... Oh my I do like pinterest ... another way to waste an hour or 5 finding all the lovely things there are out in the wonderful world.

Alive with colour

Fun with light in a colourful autumn Martinborough garden.

Leopard she waits

Dodgeomatic coolness

Mel's wonderfully restored Dodge.  Stylieee! 

90 degree reading shock

[Edited with snapseed]

Mr Motown's claim to fame

He's now featured on the Seaview Cattery website ... Go MR! [He's the big black one top middle].

He loves his holidays there and gets really well looked after by Laurel & Doug :)

Ian's flickr favs

Someone likes my photos then:)
[Click my photos then scroll up]
Thanks Ian ... I like the mix

Capturing a magical sunset for future reference

Shapeshifter 2012

Shapeshifter 2012 Civic gardens Lower Hutt ... an outdoor exhibition of works by leading and emerging New Zealand sculptors. 
What an inspiration and such a diverse collection.  Nice to get a spot of sun for the viewing too!

RETRO FOOD RECIPES : Vegetable Recipes

RETRO FOOD RECIPES : Vegetable Recipes

I've yet to try these but they look simple and yum. 

Wish I was there (now)

Colourful lovelies at a Coromandel beach.  

I love getting the view from down low making the flowers look lovely and large.  Whangamata beach just speaks holiday to me.

On pinterest minus the words 

Water on aluminium coated board

Happy festivies everyone

Winner of the Christmas lights competition in Palmerston North. This really was a treat, what a great spectacle!

Thought for today

Self Talk [source: www.thoughtfortoday.org.uk]

Everyone talks to themselves. At times it's a conversation that runs continuously in the background of our mind.

So, don't allow negative self talk to creep in and sap your confidence. Increase your self worth by choosing to talk to yourself with complete respect. No criticism or judgement allowed!

Give yourself credit for everything you try to do. And when you catch yourself expecting perfection, remind yourself that you are doing your best.

Just believe in yourself and remember that you're worth it!

Helpful spelling hints

misspelling

The blazing universe sharing coloured dreams

 A paint and pen doodle by me; circa 1994.

Pako Pehu entices company

Pako Pehu [foreground] our local Tui has been visiting the fern frond outside my bedroom window for a few weeks now. His song is so beautiful, varied and skillful. I filmed him recently then played the recording back to him, he sat straight up when he heard the distinctive sound, it's likely he'd never heard himself before.

In any case today, today he enticed the desired kind of companion. Ruawhai is sleek and slim, she dances around him a little then stops to listen. Then after a few more short songs he flies off after her. Looping around the fern together, then off they soar down over the garden into the valley below. I feel rather privileged to have enjoyed their company so up close and wild.

Pako: to make a sudden noise
Pehu: to make a loud noise, explode

Entered in photofriday:graceful

Hear him here:  Pako Pehu wooing on Vimeo

Jane's favourites

Jane's favourites, a gallery on Flickr.

A flickr page made for a reference in a job application.

Tilted Titahi Bay

Tilted Titahi Bay , a photo by imajane on Flickr.

Visited Titahi bay with Brian and the dogs - Poppy and Lucy. The view from up high just called to be modelised. I think I may need more tuition on how to really get that model feel.
Attempt ~4

Wow!  Boys bathing photo

Great advice from Steve Jobs

 

When you grow up you tend to get told the world is the way it is and you're life is just to live your life inside the world. Try not to bash into the walls too much. Try to have a nice family, have fun, save a little money.

That's a very limited life. Life can be much broader once you discover one simple fact: Everything around you that you call life was made up by people that were no smarter than you and you can change it, you can influence it, you can build your own things that other people can use.

Once you learn that, you'll never be the same again.

Link

Cheeky Kaka

Cheeky Kaka, a photo by imajane on Flickr.

A Kapiti Island Kaka.  I love how inquisitive they are and how they jump along the branches with zest.

Silky ... a caterpillar story.

Silky, a photo by imajane on Flickr.

Silky decided the moving section of the ranch slider window would be a good place to begin chrysalis preparations.  Luckily he was put off pretty quickly when the door was opened several times. 

I was intrigued to see the silk be laid down with big sweeping movements of his wee head.  These layers become the anchoring to hold the chrysalis on in strong winds etc.  The silk layer was really smooth to the touch. 

Robot impressions are so 2008.
Not sure exactly what is going on and not sure I want to find out.
Karate with plants should not be considered a passtime.
I did paint the wall ... not sure it looks better though.
Hi YA!

500 ...

I should probably stop opening new pages ... but I do like 500's portfolio style

Caterpillar World

Catermord has been circling recently
Insane jane has been asleep for a long time
It's nice to see he mentioned the aliens!
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Laser print of the view from our deck when it SNOWED!  The caterpillar on his little yellow strapped world is made of sculpey [bakeable plastic].

I do love to create animated creatures.

Brian and Sheena gave us this beautiful gerbera ... she bloomed for weeks. LOVELY!

Head up here

for the dreamy hills ...

cropped on camera ... the hills of Kelson from the deck

Tauhou waits to nom some chilly bread

First snow in many years. It was a beauty to behold.

Matty B in Lyttleton

Matty B in Lyttleton, a photo by imajane on Flickr.

Good times with my mate Matty B ...
GREAT to be in touch again.
:o)