Friday, April 22, 2016

Storm brewing
Storm brewing; the urban view

These clouds were like a little slice of magic. 
It was a wonderful day of watching them. 
They rolled through menacing
as if they would break
into a thunderstorm any moment.

Masking the sun then giving her back
for a few minutes at a time.
We basked in the semi tropics
enjoying the tepid temptation.
Jumping into the warm salty pool
when the clouds finally broke.

Fat droplets made pretty sploshes
when they hit the rippling surface.
Fun times were had in that Ponsonby pool.
While the clouds pretended to crackle
but only twice broke into thunder.





Not praying mantis

Not praying mantis

This tiny praying mantis was hanging out on the table outside at our friend’s house. To ensure his longevity I decided to move him to a safer place in the trees. When I put my hand out he happily walked on and of course photos had to be taken (which weren't entirely easy with only one hand available!). 

I was blown away with his amazing movements which were also rather entertaining. He started on a walk up my arm, stopping for a quick prayer then some crazy head twisting. I’m pretty sure it turned 180° for cleaning (I think) or maybe he just enjoy contorting his body! In one photo he is barely recognisable as a praying mantis. 


When I went to put him on a tree he wasn't terribly happy to go. After I had encouraged him to get on the plant he stretched out towards me almost like he didn’t want me to go. So I put my hand out again and what do you know he leapt back onto me. I had a new friend! And I found out that praying mantis can jump.

Eventually I had to socialise with humans so found another tree and encouraged him to alight again then wished him a fond farewell.  Feeling uplifted by the experience.


Monday, April 11, 2016

Enjoying this as my desktop background


The wonderful vista looking west from the summit of Takaka hill. 

Yummy recipe

YUM! Thanks Mum :)

Saturday, March 26, 2016

Sylvie doodle with a dash of Photocandy


Our good friends have a beautiful cat named Sylvie. She has a gorgeous tabby coat with beautiful black eyeliner and the most amazing ear whiskers I've ever seen, they are so long they curl back behind her ears, just one long white whisker in each ear. She's a very sweet and cute cat who loves to chase a piece of grass around.

Friday, February 5, 2016

Such a fun night I can't believe it's a year ago already!

That's 3x me playing with pod poi play in the lounge at Jon & Bigi's summer party.  Thanks to Andrew for the photos.

Thursday, January 14, 2016

Wellington Railway Station


Trusty old Railway Station. Central Wellington.  Such a grand old beauty she is!

Who knows if it's true but it could be :)


Saturday, January 2, 2016

Thursday, November 5, 2015

Catching up with cousin Tony



Always a good giggle to be had hanging out with Tony, he's a legend. I'm super impressed to snap a pic of him looking normal, this is highly unusual!

Thursday, October 22, 2015

Oh that made me jump!

Geez only 4.4 that's tiny, Cantabrian's would scoff at my sensitivity!

Saturday, October 17, 2015

Standing on the beach thinking

Standing on the beach thinking

Whangamata beach cropped with a dash of the oil painting filter in photoshop with masking of the people.

Title is an ode to Jane's Addiction as Danny nicely pointed out!

Sunday, October 11, 2015

A few reminders of India 8 years ago




What a wonderful adventure generously sprinkled with amazing eye opening moments! Lucky me.

Double exposure exposure!

Just bought Eugene designs double exposure action set. What fun awaits creating and evolving with these new tools. Day one work in progress ...


Saturday, September 19, 2015

Funny cause it's true ...

Idiots animation.
So very clever, clean, transfixing and rather amusing.  Great work by BLR

Friday, September 11, 2015

Slim Shady

Two guys on one guitar do a cover of Eminem's The Real Slim Shady
Wow what a great beatbox with an awesome interpretation of the lyrics and all while they seamlessly share a guitar. Such talent and inspiration!  
I couldn't help but move to the beat & have a big smile on my dial. 

Tuesday, September 1, 2015

Ligar Bay panorama

Flying headless gull at Ligar Bay
Poor old seagull lost his head flying into the in-camera panorama

Friday, August 28, 2015

White Noise by Seraphine Pick

Cruised down to the Dowse Art Museum for Seraphine Pick's beautifully curated exhibition.  I found the artworks stirred emotions, they are beautiful and so cleverly put together. Below are just a few of the paintings on display although the photos don't do them justice!



Everything old is new again - oil on linen


Torn up Phrases - oil on linen

White Noise - oil on linen

Pocket full of rainbows

Easy living I & II




Saturday, August 1, 2015

Latest artwork on Society 6

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Oriental Parade artwork

I've just added this little gem on Society 6. 
Oil painted Oriental Parade, Wellington.


Sunday, July 26, 2015

Mist in the morning valley

Cloudy waves

Time lapse at the airport

So I was playing with the movie settings and accidentally turned this one black and white which is a bit of a pity as I rather liked the changing blue sky.  Anyway, here's a 29 second time lapse over approximately one hour from the 8th floor of a Sydney airport hotel.  I'm now even more amazed at the logistics it takes to have this mini city running so efficiently.  
Sydney airport time lapse


Friday, July 10, 2015

Pattern translation

The pretty patterned steps of Wat Arun played tricks with my eyes in the thumbnail so had to be exposed.

Photofriday collection

This little image nut has been posting photos to Photofriday for years.  Realising it would be nice to see them in together imajanes Photofriday blog was curated.  Bringing together photos of a different theme each week makes for an eclectic collection.


Friday, June 26, 2015

The late starter ...

Took a while but finally got started on instagram.  Uh Oh ... another way to lose hours surveying the wonders of others lives & views. Great to see so much creativity, image manipulation & aesthetically pleasing collections of light. And then there's all the wonderful connections to old and new friends, yay.  



Friday, May 15, 2015

Congratulations bro you've done it again!

Great to see another of Sean's stories has been published Concentration in Landfall

Thursday, May 7, 2015

Few lines make a great boarder

An old flickr fav I thought needed some jazzing up. 
Overlayed with a photo of crazed wood.