Posts by JacksonP
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Capture: Roamin' Holiday, in reply to Lilith __,
On the subject of stars, I thought Stardust was pretty horrorshow (on tele last night).
Yes, I've seen it before, and it required more suspension of disbelief than I was capable of.
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Capture: Roamin' Holiday, in reply to Lilith __,
I’d rather learn from one bird how to sing
than teach ten thousand stars how not to dance.You need chaos in your soul to give birth to a dancing star.
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Capture: Cats Love Cameras, in reply to Jackie Clark,
Although I am very much a dog person at heart, by god these are some fine looking cats.
Yes, you've all made me want to get a cat, just so I can take awesome photos of them. This is no mean feat.
Cone of Silence
That is a such a perfect shot.
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Moon Dance 2.
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Capture: Roamin' Holiday, in reply to Steve Barnes,
Snap indeed, that very same moon on that very same night.
30s @ f7.1 iso 100Not the same moon, but reminded me of these shots off our back porch. G10. ISO 100 f/2.8 15s.
It's been quite a pick-me-up for me over the last couple of weeks when I've been feeling a bit stressed. Arohanui, everyone.
That makes it all the more worthwhile. Cheers.
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Prize flight!
Wait a minute, I promised prizes. To be announced with our next post!
The cats are out of the bag, but where are the prizes?
Never fear, I'll make something up on the fly...
But seriously, thank you all for the fantastic contributions to our Holiday blog, and it has been wonderful to see all the pictures coming in, in spite of what have not been the best conditions for holidays, or photography (see above).
In our low key (i.e. purrly planned) way, here are the winners for contributions to Roamin' Holiday.
Best all round contribution, image and text - Lilith__. Picking one photo, this one of the many will do.
Photo general - Gudrun Gisela with this beautiful shot.
Your prize, should you choose to accept it, is to pick a photo you particularly like which will be made into quality postcards or greeting cards by our blogging friend Ian Dalziel. Above photo shows some examples of his work.
I will send you an email with more details and how to go about claiming it.
I'd also like to give a few honourable mentions to;
- Russell Brown for some excellent shots on his iPhone.
- Sofie B for the many wonderful shots, and giving me something to do over the holidays. ;-)
- Jackie for the most recent Christchurch shots and general involvement.
- Julie and ChrisW for giving it an international flavour.
... actually I better stop or I'll have to thank everyone.I'll make you all a coffee, or something, at the earliest opportunity.
Cheers and don't stop the music!
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Hard News: Name That Food Blog, in reply to Sacha,
stoked
Excellent! I concur.
And, by the way, 'Stoked' would be a good name for a different blog.
One word blog names rule. ;-)
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Capture: Roamin' Holiday, in reply to Hebe,
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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Capture: Roamin' Holiday, in reply to Hebe,
Thank you for the beautiful pic. The lighting is lovely.
+1
A great photo followed by a wonderful story.
Thank you both for that. Those family gatherings sound pretty amazing.
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Capture: Roamin' Holiday, in reply to Julie Cross,
and one of the locals on a favourite perch
Nice shot Julie. What is that?
PS Happy New Year. ;-)
