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a pile of stuffed animals in the window

it’s like there’d been some crazy animal fight or summuk

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high time

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free puncture repairs

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free car puncture repairs.  bargain

fork in the road

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predictable.  but good

so jolly yet so scary

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this chap dropped out of a dressing up timewarp.  a disney reject from the 80s perhaps

i haven’t got a category for ‘people dressed up as landmarks’ so i’ve used the animal (people dressed up) category instead

escapee chair

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white hot chocolate

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Conygar Tower

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it’s a folly

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here’s cousin chris and reuben admiring the view

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discount goods shelves

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things got worse at the reduced to clear shelf at tesco.  lose spaghetti and a mop alongside the broken french stick.  yesterday when i went they’d cleaned the shelf all up nice and orderly which was good.  sadly due to having the wrong trousers (grommit) i had a rare camera-less moment and didn’t take a photo.

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i was delighted to see some reduced to clear stock in a new zealand supermarket.  the shot above was at the local supermarket.

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and this very neat bargain bin was at a more upmarket shop.

happy birthday pooch !

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jane’s mum kindly had a birthday which gave us a great excuse to get dressed up smart and have a raclette

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much fun and laughing was had

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health and safety restricted candle-age to 1

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and esther even invented a board game for the occasion which we all played.  it’s called Animal Adventure and was rather good actually, so if you ever come round, be sure to ask for it by name !

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resized brother edd

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since you asked, brother edd is now staying at cousin dawn’s house and having a great time by the sound of it.  he decided to squash his head for us whilst on skype yesterday which esther found amusing and disturbing all at once.

lottie

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baby lottie got baptised at church yesterday morning and we were kindly invited to the after party where much jolly chattery was had.  kezia took the picture above from below, whilst i took the picture below from above.

i think her picture is more like the kind of one i’d take which is interesting.

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falling from the sky

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hassock of the week

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sorry.  i’ve no idea.

parent piano power

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a heart felt sign there

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looking to america

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puffer fish – so cute yet so dangerous

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wrong way

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sometimes you need signs telling you things are the wrong way

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the bush

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i didn’t know auckland had a rainforest, but it has.  just to the west of the city up the Waitakere Ranges

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it’s quite an amazing place, even on a rainy day

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plenty of trees to see

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although you need to watch out for mad little animals which are harmless to people but scary for trees

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extreme danger

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there danger, then there’s extreme danger