Capture: Labour Weekend: Town or Country?
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After dropping off the boys at Armageddon, I had an excellent ride into town and arrived at a position on Queen Street just in time to see some real riders in the ITU triathlon grand final. It’s great how close you can get to the competitors in this event.
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Then I came back via the St Mary's Bay path and met this nice lady with her wee dogs, who were very friendly.
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Lovely Norwestery clouds tonight. Cold though, my hands went numb. :-)
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JacksonP, in reply to
Lovely Norwestery clouds tonight. Cold though, my hands went numb. :-)
Wonderful.
Ours weren't quite that dramatic, although the sky-face was a bit scary.
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Today I went to Te Aroha – a beautiful wee town located an easy 90 minute drive from Auckland. It’s famous largely for it’s reputation as a spa town of old, and visitors still flock there for the Hot Springs. Three of us tweeps set off today to visit another tweep, and a really wonderful day was had by all. They day was gorgeous, which helped; the company was stellar; and the setting was just perfect. I recommend it just because it is one of those places that many have never heard of, and because it has a wonderful antique shop, which has a great collection of Crown Lynn (they were so excited I was there, they got me to sign their Val Monks Crown Lynn book, Yes, they really did. I was somewhat flabbergasted.) Anyway, judge for yourselves. Te Aroha, I’ll be back.
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Hebe, in reply to
Great clouds from your camera (and your place?) I missed the sunset -- busy swearing at the collapsing calzone.
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And a few more…….including the wonderful Antiques shop’s contact details…
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Lilith __, in reply to
sky-face
Great crepuscular rays out the eyes! ;-)
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And here's the very groovy villa in which the shop is located.
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JacksonP, in reply to
And a few more…….including the wonderful Antiques shop’s contact details…
I need to go there. We should do another trip one day, with some more tweeps. You could take tours. No, seriously. ;-)
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Jackie Clark, in reply to
Oh, I so want to go with you and M, you'd love it. Seriously.
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Hebe, in reply to
Te Aroha looks a fine place. I need to go to Te Awamutu sometime; is it near there?
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JacksonP, in reply to
Great crepuscular rays out the eyes! ;-)
Tried to get some more. Needed to get the ZOOMG lens out.
Nite all, thanks for kicking this off so nicely.
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Jackie Clark, in reply to
Nowhere near, Hebe. Te Awamutu is west of Hamilton. Te Aroha is east.
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Today we accidentally came across Helensvilleʻs 150th anniversary celebrations. 100% New Zealand.
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Jackie Clark, in reply to
Brilliant, Carol!
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Been chilling this weekend. Bit of building, bit of planting.
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Gudrun Gisela, in reply to
Super shot.
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Joe Wylie, in reply to
Always a sucker for a great poodle shot.
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Hebe, in reply to
Wonderful bromeliad, and the insect Sophie.
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Ian Dalziel, in reply to
pizzarea...
...collapsing calzone
which part of chch is that?
;- )Could be a nice twist for the harbour region's marketing
conflating caldera and zones
while smelling Madeira and scones
a tiny pizza paradise... -
Labour weekend, all about food.
Pomegranate and Chianti Rose petals.
Mixing Autumn and Spring. -
Hebe, in reply to
Heh. It does sound volcanic.
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Sofie Bribiesca, in reply to
and the insect Sofie.
A paper wasp readying her nest. Building, as it were.
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Lilith __, in reply to
Toasts from the cal-zone
Here's mud in your eye, like a big pizza pie!
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