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Stuff we've done.  Places we've done it

Day Monkeys: Walking to Careys Bay (New Zealand) & Back

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PART 1  H E R E   *   PART 2  H E R E   *   PART 3  H E R E  *  PART 4  H E R E

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Obsolete & Inexpensive:
​Photography
​for the Fiscally Challenged

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Treasures from the Tangata Whenua Gallery, Otago Museum

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My vintage Marcasite collection

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Otago Harbour ​on a nice spring day 
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& railing at destiny with
​bad language

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​My Big Red Bakelite Necklace.

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Planting & Growing Garlic
​at Home

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​Port Chalmers:  
Incident Report

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New Zealand
​Wood Pigeon 

(Hemiphaga novaeseelandiae)

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​Two Vintage Indian
​Banjara 
gala embroideries 
 

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Flipping off good taste: 
big  black  bedroom

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Our
​Magnolias in bloom



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​Tribal Papua New Guinea
​& the Mt Hagen singsing, circa 1968
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​R E A D   PART  1
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R E A D   PART   2

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Illuminati Beetle Wing 
Pendant 

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Late Spring
​in the 

Blackthorn Garden

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Modding another
​pair
 
of Doc Martens

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The New Zealand Fantail  
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(Rhipidura fuliginosa)

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​Central Asian Silver: 
The Sun and
​The Moon Rejoice

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Seaweed


Day Monkeys:  Surface failure,  Pt Chalmers   New Zealand 

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R E A D  P A R T  1  H E R E     *    P A R T   2   H E R E     *     P A R T   3   H E R E

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My trip to Haast & Makarora,  NZ

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My Trip to Haast & Makarora
​NZ Pt 2



The Light Between Oceans Film Shoot: Port Chalmers location shoot

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     PART 1 HERE   *   PART 2 HERE   *   PART 3 HERE

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How to string a necklace 
from ​great big 
vintage beads

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Blogging just because
​we can-
Christmas dinner at home

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Walking the Back Beach
road on an Autumn morning,
Pt Chalmers

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Franz Joseph Glacier, Westland,
​New Zealand

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​Repotting  your Aloes

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Vintage Greenstone ​Pendant, 
circa 1970


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​Treasures from the
​Pacific Peoples gallery, 

Otago Museum  

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PART 1   *    PART 2    *    PART 3    *    PART 4   *   PART 5

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​Night Monkeys- 
Port Chalmers ​in the dark

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Blood Moon, October 2014 Port Chalmers NZ

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The Blackthorn Garden:
Green

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​A Thunderstorm
​for Xmas, Pt Chalmers NZ

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The Blackthorn Garden: Midsummer, 
​
Port Chalmers

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A Juvenile Black Spined Stick Insect 

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​A Kungirat Tent or Yurt Band

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Plum
​'Prune Stanley' 

- we pick ours

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Aloe Speciosa: 
The ​Beautiful Aloe

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A Scandinavian Modernist Amber & Silver ring


Xmas Holidays: West Coast of New Zealand, 2015

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PART 1  *   PART 2   *   PART 3   *   PART 3.5   *   PART 4

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Photos du Jour: 
Cactus Flowers

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Treasures from the Otago Museum: Maori Textiles & Moa Egg

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NZ Fish of the Otago Museum (Deceased)

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Fuck Moderation:
Handmade NZ Chocolates

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​Photos du Jour: Rain

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Some Vintage Embroidered Afghani Dress pieces


The South Island of New Zealand through a Windscreen & a Jaundiced Eye

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PART 1   H E R E   *   PART 2  H E R E   *   PART 3  H E R E

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First Summer Flowers in our Garden, 2015

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The Dunedin Gasworks Museum

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Sad Kente: experimental hand-washing of a vintage silk textile.

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Birds at Aramoana mole, Otago Harbour New Zealand

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Port Chalmers, night time no. 2

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A vintage
​Kungirat or Lakai Suzani
​horse blanket 

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The NZ
Poultry, Pigeon & Cage Bird Association 2016 Show, Dunedin

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Port Chalmers: night time

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Our Garden, Spring 2016

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Midwinter, Back Beach,
​Port Chalmers

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Sleeping Beauty: ​our garden on
​a cloudy day in Spring

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Vintage Fabric Prints:
Paisleys & MidCentury from the  Blackthorn collection

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The Tui
​(Prosthemadura novaeseelandiae), Port Chalmers.

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The Moria Gate Arch Walk, 
​Buller NZ

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Middlemarch Drive


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