2012 18:47:35 +1300

And the sort of summer I look back on with some nostalgia after the very moist weather we've had lately.

JacksonP

Sun, 01 Jan 2012 21:25:21 +1300

Is that in the Bay of Islands? It does look very tranquil.

Hebe

Sun, 01 Jan 2012 22:49:48 +1300

I should post a photo of an artichoke bud once it opens into a display of intensely blue stamens.And after the blue...

Jackie Clark

Mon, 02 Jan 2012 07:02:07 +1300

It is. Just across the water from Russell, to be exact. Hop off the ferry, drive a couple of minutes, and this place was set on a hill, with a wee bushwalk down to the beach. It was lovely.

Sofie Bribiesca

Mon, 02 Jan 2012 09:36:45 +1300

I am heartbroken at the little forest that is starting to establish itself in my back garden.

I was too, then I began to accept that there is a certain beauty with all the weeds. A friend suggested it was only a weed if it's in the way, but certain?

Sofie Bribiesca

Mon, 02 Jan 2012 09:46:12 +1300

Making a stand?

Jackie Clark

Mon, 02 Jan 2012 09:47:41 +1300

Speaking of flowers, I wonder if anyone can identify this one. It was growing in a pot, in a restaurant in Port Vila.

Sofie Bribiesca

Mon, 02 Jan 2012 09:50:01 +1300

And the sort of summer I look back on with some nostalgia after the very moist weather we?ve had lately.

Heh, I'm waiting too :)

Sofie Bribiesca

Mon, 02 Jan 2012 10:03:50 +1300

Speaking of flowers, I wonder if anyone can identify this one

Sorry can't help, but very pretty. The death and life of the flower is something to behold huh?

Joe Wylie

Mon, 02 Jan 2012 10:09:22 +1300

Speaking of flowers, I wonder if anyone can identify this one.
Thunbergia, probably thunbergia laurifolia. What you reckon?

Jackie Clark

Mon, 02 Jan 2012 10:33:02 +1300

That's definitely it. Thanks Joe!

Hebe

Mon, 02 Jan 2012 20:45:30 +1300

I reckon it's a day lily.

Hebe

Mon, 02 Jan 2012 20:59:16 +1300

I want a Lytro too. It's a game-changer if it really works.

Carol Green

Mon, 02 Jan 2012 22:13:13 +1300

The weather in Auckland has been mainly meh in the last week. Had a lovely windy walk at Bethells this morning followed by the best kumara fries in the country from the Bethells Caf�.

Ian Dalziel

Tue, 03 Jan 2012 08:54:11 +1300

backin' th' day...
I reckon it?s a day lily.
what! it does housecleaning as well?
I hear the bread and paper are nice too...
:- )

is it really January 3 already?
where did the new year go....
oh well, best grab my sack and trudge
up to the top?

Ian Dalziel

Tue, 03 Jan 2012 11:45:13 +1300

here's a coupla random photo side trips for your holidazedification...
New Yawk by night...
and
the lost Village of Imber (UK)
and a wee word glimpse into the world of Mondo 2000 by R.U. Sirius and the psychedelic pioneers...

Ian Dalziel

Tue, 03 Jan 2012 12:26:35 +1300

I wonder if animated gifs work on upload?
Nick Fury back before he was black?
(I love that Jim Steranko?s post-Kirbyian style?)
if it doesn?t work try here

hey, they do – excellent!

Russell Brown

Tue, 03 Jan 2012 13:34:21 +1300

hey, they do – excellent!

Huzzah!

Russell Brown

Tue, 03 Jan 2012 13:36:11 +1300

So today's random ride took in the Wintergarden at Auckland Domain.

iPhone 4S with Camera+ (HDR effect).

Lilith __

Tue, 03 Jan 2012 13:45:11 +1300

your friend wishes she'd brought some shopping bags :-)

DeepRed

Tue, 03 Jan 2012 13:48:48 +1300

hey, they do – excellent!

Neato... I believe the animation data is all self-contained, so it's not an issue.

Christopher Dempsey

Tue, 03 Jan 2012 14:09:20 +1300

NICE! Like muchly. If that's an advertisement for an iPhone 4whatever the S means then I'm hypothetically sold.

Geoff Lealand

Tue, 03 Jan 2012 14:20:51 +1300

Or a stona bag? Are you sure it isn't one of those scarey Dr Who statues?

Geoff Lealand

Tue, 03 Jan 2012 14:25:39 +1300

Cunning little bastards. Discovered two little waxeyes who had found a way into my raspberry enclosure this morning. They were released but with a severe warning.

Russell Brown

Tue, 03 Jan 2012 15:19:38 +1300

NICE! Like muchly. If that's an advertisement for an iPhone 4whatever the S means then I'm hypothetically sold.

Yep, the word that the camera in the 4S is pretty special isn't just hype. I think with Camera+ it's in the best tradition of Apple tools, in that it basically frees?

Ian Dalziel

Tue, 03 Jan 2012 16:20:34 +1300

Pond er Russ...
Also, goldfish ...
so you're not just being Koi
or Carping on about it, then...
:- )

ay, there's the rubus...
Discovered two little waxeyes who had found a
way into my raspberry enclosure this morning.
A good caning would sort them out...
Time for whacks!
Sighs....

Lilith __

Tue, 03 Jan 2012 18:47:30 +1300

In Golden Pond

so you?re not just being Koi
or Carping on about it, then?

Nor swimming with the fish-eyes ;-)

Robert Urquhart

Tue, 03 Jan 2012 21:43:04 +1300

It was a loverly day on the Avon today ... (more at http://bit.ly/vCkQkb )

Not sure I have the same faith in the loverlyness of the Avon that my companions did, mind.

JacksonP

Tue, 03 Jan 2012 22:08:12 +1300

Hives on the East Coast Bays Rd. Another 4s Capture.

Ross McA.

Wed, 04 Jan 2012 08:58:50 +1300

Lego drama.

Russell Brown

Wed, 04 Jan 2012 11:02:14 +1300

so you're not just being Koi
or Carping on about it, then...
:- )

Oh, you lovely great big pendant.

But these are lilies, right?

Geoff Lealand

Wed, 04 Jan 2012 11:10:07 +1300

'fer sure and what look like grape hyacinths in the background and hostas in the foreground.
Damn waxeyes in the raspberry enclosure again. You are pressing your luck, little birds!

Joe Wylie

Wed, 04 Jan 2012 11:41:25 +1300

But these are lilies, right?
You did that with your phone? Jebus.
Onetime president of the Auckland Lily Society Rob Muldoon would know. On his Radio Pacific show Lilies and Other Things he was quite the lily expert, though legend has it that Thea did the real heavy lifting.

I'd?

Hilary Stace

Wed, 04 Jan 2012 17:49:45 +1300

Some more goldfish and blackfish (which usually turn gold eventually).