Posts by Hebe
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Hard News: Christchurch: Is "quite good"…, in reply to Isabel Hitchings,
Damn. You need a sucker truck now. Ring them first thing: 7am. Good luck tonight.
Just saw this advice elsewhere: "Ring the council on the 0800 number and press option 4 they will send a sucker truck to clean sewer". Some of those people work all night.
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Speaker: Selling the Dream: The Art of…, in reply to Islander,
The sixpence had a huia on it….
I laughed at that: my Huia has a sixpence in his heart I'm sure. For me, Maori imagery on coins is more acceptable than unattributed/lower-case attributed images on advertising. Coins are of value; advertising is taking mana for someone else's profit. Teatowels are horrid.
Best wishes for a dry night Lilith and Isabel. The ground here is saturated already; I hope not too much more rain. The land in this suburb has dropped overall about 0.5m after Feb 22 last year; fortunately it looks like the riverbed near here has dropped further.
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Capture: Spring is Like a Perhaps Hand, in reply to Jos,
Is that the name? Thank you; I noticed some reds in flower in our garden today and wondered what they were.
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Lilac at the old house. I hope to see my lilacs (a gift from Ian D's sister) flower this year.
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Speaker: Selling the Dream: The Art of…, in reply to Chris Waugh,
That retro-innocence vision of NZ as a South Pacific paradise is comforting.
Sadly not retro. I still meet plenty of North Americans and Europeans who still think the South Pacific is a paradise on earth populated by noble savages and all that bollocksI was more thinking of the innocence about the beauty of the land as compared with its innate instability: all them mudpools and geysers show natural forces are always at work underfoot. The noble savage nonsense is another thing again...
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Speaker: Selling the Dream: The Art of…, in reply to Russell Brown,
Oh yes. We have been asking visitors what they think of New Zealand since there has been New Zealand.
Cringeworthy being at a media scrum and it's gone swimmingly until "Whaddaya think of..." comes out. I always wanted to yell "who gives a fuck we just want to hear you sing/act/whatever..."
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Speaker: Selling the Dream: The Art of…, in reply to Peter Alsop,
Oh that too! On my birthday list already, and if I don't receive it then beloved might find it in his birthday parcel a month later (we haf ways of ensuring obedience). There are a couple I would like for my wall, and I am not about to cut up a beautiful book. As for repro vs retro, I won't be buying authenticity, I just wanna look at the picture (as long it's a good-quality repro)!
BTW, I find the Maori posters a bit creepy and disrespecting for my wall -- each to their own opinion on that -- though intriguing to look at casually. I like the scenery and vegetation: Marlborough Sounds, kowhai blossoms among others. Helensville is odd though, as much as I love Kaipara Harbour. And having looked at the sampler again: New Zealand native flowers -- I have a collection of NZ flowery books, fabrics, and bits and bobs.
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Speaker: Selling the Dream: The Art of…, in reply to Chris Waugh,
Hey thanks. The power of the internet-thingy: you post from Beijing, I like in Christchurch, you reply from Beijing with the posters's website and contacts, and if it weren't cloudy and raining and I got out the binoculars, I could see that place on the hills nearby (2km away). I can see where some cheques are going soon...That retro-innocence vision of NZ as a South Pacific paradise is comforting.
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Speaker: Selling the Dream: The Art of…, in reply to Chris Waugh,
Love them; I wish I could get reprint posters of these.
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Capture: Spring is Like a Perhaps Hand, in reply to Emma Hart,
Great photo Emma.
