Posts by Hebe
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I swear I saw Murray Horton ascending in the Rapture on this morning's commute through Addington.
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Hard News: Friday Music: Christchurch,…, in reply to Mike O'Connell,
the Shades Emporium. Which was saved, or so I’d thought. It had been moved by developer Antony Gough to the middle of the same block with the buyer expected it moved ‘in reasonable time’ to a new location ex-CBD. Well that hasn’t happened and now, since the WC cricket started, it’s trapped behind the extended the tram circuit;
Oh no. (Should have been called Shades, not Shand's.)
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Capture: Movement, in reply to Chris Waugh,
Arrived AKL this morning, it’s beautiful here.
Welcome home to you all!
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Capture: Movement, in reply to Chris Waugh,
Leave Hong Kong tomorrow…
On the way back to Aotearoa? Where are you settling?
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Boards lined up while the ceremony continues in the amphitheatre, then they paddle out to form a circle (zoom in).
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Today we went to the ceremonies to honour the legendary Duke Kahanamoku who 100 years ago at New Brighton showed Kiwis how to surf. February 24, 1915, The Duke was on his board at Brighton, and today crowds of surfers, the Duke’s relatives, the Mayor, Sir Tipene O’Regan, and MP Poto Williams all gathered to celebrate the man and the deeper cultural links with Hawaii.
It was one of the most connected times I have experienced at Brighton: everyone united by the common love of the Pacific Ocean.
(Soz about the quality: didn’t even think of taking pix so didn’t take the big camera.)
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Hard News: Friday Music: Christchurch,…, in reply to Mike O'Connell,
I know Greg would be interested to see any of the early ones :-)
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Hard News: Friday Music: Christchurch,…, in reply to Mike O'Connell,
Glam, Punk and Scorched Earth Policy’
Does that have pictures?
Not much early Chch punk from 1978-1980 about that I have seen. Ian Dalziel of course will know all that there is to know.
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And there's more. John McCrone dissects the latest chapter of the land and repair issues facing thousands of us. http://www.stuff.co.nz/the-press/news/christchurch-earthquake-2011/66483145/Land-settlements-put-EQC-between-a-rock-and-a-hard-place
So much information to absorb and to make decisions on for the land aspect alone; then will be the house hoo-hah. We're fortunate not to have to stress about it: house is liveable though well dented. Having two teenage sons, I'm thinking of it as a student flat with comfortable furniture and a garden to love.
Unexpected quake benefits include Christchurch becoming op-shoppers' paradise as people clear out before the builders arrive. A few weeks ago I swapped a few kilos of peaches from our tree for a large, heavy-duty glasshouse that needed to be taken away. Just what I have wanted for years :-)
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Capture: The Colour Of Spring, in reply to Joe Wylie,
Speaking of taxidermy, did you ever see the Pleasant Point stuffery shop window? I lost my 80s photos of it unfortunately.
