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  • Lilith __, in reply to Sofie Bribiesca,

    They are fast growers if they have water

    And they like their water from above . My Mum for many years nurtured one by emptying her (cold) hot-water bottle on it every morning. :-)

    Dunedin • Since Jul 2010 • 3895 posts Report Reply

  • Hebe, in reply to Sofie Bribiesca,

    Oh yes please. In the past in Christchurch I have found they mostly grow easily as long as they are sheltered from wind. In Wellington we had huge mamaku by the rubbish bins, but they tend to get frosted down here unless you can find a very sheltered spot; even then it's a shade too cold and they are not as lush. Ponga and wheki seem to go okay, silver ferns under tree cover.

    Christchurch • Since May 2011 • 2899 posts Report Reply

  • Sofie Bribiesca, in reply to Hebe,

    Cool, I'll see what pops up. It'll happen just not sure when.

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

  • Nora Leggs, in reply to JacksonP,

    Tried my hand at that video thing.

    Me too.. made a little video of stills, even made my own soundtrack - then had to think about setting up a youtube account..... later.

    Auckland • Since Dec 2011 • 2700 posts Report Reply

  • Nora Leggs, in reply to JacksonP,

    that video thing

    Ha! Done it now - rough and ready, It's Spring, man!

    Auckland • Since Dec 2011 • 2700 posts Report Reply

  • JacksonP, in reply to Nora Leggs,

    Ha! Done it now – rough and ready, It’s Spring, man!

    I originally had some guitar noodling over mine, but decided to borrow the soundtrack in the end. Will have to go original next time.

    Music Videos even, owl?

    Auckland • Since Mar 2011 • 2450 posts Report Reply

  • Nora Leggs, in reply to JacksonP,

    Will have to go original next time. Music Videos even

    That's right - there's the challenge! Tho I feel it's an easy challenge to whip up a better track than my Music Cobble : )

    Auckland • Since Dec 2011 • 2700 posts Report Reply

  • Jos,

    Good fun!

    Whakatane • Since Jan 2012 • 877 posts Report Reply

  • JacksonP,

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    It's official!

    Happy 1st of spring everyone.

    Auckland • Since Mar 2011 • 2450 posts Report Reply

  • Lilith __, in reply to JacksonP,

    It’s official!

    Happy 1st of spring everyone.

    That vase is surreal.
    If you like it, put a bow on it
    :-)

    Dunedin • Since Jul 2010 • 3895 posts Report Reply

  • Nora Leggs,

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    Still spring I see…

    Auckland • Since Dec 2011 • 2700 posts Report Reply

  • Joe Wylie, in reply to Nora Leggs,

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    Still spring I see…

    Good to see, though not looking quite springlike here yet.
    The little yachts of Chch on Hagley Park's post-quake refurbished Lake Victoria this afternoon.

    flat earth • Since Jan 2007 • 4593 posts Report Reply

  • Joe Wylie,

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    Full-size people, little boats. It's kind of a tradition.

    flat earth • Since Jan 2007 • 4593 posts Report Reply

  • Lilith __, in reply to Joe Wylie,

    Lake Victoria

    Oh very good to see!

    Even if a friend of mine refers to it as Victoria Puddle . As lakes go, it's a tiddler. ;-)

    Dunedin • Since Jul 2010 • 3895 posts Report Reply

  • Joe Wylie, in reply to Lilith __,

    Even if a friend of mine refers to it as Victoria Puddle . As lakes go, it's a tiddler. ;-)

    It looked pretty substantial when it was being relined a few months back. There were very large dump trucks depositing some kind of clay-like substance. Liquefaction from the Feb 2011 quake turned it into a wetland with a great central mudflat. Around mid-2011 it was a honking paradise for strutting waterfowl as they staked out their territories.

    flat earth • Since Jan 2007 • 4593 posts Report Reply

  • Lilith __, in reply to Joe Wylie,

    a wetland with a great central mudflat. Around mid-2011 it was a honking paradise for strutting waterfowl as they staked out their territories.

    Perhaps more like it used to be?

    Victoria Lake was formed in North Hagley Park in 1897 to celebrate the Diamond Jubilee of Queen Victoria's reign. It had been a swamp of over 1 acre in area, and was extended to over 4 acres, destroying numbers of native plants since lost to Christchurch.

    [ source ]

    Dunedin • Since Jul 2010 • 3895 posts Report Reply

  • Nora Leggs, in reply to Joe Wylie,

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    Full-size people, little boats. It’s kind of a tradition.

    Nice Joe, looks kind of calm and relaxing. This is one tiny (pink) boat under the Wind Tree sculpture last summer. Looking a little out of place.

    Auckland • Since Dec 2011 • 2700 posts Report Reply

  • Jos, in reply to JacksonP,

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    I thought that vase looked familiar Jac!

    We had a good day here as well, fish and chips from the Ohiwa Oyster Farm and hokey pokey ice cream from the Ohope diary! Yay!

    Whakatane • Since Jan 2012 • 877 posts Report Reply

  • Jos,

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    and I liked this ageing monarch, holes in it's wings and all.

    Whakatane • Since Jan 2012 • 877 posts Report Reply

  • Venetia King,

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    Loving all the pinks and purples (and butterflies and birds and general loveliness) added since my last visit here.

    We took a wander through the Botanic Gardens for day 1 of spring and I captured a few colours.

    Wellington • Since Nov 2006 • 117 posts Report Reply

  • Venetia King,

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    I wasn’t just looking at the poppies though, I love the rock gardens with all their moss and lichen and pretty miniature flowers. Including oxalis!

    Wellington • Since Nov 2006 • 117 posts Report Reply

  • Nora Leggs, in reply to Venetia King,

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    pretty miniature flowers. Including oxalis!

    Very pretty Venetia – especially that primula : )

    Spring at Fort Takapuna…..

    Auckland • Since Dec 2011 • 2700 posts Report Reply

  • JacksonP, in reply to Venetia King,

    took a wander through the Botanic Gardens for day 1 of spring and I captured a few colours.

    I was there today! But can't upload from here, so will share when I get home tomorrow. Turned quite sunny mid morning.

    Auckland • Since Mar 2011 • 2450 posts Report Reply

  • Chris Waugh,

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    Last night’s torrential rain, that slowly faded out over the course of this morning, was most welcome after three days of mid-summer style “sauna weather” (as the local press has come to call it) – oppressive heat, humidity, and PM2.5 shooting off the scale (a rather depressing headline of a couple of days ago said it had doubled the limit). And the result of that rain? Tonight’s sunset, first looking north, then looking southwest. This is a beautiful sight.

    Wellington • Since Jan 2007 • 2401 posts Report Reply

  • Venetia King, in reply to JacksonP,

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    I hope you got something of the magnolias, they're glorious right now but my photos didn't do them justice.

    Walking into town yesterday, I stopped to see the tuis in the kowhai at the Old Government Building and managed to get quite close to this one. All fluffed up because it was singing its little heart out for me.

    Wellington • Since Nov 2006 • 117 posts Report Reply

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