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We decided to hold this month’s meetup a week early, so that it could also be a hen night for awhina. Or more technically, a “hen and rooster and chicks” night, because we wanted her fiancé and the kids to come along too. For months lytteltonwitch, MrPloppy and I have been teasing awhina about being…
Wobbling again
Had a decent aftershock early this morning – a very noisy 5.3 that rumbled away for ages in that disconcerting way that makes you wonder if it’s going to build up into a really big one. It didn’t, but still not a good way to be woken up at 3am! The really annoying thing is…
Seahorses, family, and disappearing lighthouses
As promised (and whether you like it or not), photos of the framed artworks: I’d intended for the rest of this week to be just as constructive as Wednesday (being in an “oh no I’ve only got a few days left of my holiday and I haven’t achieved anything” panic), but those plans were pretty…
Continuing the Mt Cook saga
(Ok, so it took a while to get back to it, but here’s the rest of the story of our Mt Cook adventure…) As we left the main highway and headed up the road to Mt Cook the mountains got higher (well, steeper – we couldn’t see the tops of them in the clouds, so…
And again
Today’s batch of pretty sparkles: Sorry about the poor picture quality again – I was balancing on a stool holding the camera up high enough to get them all in without too much foreshortening, which is not ideal conditions for getting a well-focused or well-lit shot. I was starting to run short of inspiration (and…
The good and the bad of convention organising
Yesterday the Christchurch 2009 organising team had their first meeting via email, and it was great – a really constructive atmosphere, with ideas flowing freely and criticism given and taken in a friendly way. I left the computer feeling really excited about the next two years. Then this morning I read this thread on the…