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  • Jackie Clark, in reply to Gudrun Gisela,

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    This is from a holiday I had in October 20o7. The Arts Centre in all it's glorious Spring busyness.

    Mt Eden, Auckland • Since Nov 2006 • 3136 posts Report Reply

  • Jackie Clark,

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    It was very lovely.

    Mt Eden, Auckland • Since Nov 2006 • 3136 posts Report Reply

  • Hebe, in reply to Jackie Clark,

    It was. The beauty is still there, just not in the buildings any more.

    Christchurch • Since May 2011 • 2899 posts Report Reply

  • Jackie Clark, in reply to Hebe,

    I hope those aren't too upsetting, Hebe. I was wondering when and where I should share some of my Christchurch photos. I have lovely ones of the Botanic Gardens and of the city centre from a number of holidays previous to 2010. And then some from when I went last year. Those were taken surreptitiously from a car as we went past because I didn't want to be so blatant about it. I just wanted a record for myself, to garner some understanding, which of course, not living down there, I can not even get close to coming to. In the meantime, I send hugs. Great big embracing ones.

    Mt Eden, Auckland • Since Nov 2006 • 3136 posts Report Reply

  • Hebe, in reply to Jackie Clark,

    I don't find them upsetting; share away , it is good to have the record. I wish it were all still there for my children's sake, but I don't agree with the idea of rebuilding immediately. Most of these old buildings, including the destroyed cathedrals, took decades to build and were aggregations of generations of craftspeople's work and community money. Why do we expect them to be rebuilt within five, 10, or 20 years? I loved the idea of raising a steeple in the Square that was suggested by an American; a real community project. I wonder where it got to.

    Bugger I've just hijacked the thread...

    Christchurch • Since May 2011 • 2899 posts Report Reply

  • Hebe,

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    Hijacking penance; playing at Porters. I like the pure joy these three ski-refuseniks found when they gave up the skis and found a hill to roll down.

    Christchurch • Since May 2011 • 2899 posts Report Reply

  • Ian Dalziel,

    Holiday Escapism..
    In case Neil Gaiman fans hadn't noticed, Stardust is on TV3 tonight (Tuesday 10 Jan) at 7.30pm - ad astra - with ads, sadly!

    Christchurch • Since Dec 2006 • 7953 posts Report Reply

  • Lilith __,

    I'm loving the pre-quake photos, Jackie. And your stories, Hebe. And thanks for the tip, Ian. Loved Stardust, I wonder if the adaptation is any good.

    Dunedin • Since Jul 2010 • 3895 posts Report Reply

  • Lilith __,

    BTW I wonder if anyone can top this for a cute beach-holiday photo?

    Dunedin • Since Jul 2010 • 3895 posts Report Reply

  • Hebe, in reply to Lilith __,

    Sooo cute. Feeding two is like feeding little birds.

    Christchurch • Since May 2011 • 2899 posts Report Reply

  • Jackie Clark, in reply to Lilith __,

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    Here, then. Have some more!

    Mt Eden, Auckland • Since Nov 2006 • 3136 posts Report Reply

  • Jackie Clark,

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    The mighty Avon.

    Mt Eden, Auckland • Since Nov 2006 • 3136 posts Report Reply

  • Jackie Clark,

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    The happy tram...

    Mt Eden, Auckland • Since Nov 2006 • 3136 posts Report Reply

  • Gudrun Gisela,

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    Last night, full moon and time to take this snap.

    Christchurch • Since Dec 2011 • 891 posts Report Reply

  • Hebe, in reply to Jackie Clark,

    That Art gallery is excellent. I love it. My partner wrote one of the speeches for the opening and, as an old counterculture-dweller, had a long memory of the art establishment in this city and their horror at the then new and "uncivilised" artists. So he took his dead friends Tony Fomison and Phil Clairmont along by dropping them in the speech (they were the only artists mentioned in any of the many speeches).

    Christchurch • Since May 2011 • 2899 posts Report Reply

  • Hebe, in reply to Gudrun Gisela,

    Last night felt like that pic. What time did you take it? My new screensaver.

    Christchurch • Since May 2011 • 2899 posts Report Reply

  • Russell Brown, in reply to Hebe,

    So he took his dead friends Tony Fomison and Phil Clairmont along by dropping them in the speech (they were the only artists mentioned in any of the many speeches).

    How odd that is. But yes, it's an excellent gallery.

    Auckland • Since Nov 2006 • 22850 posts Report Reply

  • Gudrun Gisela,

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    Hebe it seems 22.08 hrs. So glad you like it . Anyway i went out and got this one tonight.The moon played hide and seek so no pictures worth to post on that score.

    Christchurch • Since Dec 2011 • 891 posts Report Reply

  • Gudrun Gisela,

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    One more of the library in Brighton. I do like this tree.

    Christchurch • Since Dec 2011 • 891 posts Report Reply

  • Biobbs,

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    Cathedral Square, November 2010. Optimism unfulfilled.

    The River Mouth, Denmark • Since Jan 2011 • 114 posts Report Reply

  • Biobbs,

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    Counting down. Taken the same day.

    The River Mouth, Denmark • Since Jan 2011 • 114 posts Report Reply

  • Ian Dalziel, in reply to Gudrun Gisela,

    Never mind the Pollocks...

    I went out and got this one tonight.

    Blue poles...

    Christchurch • Since Dec 2006 • 7953 posts Report Reply

  • David Hood,

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    Only after I knelt down and took a picture of some waterlilies, did I notice that there were some duck(ling)s at rest just in front of me. I could almost have used the camera's macro settings.

    Dunedin • Since May 2007 • 1445 posts Report Reply

  • Sofie Bribiesca, in reply to David Hood,

    Nice shot David hood. It's always there if we just look deeper into the abyss ;)

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

  • Joe Wylie, in reply to Gudrun Gisela,

    I do like this tree.

    Monterey cypress, aka macrocarpa.
    Like the other contender for NZ's most widespread exotic tree, it's a vulnerable survivor in its tiny central Californian homeland.

    flat earth • Since Jan 2007 • 4593 posts Report Reply

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