Villa in the Vines

Ten minutes walk from the centre of Martinborough is the delightful 1910 cottage Villa in the Vines.  This place really has character & a great garden to match.
To see other photos from this visit click here.

Shapeshifter 2014 photo set on flickr

Link to photo set

Old Coast Road Church

This cute old church on Wainuiomata's Old Coast road was built in 1866. We visited to see our distant relatives graves.  I couldn't help but try and imagine what it would have been like here 100 years ago.  Isolated and wild are two words that pop to mind.  
Link to Coast Road Church
On flickr

Browny on the path

Today I met my first frog at home

While moving a pot of succulents in the garden I pulled a dead leaf away & a blur of brown lept from the middle of the pot onto the path. I wasn't expecting company & got quite a fright. He seemed a bit stunned and just sat there still as anything while I took a few photos.

We've been hearing a 'weeeeep-eeep-eeep-eeep-eeep-eeep' sound for months now thinking it was most likely frogs. So it's nice to see one and confirm we have brown frogs hanging around. I'd hoped they would be native but they were introduced into New Zealand in 1875.

Awesome photography

Planetary panoramas had me absolutely captivated ... superb.
[reblogged from theboldcorsicanflame]

Parading around brightly

Fun with photoshops oil painting feature and a tad of masking.

Great advice for me - Let go of your crutches by Leo Babauta

Marlborough sounds from a caravan!

Caravan being a type of Cesna aircraft with fabulously large windows making panorama photos possible.  Such a beautiful area of NZ to fly over, the colour of the sea always amazes me.

Flower muse

Fill me with your luscious colours, 
your delicate aromas 
and the lovely sight of you!

WOW

Now that's some fancy skipping!

Home made

What an inspiration this is ... I'd love to make my own home

Cute wrapping

Made reusing pink tissue paper and hand cut labels rescued from the recycling bin after a packaging line trial.
Gift, a photo by Ms Behave on Flickr.
(Am starting to wonder if I have too many alias'?!)

Painted wall at PN

Painted wall at PN, a photo by Ms Behave on Flickr.
The wonderful guest house, Phranakorn Nornlen in Bangkok.  This place has a magical authenticity with gorgeous whimsical paintings on almost every wall. One wall of the dining area has a museum along one side, multiple collections of old interesting things ... nice as they're a part of history we don't get to see often.  Vintage cameras & clothing.  Old TV's. Old cafe setup & even old washing powder packaging!  This place has many lovely nooks and crannies to explore especially because the gardens are also lush and well cared for. What a nice way to relax.
For more photos click here

Oil painted self in photoshop

Yup that's a wig I bought at the Chinese markets in Bangkok.  It's such fun to have a totally different hair style :)

Time for something new ... in 18 months ...

News I lose my job

A water on skin challenge ...

Thanks for the challenge Andrew C!  Good to have a topic & motivation :)

I'm looking forward to watching this ...

old skool programming

Phranakorn Nornlen fish on the wall

More fantastic artworks at the cute Phranakorn Nornlen guest house.  I loved how these guys popped out of the wall.
For more photos click here

Wings up who wants breakfast!

Hello daff nice to see you again

Fractal Icicles & Ice lens from 10km

Fractal Icicles & Ice lens from 10km, a photo by imajane on Flickr.

Now this would have been a great addition to this weeks photofriday topic frozen.

So much fun to be had with weavesilk

What do we want? Justice for animals. When do we want it? Now.
A great march on parliament today - thanks HUHA.
We were addressed by The Greens, Act and Labour. National didn’t bother to turn up (although it was suggested the dogs may be unleashed!). Why do National refuse to listen to the voice of the people? It’s become a typical Shon-Key response!

Protest against animal testing - article on Stuff

UPDATE: great news the government actually listened to the people (like they're supposed to do right?) and banned the use of animals for testing party pills. This is great but I question why it was ever 'allowed' in the first place!

Happy

Photo by the lovely Mandi Lynn at A La Mode

Made up

Photo by the lovely Mandi Lynn at A La Mode

Photos by Mandi Lynn

Photos by the lovely Mandi Lynn at A La Mode
Textures from Ninian Lif

Lush green

Self seeded ponga now take up the whole view finder when I point my camera over the deck

Artificial lighting

Photofriday's topic artificial light had me drag this one up from the archives. I do love how it conjures up memories of enjoying the large expanse this installation enveloped. It really was something to behold. So glad to have photos that bring those memories to front of mind again.

... Sun ..., a photo by imajane on Flickr.

My Journey magazine arrived ...

Thanks guys including meccanica you've done an awesome job, it's beautiful and inspiring!

Natural light

A small collection of natural light photographs