Capture: Roamin' Holiday
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I have to share this piece of awesome. And if we support these folk they can maybe buy more instruments. :-)
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Islander, in reply to
Most weeds Sof’! (Did you know a part of the scotch thistle is both edible and nourishing?)
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Spent the afternoon on the Archery Lawn in the Botanical Garden.Bergamot at its best. Loved the fragrance of the herbaceous border . Very pleasant sounds created by Graham Wardrop one of New Zealands finest finger style guitarists.
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Lilith __, in reply to
Did you know a part of the scotch thistle is both edible and nourishing?
I've always wondered how to extract the Scotch ;-)
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Islander, in reply to
Ooo! That is a long fraught process that starts with a goat...
The little nubbin (Scots dialect)/ nub found once you strip off the flower & remove all the prickles & edge the wee thing out, is well worth the trouble of getting it to eat...
raises a real glass to you - slainthe!
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Lilith __, in reply to
A goat, indeed! ;-)
I remember as a child being taught how to strip a honeysuckle flower back to its delicious core. Perhaps a similar taste?
raises a real glass to you – slainthe!
And to you, Islander! :-)
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The daily ritual of breakfast for the kids.
1 The discussion
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The daily ritual of breakfast for the kids.
2. Into the Pantry
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The daily ritual of breakfast for the kids.
3. Feeding. There's always one not satisfied. ;)
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Nora Leggs, in reply to
Like the fireworks!
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Jackie Clark, in reply to
Is that a new poster I spy? Welcome Nora.
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inspired by all this flora and fauna to venture down the bottom of the garden
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and one of the locals on a favourite perch
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Hebe, in reply to
Is that a new poster I spy? Welcome Nora
+1 A pitbull perchance?
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Hebe, in reply to
Nice red bergamot; I'm off to collect a few seedheads.
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JacksonP, in reply to
and one of the locals on a favourite perch
Nice shot Julie. What is that?
PS Happy New Year. ;-)
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Martin Lindberg, in reply to
What is that?
Overgrown Australian kingfisher. Aka kookaburra.
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Joe Wylie, in reply to
Overgrown Australian kingfisher.
Perfectly parked on a paperbark perch.
Looks like some garden you've got there Julie. -
Julie Cross, in reply to
Overgrown Australian kingfisher. Aka kookaburra.
Yeah the laughing kookaburra. crazy mad things love our gums trees first thing in the morning.
Happy New Year JP and everyone, I feel like I've lost the first nine days of the year. as you do.
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Julie Cross, in reply to
Perfectly parked on a paperbark perch.
Hi Joe, nicely spotted and alliterated. yes we've got a near quarter acre backing onto bush reserve with a creek running through and little bridges. haha - would be awesome in NZ, but there's a lot of really creepy things in those trees and the heat kills all the plants I'd like to grow. very peaceful though.
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Hebe i thought you might like another wee picci. I wanted a few happy shots of this fair city and there they were All peaceful in the hood..
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Hebe, in reply to
Thank you for the beautiful pic. The lighting is lovely. That bridge and its lake and the Botanic Gardens have special meaning for me: close family lived in the Curator's House for decades and I spent a good part of my first 20 years in the Gardens and the then-magical garden behind the house. The house was the setting for many of my family's high days and holidays with hosts who were great lovers of food, family and entertaining. Formal Christmas dinners in the hot summer evening; the old aunts who loved lolly scrambles
on the lawn out the front on Easter Sunday; the kitchen during the school holidays which always had something good to snack on. I have many of the artifacts from that time, I treasure the hand-written recipe books and the old but perfect secateurs especially. -
JacksonP, in reply to
Thank you for the beautiful pic. The lighting is lovely.
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A great photo followed by a wonderful story.
Thank you both for that. Those family gatherings sound pretty amazing.
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Hebe, in reply to
The best was the bottled salmon, caught by the old boy at one of his secret fishing spots and bottled in the kitchen at Rolleston Avenue; it was brought out for visitors on special occasions.
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JacksonP, in reply to
The best was the bottled salmon
Right, I'm off for morning tea. I'll call it a special occasion and have salmon. Won't be quite the same though, I imagine.
Your fishing story reminds me of a different sort of holiday we used to have on the East Cape. Several families in tents, with regular trips out to catch crayfish or snapper. Us kids would sit in a tractor tyre while the adults snorkelled around with spear guns or whatever, and then slung the bounty into the middle of the tyre (which from memory had a kind of rubber bottom with a net holding it in place).
I developed a taste for kina. But it needs to be fresh, which means I don't eat it much any more.
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