Capture: Spring is Like a Perhaps Hand
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Ian Dalziel, in reply to
at the ATM…
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What’s my PIN again? This acid is strong…
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JacksonP, in reply to
Buzz on.
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The high priesthood of statue analysis?
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Hebe, in reply to
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Nora, please. Turn off that macro.
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Islander, in reply to
Arrrgh! The brightness! Never again the 3rd bottle of wine...
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Islander, in reply to
O, and what strange wee biceps...
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Chris Waugh, in reply to
mooncakes
Now here’s a mooncake I can like. Dark chocolate skin, vanilla ice cream filling. Yumyumyumyum… And there’s more in the freezer – at least, there were when I clicked post, can’t guarantee there’ll be any for the wife when she gets back from the market.
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On the way to pick up these yummy ice cream mooncakes we saw a poster for Esquires, allegedly New Zealand’s No. 1 coffee, all fair trade coffee. We’re always keen to at least find out whether NZ businesses here are worth supporting (NZ Natural Ice Cream, love your products, not such great fans of your prices), so we checked out. Round the corner onto the east face of The Place, and here it was. The interior, however, was much like any other Beijing cafe of its ilk – nice, trendy but not too much, comfortable, but a touch lacking in individuality. The menu didn’t offer much in the way of specifically Kiwi stuff, although it did have a long black (in Chinese, simply 黑咖啡/hēi kāfēi – black coffee). ’Twas good though. Good enough I’ve still got a bit of a buzz on 2 hours later, though of course, driving home through Beijing traffic helped.
And the music was so groovy and Mummy’s drink so yummy the wee one just had to dance.
ETA: as Esquires' logo says, great coffee helps. Certainly does.
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Oh, sorry, forgot to add: Happy Moon Festival everybody! Remember to check out the moon this evening, weather permitting.
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Islander, in reply to
weather permitting.
*very* wet here (and this is the Wet Coast!) so I'll just gaze upon that truly luscious looking mooncake instead!~ ka mihi koa ki a koe me to whanau katoa- cheers Islander
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Chris Waugh, in reply to
Thanks Islander.
Very wet by West Coast standards? Sounds like the kind of weather that would wash us all out into the Bohai Sea. Do stay dry, safe and warm.
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Islander, in reply to
Thank you! My driveway is now 20cm under water (which means my garage is also that wet - from long experience, my fridge & freezer perch a yard above the ground...
And I have -not only a Kent logburner and a Gourmet range -but! Also! a very good woodshelter with lotsa firewood ((arrgh! It's shaky heart totara) and a coalbin...we do have to support both polluting industries...she adds, dubiously...(solar power hasnt taken on here...)
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Lilith __, in reply to
Chris, sorry for the obvious comment, your wee girl is getting so BIG! :-)
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Lilith __, in reply to
Islander, that sounds kind of alarming! So glad you’ve got dry wood for your fire. Keep safe. xx
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Chris Waugh, in reply to
- and energetic and inquisitive and chatty and very sweet and cuddly.
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Chris Waugh, in reply to
Cripes, Islander, if I were living down your way I think I'd just buy a houseboat!
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Islander, in reply to
Thank you Lilith!
I’ll try to (it’s the Coast so we know how to prepare for floods & earthquakes…)
-will be headed south on Tuesday – so may be a catchjup (oops! but um, quite like it) could still be possible later in the week? Hebe?) -
Islander, in reply to
Goodness knows ,Chris ,how often I have tried to persuade DoC that I could have a contained/environmentally-friendly house-boat on the lagoon…their persuasive response is – if I did, so would others…
That is my totally ideal way of living…hey! I’d swap a Moeraki section for anchor rights in an East Coast (S.I) southern lagoon…
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Lilith __, in reply to
may be a catchjup (oops! but um, quite like it) could still be possible later in the week?
Looks like a Dutch catchup. :-) Delighted anytime Islander, just give me a bell.
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Jos,
I’m sorry but we had a ripper weekend, almost summer
Lemon flowers
Lavender clippings
Rocket flowers (eating them everyday on my sandwiches) -
Jos,
French tarragon (herb of the gods with chicken)
Tendershoots broccoli
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Lilith __, in reply to
Lovely to see the fruit and veg coming on so vigorously, Jos. And those wrestling peas! Or perhaps they're helping each other up. :-)
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It's been a hot day here in Chch, with some good NW clouds. These lenticulars are puzzling. :-)
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Nora Leggs, in reply to
lenticulars
but spectacular : )
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A little splash of orange seen on the way home from the supermarket.
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