Summer colour

Reflections

A beautiful bearded iris

Knocked off its stalk when 

my grandsons were kicking a ball around.

A tui feeding

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better picture of, the tui click here.

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...this little piggy stayed home...

..and who could blame him :)

Spring has definitely sprung.

joining in with:
WATW
and also joining Tex for:
Good Fences

Spring magnolia

Early spring

Die cast tractor

A slightly battered die cast tractor and trailer.

You can see an amateur repair on

 the side away from the camera.

In good condition considering it's age though.

joining Tom today for 

Tuesday's Treasures.

St. James Anglican Church, Roxburgh

St. James Church in the Teviot Valley, New Zealand

joining inSPIREd Sunday

Taramakau bridge

The road/rail bridge over the Taramakau River

 on the West Coast of the South Island, New Zealand.

I read somewhere recently that there is a possibility

 of this bridge being closed, a shame as it is

 one of the last road/rail bridges left on 'the coast'.

joining Tom for Tuesday's Treasures

Mount Mangatua

At the foot of the mountain

joining Tex for Good Fences

Rocking horse

We saw this in a shed a few months ago.

I believe it was a rocking horse in the throes of restoration.

joining Tom and friends for
Tuesday's Treasures

Hard at work

street artist

joining Tex and friends for 

Good Fences

No. 8 wire

joining Good fences today.
Climb over and join the fun.

Gummies in the bush

I know I'm pushing it to call

 this little border a fence but 

really it is the gumboots under

 the bush that intrigue me. 

This is in a public garden.

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Good Fences

Demolition of an old treasure.

I believe this part was added to the main
 house when it became a rest home.

the little boys watching enjoyed this as did the big boys

I wish I had got a photo of the building before they started

 the demolition. It was built in the 1880's and was quite a grand old house. Some of the windows were saved as was the grand staircase and I hope the wrought iron work along the verandah was as well.

Since 1959 it has been operating as a rest home run by a Christian Trust. Yesterday, sad to say, the building was demolished.

joining Tom and friends for 
Tuesday's Treasures

Evening silhouettes

A fence or two.

joining in at:

Good Fences

Pioneer cottages

Arrowtown, New Zealand

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Tuesday's Treasures

A Clyde relic

 Some pictures we took in Clyde (New Zealand) 

earlier this year. The building once housed

the local Builder and Undertaker.

Clyde was one of the towns on the gold trail 

way back in the pioneering days.

There was a lot of junk lying around the yard

 so we took photos of some of the older junk.

joining Tom at Tuesday's Treasures.

Treasures from Timaru

We spent a wet day in Timaru earlier in the year. Later my 

husband showed me these photos he had taken while 

I was in one of the shops - it pays to look up occasionally :)

It's all too easy to keep your head down, 

especially on a wet, windy and miserable day.

joining Tom for Tuesday's Treasures
Why don't you come over and have a look.

Pretty in pink

Hubby has a new camera and he has been busy

playing with it learning how to use it. 

These two photos are the same roses

 taken on different settings the same day.

joining Deb and others for Friday Foto Friends