huntley and palmer
when the kids were younger we used to go in to Reading to the museum and look at all the Huntley and Palmer biscuit tins. i don’t think i’d ever actually seen any live H&P biscuits though until we came here
rainbows
i discovered this weekend that light from rainbows is polarised. depending on which way up i held my head the rainbow below would grow in intensity or disappear completely. interesting hey ?
march against mining
trying to start a revolution in downtown auckland yesterday (i blurred the sign slightly to hide the rude word)
you can read more about it here
there were plenty of media types about with cameras. jolly good.
jigsaw friends
we had lovely friends round for tea last night. the grown ups spent most of the evening doing this devilish jigsaw whilst the various kids entertained themselves elsewhere. lovely.
i still don’t think i quite ‘get’ jigsaws, although i threw myself in to the challenge on this one. it’s just a broken picture. surely it would have been better not to cut it in to small pieces to begin with if you wanted to see the ‘finished’ version ?
autumn
i’m pleased to say that leaves are falling off the trees making nice brown crunchy piles which seem to stay around longer here due to the lack of rain. hoorah.
kidz in space
there’s quite a lot of graffiti sprayed on to pavements in auckland. it gradually gets worn away and is quite nice actually. well done.
breath easy
we all know plants and trees are good as they give us oxygen
this tree has evolved to the point where it will not only give you oxygen but also a face mask to help you breath more clearly.
birthday cakes we write on free
cake i’m not sure if i’d buy them from here. sentence in the right direction i want a. i think
final days
this is one for those looking forward to the UK election. it’s been really strange viewing things in a detached way from the other side of the planet (we didn’t register for remote voting in time)
i hope it all goes well !
lovely crockery
it’s all about the presentation.
perhaps these signs weren’t actually written by the shop keepers and were actually graffiti feedback from passing shoppers ? twitter has a lot to answer for.
tree maintenance
not sure if this really counts as plants on the move, but i’ll put it in that category anyway.
toilet signs
these signs were bigger than a person. i didn’t like the look of mine much. he seems much to keen.
an equisite mannequin
tremendous example of a mannequin mostly wearing wool products
beware of ferral babies
perhaps worrying.
language selector
spanish and thai on the same frequency (kenneth)
tow away hall users only
they must really dislike the hall users if they are going to tow only their cars away
beer can museum
here’s a fantastic thing. it’s a beer can museum with over 10,000 unique beer cans from around the world.
can there be a more exciting place in the universe ?
i can imagine having that kind of hobby which just sort of gets out of hand
2 dollar hat
i bought this hat off a random little old lady yesterday. she was just wandering around with a bag full of bad hats.
classic town hall signage
classic village hall signage from my locality. they work equally well as a set or individually. all beauties of their genre.