Shag

(Ok, so Tartankiwi calls it a cormorant, but I’m a New Zealander – it’s a shag :-)) This one went so much better than the kestrel – all the seams lined up first time. I wasn’t sure whether I wanted to make one of the birds blue, seeing as I’m using a blue background, but…

Big booms

was confused last night to hear a strange booming noise in the distance.  It sounded like fireworks, but Classical Sparks was last week, so I couldn’t figure out what it would be.  I looked out the kitchen window, because sometimes fireworks in town are just visible from there (Hagley Park is about 5 km away…

Why tangy?

aitangi Day today, our national day and anniversary of the signing of Aotearoa New Zealand’s founding document, the Treaty of Waitangi.  So of course, it being the national day, everyone attends lots of patriotic events and celebrations… actually, no, most people just enjoy having a free day off, and otherwise try their best to ignore…

Oops

eally really must get myself a hat. Or at least some sunscreen. Or maybe both. Or I could just be a bit more sensible about how much time I spend out in the sun… yeah, that might be a good idea too. Because I managed to get myself sunburnt again in my lunch break today…

Happy New Year!

It’s 2015 here in New Zealand, even if most of the rest of the world is still to catch up, and has dawned a lovely sunny day after yesterday’s rain. I reckon that augurs great things for the year – and even if it doesn’t, I fully intend to have a good year anyway 🙂 …

Christmas lights

osting after midnight again, but I’ve decided it doesn’t count as skipping a day as long as I haven’t been to bed yet.  Yeah, the logic is weak, but I’m allowed to make up the rules as I go along 🙂 The reason I’m posting so late is because Lytteltonwitch and I went out to…

Posting Pohutukawa

Finally got round to posting off my ornament for the Bookcrossing Ornament Exchange today.  Or actually, two ornaments: Yes, there is a bit of a theme there 😉  I got the felt pohutukawa flower ages ago when Mum was up and we were browsing the Ballantyne’s Christmas displays.  But then when I was in Wellington,…

Pōwhiri

ight, I promised you a description of Tuesday’s pōwhiri.  It was due to start at 9.30, but we were instructed to be there at least 15 minutes early, because once the pōwhiri gets started, it’s incredibly rude to interrupt it, so basically, if you’re late, you miss out (and as missing the pōwhiri would have…

Introducing myself

ēnā koutou katoa, Ko Kopuwai te maunga, Ko Mata-au te awa, Ko Ngāti Pākehā te iwi, Ko MacMillan te hapū, Nō Ōtākou au, Kei Ōtautahi ahau e noho ana, He CEISMIC Production Coordinator taku mahi, Ko FutureCat taku ingoa, Nā reira, tēnā koutou katoa. Greetings to you all, Kopuwai (the Old Man Range in Central…