Stupid stupid GOVT!

I could NOT believe the news today ... what planet are our politicians on? I am seriously astounded that the idea to do this even enters their little heads.

Sense please only 13% of NZ land is Conservation land now ... what will be left for our children's children?

Check out my brothers latest story on Flashes in the Dark - Automated Service by Sean Monaghan/

Exclusion of the orange wig and cat suit

Oooh I do like a good dress up ...
fooling in photoshop
I liked the dulled down
but highlighted look
excluding the second layer gave

... T E M P L E ON H I G H ...

Temple & a background of fields, originally uploaded by insane jane.

When I see this it reminds me how blissful I can feel
when I rise above the madness of the moment.
Soak in some tranquility.
And now I venture off for recommendations and celebrations.

. . . V E R T I G O . . .

. . . V E R T I G O . . ., originally uploaded by insane jane.

Sky tower downward view ... I enjoy how looking at this photo still gives me the shivers!

High on the hill above Mt Abu

"~I think it's cute~!", originally uploaded by insane jane.

Foolin with the gaussian blur & layering.

Iridescent clouds rule

I do like a bit of flickriver for sets Iridescent Skies, Corona's & Sneaky Glories!

Dunski makes lovely toons

I have listened to this fabulous jam many many times and it just brings back such great memories. Rock on Ian :o)

Moodjam

Cool here's a bit of fun ... www.moodjam.org
colour by mood ... some nice doors to be opened here.
and a nice reminder ... today's thought ...

Self Manage

There is a huge hole in the heart of all our educations.
It is where the skills and abilities of self-management should be.

No one teaches us how to manage our thoughts, feelings, attitudes and behaviour, so we find it hard to manage the four Rs – relationships, roles, responsibilities and resources.

So let’s get started. Consciously choose the quality of your thoughts today – accentuate the positive, eliminate the negative and clean up the waste.
Everything, which means everything in your life, begins with your thoughts.

"Sometimes i like to think I am a bunny"

"Sometimes i like to think I am a bunny", originally uploaded by insane jane.

Cute kitty!  Reminds me of Oma Rapeti ... I loved that song as a kid!

Fire in Tora

The silliness weekend culminated in a fabulous fireshow from Bronwyn ... thanks hun you are a superstar!

earth below us drifting falling floating weightless calling home

earth below us drifting falling floating weightless calling home, originally uploaded by insane jane.

Mmm for some reason this photo gets a visit pretty much every day on flickr ... perhaps people are searching for 'earth' photos and this one pops up on the radar!

I think it will look great on black so here tis.

Now isn't that a spectacular purple too :o)

Thought for today

Introversion
The ability to enjoy one's own company
is one of the greatest gifts life has to offer.

Learning to turn my thoughts away from
all my responsibilities at the day's

end and take my mind into a state of peace
and benevolence enables me to carry greater

and greater loads without feeling the burden.

When my inner landscape is full of beautiful thoughts,
everything I do is a pleasure.

Gently, I calm down chaotic situations
and offer solace to troubled minds.

To cheese or not to cheese

Being a bit of a pizza lover ... and a bit of a lazy wee soul on random but relatively infrequent occassions I got a pizza delivered. The order was called in for my vegan pizza which was made via the "make your own" options which obviously did not include cheese.

When the pizza turned up what do you know it had cheese on it. So I called the pizza house back to ask for a replacement ... they asked me what I would like I told them I would like what I ordered.

20 minutes later my vegan pizza turned up with two pieces of complimentary cheese cake.

I laughed at the irony and pouted that I could not scoff the yummy looking cake.

Secret garden

Secret garden, originally uploaded by insane jane.
that's when I dream up a storm
when my light finds my passion,
I am transformed

Ellett fun!

When I visited Miss Brown in WangaVegas I spied this hilarious flyer on her fridge ... I just could not resist a photo. Go Karen, you rock!
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Sound advice!

I just wanna , originally uploaded by insane jane.

Jellyfush & lots of little fush

Jellyfush & lots of little fush , originally uploaded by insane jane

Here's that jelly fish!

Bubble bubble we're makin trouble

Cooooooool as ... we went snorkelling off the coast of Tairua (Coromandel penninsula, NZ) and spotted lots of cute fish (pronounced fush of course!), kina and giant jellyfish. Loads a bubbly fun.

I am the love you can not see

I am the love you can not see, originally uploaded by insane jane.

Swizzles in pink float around the morning air

Swizzles in pink, originally uploaded by insane jane.

I seem to be on a bit of a role this wonderful Saturday evening ...
...
finding snippets of my past and remembering again
the magic that exists
...
out in the universe, you just gotta
let life's wonderful experiences
wash over you like a tropical sea
...
I'll dream of pinacolada's & warm water pools
they would go perfectly with a pink swizzle!

False senses of

False senses, originally uploaded by insane jane.

well I was looking through a file of collected goodies and found this wonderful Helen Keller quote
...
and here's me,
I can see and I can hear
...
I should be so grateful
...
I should
FEEL THE FEAR
& DO IT ANYWAY
...
YEEEEE HAAAAAAAHHHHHHH

Jared Learner; the Ice Cream Cone man

Scott the Ice Cream Cone man, originally uploaded by insane jane.

JL just came to visit

...
we always have a good giggle
life is for giggling
...
sometimes we forget this
fundamental fact
...
mental being the operative word
Of course!
...
I LOVE LIFE

COME ON THEN ...

Say no more!

Having it

Having it, originally uploaded by insane jane.

I took this photo for a Frank ...
then I came across this quote
...
I thought the quote needed a
photo with spirit
...
I like to have reminders of
these kinds of things
...
Beauty is inside not outside
I know this
...
but I still love dressing up
and taking photos
...

Rock star wanna-be

Positive chalk

Breathe deeply
Think positively
Believe in yourself

seen on paving in Christchurch central

Why grown ups shouldn't play on kids playgrounds

DOH!! Yeah I bounced on the mini flying fox & bashed myself ... Ricardo laughed!

...

I showed him the bruise two days later

...

he laughed some more!

Reminded me of this slightly worse one ...

"Why not to do handstands in the kitchen!"

... "" O U C H "" ...

18 with the weight of the world

I was asked by a young photographer to pose for her in 89

Mum was not happy, she thought I looked provocative in some of these photos.

(I didn't know what she meant so promptly got a dictionary to look it up!)
...

Not so innocent now as I prepare to celebrate the 20th anniversary of my 18th birthday, tee hee :o)