slightly wonky
toilets – would suit hunchback
recycling
i liked the hidden pressure of the ‘can’t be bothered’ sign
hokey pokey
great serving suggestion. pile your ice cream on top of a load of baked beans
it’s a real kiwi favourite
apparently
beware of sudden noises
sorry if you are inconvenienced by our sudden noises.
the text in black would made an excellent slogan on a kid’s t-shirt
ycles only
nice how they stopped the double yellas to fit the words. i think i took this photo along with the one below during our last full day in the UK when we went out for a walk with our fanatic friends tony and tanya.
great friends. great days. great road markings. great country.
UPDATE: My great friend Andy from back in the UK wanted to leave a comment, but they are broken so he sent it by text message instead !
He wanted to say “bin and gone” which is inspired and much better than my title ! Thanks Andy
mac’s gold
the venue was a pay and display carpark in the centre of town. at least it didn’t get muddy in the rain
the dirty three, the phoenix foundation and surf city were my favourites
but the absolute bestest were echo and the bunnymen (despite the sounds being messed up so the keyboard was waaaay too loud).
the title of this post refers to some lovely kiwi beer called Mac’s Gold which jane bought me today and is a nice echo and the bunnymen reference too.
slippery swirl
kiwis seem to do signs much better than the brits. their signs have more attention to detail. like the thumb on this chaps flipper. although i fear for the swirling abyss
bollard with glove
it’s a pile of funkypancake faves just outside my office
yes we are open closed
i find signed which start with ‘yes’ rather sarcastic. my proof is here. yes we are open. closed.
kezia’s green photo
kezia took this photo whilst on a day out with jane last week to the local bot garden. she spotted the green lady near the green sculpture and grabbed the shot. bit out of focus, but great seeing.
surfs up
this is how we spent yesterday – boogie boarding about in the huge surf at tawharanui. it’s a bank holiday weekend here in new zealand and like all the best bank holiday weekends it did rain later in the afternoon.
hope this warms your cockles if you are in chillier climes
my moon (and mars) are upside down
did you see the moon on friday night. it was great. around midnight mars was nearby. we’re in the southern hemisphere so mars is to the bottom right of the moon
i completely over-exposed my first shot, but the internal reflection was nicely exposed so i thought i’d keep it !
and here’s an interesting thing. it’s the moon at perigree upside down as viewed from down under in new zealand.