Leverage
Applying the laws of the lever, as a gigantic billboard mount is readied to be hoisted into position. Below: working at height. Albert Street, city.
Getting there
May 11, 2016
May 10, 2016
Massey Birdwood Settlers Hall (Mandy Patmore)
Massey Birdwood Settlers Hall (Mandy Patmore)
The Community Hall at the junction of Don Buck and Red Hills Roads seems to be in the first instance the place of the Redhills Community Kindergarten, but there is wider scope: House, Indoor Bowls, Kung Fu, Cake Decorating, Fellowship and more. On the Red Hills Road side, you find this topical mural by Mandy Patmore (with a hand from Massey Primary). A beautiful Tui in a swirl of cowherd, and historic settler scenes.
More murals at Oakland Daily Photo.
May 9, 2016
Red
Swiss Flags
Gunn (of Stavanger Daily Photo) noticed that yesterday’s Swiss Market post was predominantly blue. So I have to balance this with what obviously was the colour of the day: Red.
Red
Red
Red
Red
Red
May 8, 2016
Swiss Kiwi Yodel Group
Swiss Kiwi Yodel Group
Alphorns and yodelling by the Swiss Kiwi Yodel Group at yesterday’s Swiss Market – always a treat!
Swiss Kiwi Yodel Group
Swiss Kiwi Yodel Group
Swiss Kiwi Yodel Group
May 7, 2016
Weeds, Weeds
Himalayan Fairy Grass (Miscanthus nepalensis)
Hiamalyan Fairy Grass (Miscanthus nepalensis) is an invasive weed, hard to control due to its extensive root systems, but, oh so pretty…
For more black and white images check out Dragonstar’s Weekend in Black and White.
May 6, 2016
Style
Style
Last Sunday’s “Open Streets” event in Karangahape Road was a colourful affair!
May 5, 2016
A Gathering
Gathering
I don’t know what kind of bugs they are, nor do I know what they were up to. (Some similarity to cockroaches, but different.) On Swan Plant, Hillsborough Cemetery.
Edit: thanks to NatureWatch, I now know that these are “common small milkweed bugs” (Arocatus rusticus).
May 4, 2016
May 3, 2016
Saddleback and Black Robin …
Nuffield Lane Murals
… and a rat. More mural art from Nuffield Lane, Newmarket. The birds and ornaments by Charles and Janine Williams (quoting from a mural in Poynton Terrace), the rodent by Haser and TMD. “follow the Light”, indeed this brightens up the back alley no end!
More murals at Oakland Daily Photo.
May 2, 2016
The Yellow Dinghy
The Yellow Dinghy
Late afternoon at the Whau River on an incoming tide.