I have a kind-of Western style shirt I picked up at an upmarket 'recycling' store a couple years ago. I really like it & have been wanting to get something similar, but you don't really get that kind of thing here. And if you do find it then it's at a dedicated Western tack store & costs about $100-$150 for a simple non-print Wrangler. I also ( Read more... )

I did a bunch of housework today, despite having been off work the last 2 days sick. It is Sat so I have today & tomorrow off anyway. I have been wanting to get some serious cleaning done but keep procrastinating & parking my behind on the couch in front of Facebook or some other piece of the internet. To be fair, I have spent a lot of time ( Read more... )

I put these up on FB the other day but didn't get the chance to put them up here. These are a few photos of the beaches we went to, and the cloudy/dramatic/stormy type weather we had for some of the time.


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Putting this here for myself, but please help yourself & copy/paste to share the knowledge (along with yesterday's post with aid organisations to donate to ( Read more... )

The news of the 7+ earthquake in Nepal has hit me hard. I don't have time to go into it all right now, but wanted to put this info up for my friends at DW & LJ. Please consider helping, either with direct monetary donations or do some fundraising to help raise money for these organisations. I want to try to do some fundraising at work, I don't ( Read more... )

I have been trying to keep my photo-taking to a reasonable amount, preferably a minimum to get the shot I want or 2 and that is it, thinking about each shot and scene and trying to make sure it is as perfect as I can get it before taking it ( Read more... )

Home internet has been up & down. Not sure if it is our gear, our phone lines or the external lines. We are on a short holiday but haven't really had internet access (I couldn't figure out how to connect & use the password coupons). I haven't done more than a quick peek at Facebook, let alone my emails or DW or LJ ( Read more... )

Here are some more photos from our trip to Mt Taranaki in Jan this year. I am slowly working through them. These are still at Dawson Falls, have a few others from this part of the trip as well as other days.

Another of Dawson Falls:
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I didn't want to mix photos with my last (kind of depressing really) post that I locked (I didn't want non-friends to read it due to some of the stuff I wrote about health & work). This post is unlocked for photo-enjoyment ( Read more... )

I haven't had a chance to work on these much but here are a few photos from our trip in Jan to Mt Taranaki.

Mountain Foxglove

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