Sunday 31 August 2014

McKenzie Country


A monument to honour the collie dogs that helped to
 develop and work the high country runs of New Zealand.

Friday 22 August 2014

Some rural fences

Today we took a train trip up country and these are a couple of the fences at the final stop before returning. They are just fence posts and #8 wire, which is typical fencing on farms in New Zealand. 
I hope you can see the fine line of the wire.

a road to ....

green paddocks

farm gate

?????????

This bottom fence baffled me - the posts are about
 6 foot high with a single strand of #8 wire along the top. 
It's certainly not to keep stock in...or out.


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Tuesday 19 August 2014

Old style cray pot



made from suplejack

Spotted on the Moeraki Coast, East Coast of the South Island of New Zealand, 
while we were out and about a few years ago. 
My husband used to help his uncle make these pots when he was a boy,
 so he was really interested to find this.

Read about suplejack (or supplejack) here:
www.teara.govt.nz/en/1966/supplejack


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Monday 18 August 2014

Sunday 17 August 2014

May 2

deer through a fence

tea

bling

sugar craft

clouds

outside the library

beet

Friday 15 August 2014

Tuesday 12 August 2014

May one


heading out

on the beach

inner city lane

Maori carving

ready to start

a drop of sunshine

Sunday 10 August 2014

April 2014

hiding

colourful golf balls

passes to the Cathedral service

holly

autumn growth

Easter display

crab apple tree

at the gym

Saturday 9 August 2014

Thursday 7 August 2014

Melville Park School

The newly painted fence took my eye
 one day while I was out walking.


It leads through the lane where my kids walked 
down to their primary school when they were just little.


The entry gates, straight ahead to the classrooms, 
or turn left to drop off your bike at the 
bike sheds behind the dental clinic.


This is all that is left of the school now, 
one building section. Sad.

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Wednesday 6 August 2014

Marching on

gold panning, Alexandra

smokers only

Lady

honey bee on lavender

having a go at milking

penned in

autumn is coming


Yellow beans, not bugs