Posts by Hebe
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Capture: Someone, Somewhere, In Summertime, in reply to Lilith __,
duckweed
Duckweed or willow leaves? I noticed that yesterday too!
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Capture: Someone, Somewhere, In Summertime, in reply to Lilith __,
A bagpiper
Mystery solved! We heard the pipes -- driving on the other side of the river in Fifield Tce -- but couldn't see him. We wondered who and where it was coming from. Thanks Lilith. I will watch out for him -- Huia has just mastered "Scotland the Brave" on the chanter, so it won't be long until he is on the pipes too. Maybe a practice mate. There is, I believe, an old guy who pipes his way along the Mt Vernon/Rapaki tracks frequently. Better than practising at home!
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Capture: Someone, Somewhere, In Summertime, in reply to Chris Waugh,
A slice of heaven for you: Parapara where the river meets the sea two weeks ago (but there was a filthy wind). I have been home a week and am still so unwound I'm practically sleepwalking.
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Hard News: MegaBox: From f**k-all to zero, in reply to Idiot Savant,
As someone who uses Adblock to control what I see, I have zero sympathy for advertisers getting "hijacked" in this way. Sorry, but its my screen, not yours, and I'll decide what I see there thanks.
I dislike giving advertisers rent-free space in my head, BUT if I choose to read a site such as this regularly I accept that, without subs or a paywall, those ads are enabling a good thing to keep going. And unless the ad is one of those bloody horrible flashing or pop-out things, I pretty much filter out the message -- like the billboards at the traffic lights, the weather sponsorships et al.
Adblock if you like; but expect to pay in some way. It amazes me that RB keeps this one going for so little return. I'm willing to help him kill the CactusLab debt.... is anyone else? Idiot Savant?
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Capture: Two Tales of a City, in reply to Gudrun Gisela,
Happy to see you are mending Gudrun. Enjoy those buskers.
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Hard News: MegaBox: From f**k-all to zero, in reply to Russell Brown,
Shallow must be my middle name, unlike most of the commenters. I'm a magpie when it comes to something shiny, so I often click on Discover Me and Felt to see what's about. But that is also because I know it aids PAS. As for buying through the sites, never: I'm far more likely to impulse shop in person when I can feel, touch and smell the object (not everything needs a sniff).
The point of net ads to me is research -- and that has become acute in Christchurch when the first questions are: is the shop existing, and where is it now? -
Capture: Someone, Somewhere, In Summertime, in reply to Jos,
lake Okataina is a treasure
Oh good. I have not been there, but my first cat - Sit Fishcious aka Sid - is buried there. I like to think of him having a bush to roam (he wasn't a bird hunter).
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Dudes do dance in a howling wind; them laughing and spinning, me sandblasted.
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Tide's out; time to go home.
And the feet: aaah: sun, sand, silence, still underfoot. -
Capture: Someone, Somewhere, In Summertime, in reply to Geoff Lealand,
Camping +1 Gimme shelter. Gorgeous sunset though Fooman; where is it?.
