May 2010

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Monday 24 May 10

Thanking @korulounges for the last hour’s excellent accommodation in auckland

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Sunday 23 May 10

Power cut turned out to be our fuse box but only discovered on the way out of the house.

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Sunday 23 May 10

Powercut so got washed dressed and packed suitcase by torch light. Then car broke so borrowed jane’s. Good start to week.

hot water beach

Sunday 23 May 10

a bizarre beach where you dig your own hot water pool at low tide and then sit in the sweltering hot waters naturally coming out of the ground under the sand.

we went there at christmas and i uploaded these photos to the blog in January. but some reason i didn’t actually click to publish the pictures until now. sorry about that.

dog walking allowed on the queen’s birthday

Sunday 23 May 10

apologies if there’s duplication here, getting a bit confused about what went on funkypancake and which one went on the other blog. but this sign seems to suggest you can walk your dog on the beach to celebrate the queen’s birthday

dog with a strange body

Sunday 23 May 10

there’s something not quite right with this dog. especially round the lower tummy area. best not to ask too many questions.

and the chap above limping to the information kiosk could do with an extra arm

glove on the beach

Sunday 23 May 10

note the bare feet rather than the work shoes of london-based glove spotting

anti puddle pictures

Sunday 23 May 10

i loved the shape of this little dry bit on the pavement. it looks like so many different things all at the same time. if comments worked i’d ask you to suggest a few things. but they don’t i’m afraid.

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Sunday 23 May 10

there’s a weather bomb on the way tonight apparently. just got the emergency sever warning emails from regional emergency management

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Sunday 23 May 10

it’s cold outside. and it’s even colder inside. putting on a wooly hat to eat sunday lunch. then off to friends house for warmth

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Saturday 22 May 10

“you can wear that had TO church, but not IN church” i am told. ho hum.

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Saturday 22 May 10

just phoned UK mortgage company to get some info and got through straight away and got info i needed. hoorah for santander (unexpectedly)

vege face

Saturday 22 May 10

worn out technology

Saturday 22 May 10

i like technology which wears out. although a security pin entry keyboard which wears like this reduces the security as you can at least work out which numbers are in the pin …

lost unicorn

Saturday 22 May 10

there’s was a sign saying “found, rabbit” at the entrance to our street the other day. i’m convinced someone had found a wild rabbit by mistake, so i was going to put up my own sign saying “found, pukeko” (those funny little chicken like things which wander wild round here.

whilst on the way to a work meeting i saw this stuck on the wall outside a cafe. much better than anything i could have thought up.