this is the freaky child mannequin from the local shopping maul which i’m stalking
she’s got a couple of friends in the next window too
one is dressed as a snake.
i think the snake girl killed the lion girl
kezia had a birthday recently so esther organised a frog party for her. it was totally fab. i’ll let the pictures speak for themselves
it’s not referred to as the land of the long white cloud for nothing
this mannequin seems very annoyed that she has to stand in a window selling massive shoes cheaply
lovely yellows against the blue sky
there was a lady watching me taking this picture. i wasn’t sure whether she was discusted or amused. perhaps it was her barbie ? either way i made haste and went about my business.
we went to the local stadium to see ‘the blues’ football team who were doing some signing
when we got there it turned out they were a rugby team
that serves me right for not doing my homework
rather than queue for an hour to get things signed we took a few photos
this chap was prowling the area trying to queue jump
but he was quickly sent to the back of the queue
a friend here told me that it’s quite amazing how close you can get to sporting stars over here and she was right. if you know who they are (i don’t) then you’re likely to bump in to them all over the place, and not just (free) signing events like these
watching this from afar was like that game of lemmings. a steady stream of people climbing the stairs and dropping off the top.
can you see the hidden bollard on the cliff edge ?
we were so lucky to spot one in its native nesting place
sometimes fish choice has to be more granular
scroggin is a great word
time to move out of the way. this could get nasty
Comments are still broken, so here’s a manual update:
Carolyn says “Shame the green one wasn’t yellow”
Dave Funkypancake says “good point. i shall make it my business to find one”
there’s something excellent about how new zealanders do their signs. they add much more detail than you’d get in a typical british slapshod sign.
take this chap for example.- he’s got trousers, separate feet and hand a rather broken arm with a suitcase hanging from it.
the extra detail don’t always make for a better picture, but they are great to look at
we live a bit out of town from the main part of Auckland – we’re not rural by any means, but we’re close to it. you can get all the way from my office to our home without leaving any urban streets containing houses for example.
but within a few short minutes drive you can be out in the sticks (or the ‘wops’ as they refer to it). and one of the great thing about that is you see a lot of wild chickens wandering about.
this was a particularly large one in an ice cream shop carpark.
not quite the same level of human remains as on the streets of london, but new zealand has its own junk to share
