or maybe “So hip it hurts” which was what happened after stupidly walking up to the Botanical gardens, and then more up, through the botanical gardens, pausing at the top for the _iew of the weather before taking the cable car down.

*Pardon my French.
;- )

well spotted, hadn't seen that.

Those are my students in white… or the team with actual uniforms, in other words.

And the super high-tech scoreboard says 32:12 at half time. 64:36 at full time, and my students relaxed and had fun in the…

Ha! I'm glad the internet wasn't around when I was a tyke.

Actually, it extends to all people enjoying good food(I do not include elephant feet within that category, or dolphins....actually, the list of exclusions is HUUUUGE-)

See? This is how yummy that yoghurt is!

How yummy is this yoghurt? This yummy, and she’s only getting started in this shot – and she made such a gleeful mess that I’m sure next time we go there they’ll have a big sign saying “No Pakeha…

That cool bridge from the other side. I loved the light down in this little corner of the park. It felt warm, soft and very green.

Geez, you could almost forget you're in the middle of a city of 20-odd million souls...

French horn on the opposite corner of the same square. This dude gets an audience.

And a really popular bridge – bet it's nice and cool in there.

Lake, boats, bridge, Longtan Park, Guomao Tower 3 (tallest building in Beijing) and Jianwai Soho in the distance.

No park is complete without a vintage jet fighter.

And Berlin's Mitte district sent a bear (Berlin means "Little Bear") with the text, partially visible, "Berlin Mitte grüßt Peking Chaoyang".

creepy creeper?
I don’t know what ... attracts the parrots
...the call of Cthulhu?
ten tacles to hold you...

And is busy reading up on how to stay healthy.

Somewhere a car bonnet owner is thanking you!

Cat attractor? Heated bricks as warmed cat seats?
Would save getting scratches on the car bonnet....

Sequestering your own carbon! How awesome. :-)

I've been fiddling with my fronds again...

A kereru visiting my place is a rarity. This one perched on the walnut tree the other day seems to convey a message this morning – no doubt the universe is unfolding as it should, all’s well with the world.

That raised toe in…

These are phone cam shots...quality is not great, and getting worse, the lens is getting more scratched and blurry every day. But it's the camera I'm always carrying.

On the other hand, what happened to your full-on big-file photos?

Not really the thread for this, but I clean forgot I took it. How work has changed in 30 years.

After a little indecision and rightist tendencies, the collective made a…

This grazer too.

A frame upon the land.

Cheers. It's possibly the first time I've seen what seems to be an act of vandalism unintentionally improve the original. Check out the detail on this tree. An artist could have worked that by etching the glass and not come up with much better.

It…

Love that bus stop photo!

I bet America is reeling. Take care there.

The India garden is nice as well, the modernist bit was looking tired.

I thought Virginia creeper in Jos' picture – though now that I check in a gardening book I find that what I thought of as Virginia creeper is the Boston Creeper and wot Jos shot seems to be Virginia creeper if that makes sense......

Go crowd!!

Looks like that in Jos's photos in Hamilton Gardens is Virginia creeper= Parthenocissus quinquefolia, very similar and closely related to 'Boston ivy' = Parthenocissus tricuspidata. And mine without the sticky pads on its tendrils is more suited to climbing trees than buildings,…

Yes, it really is.

I'm a bit snowed under, and having trouble finding the time to get Autumnal photos for a new thread. If anyone feels they could muster up 8 – 10 shots for a seasonal post, which seem to go down…

Stay safe. Perhaps the width of a good-sized continent seems small tonight?

Things are feeling rather fragile in the US tonight. We are in Cambria CA.

just a subtle social message
and
refections

not sure if these are Shetlands or just tiny horses.....
they are on the West Coast near Haast, manes blowing staunchly in the wind.
Mr Leggs will be appalled to know I used the hand-held-scanner for this one....

They look pretty happy there too : )

Not wrong Chris- they're really nuggety powerful wee…

They’re actually lovely wee creatures, strong as, and smart as- met a couple at the latest Oamaru Fair and challenged their owner that they could carry ANYONE…I weigh 14 stone 2 lb…

-mounted the little tiny mare (I’m arthritic, so…

White tiger enjoying the sun.

And a bit nervous about shetland ponies getting too close.

Nice : ) The only mirroring I can be bothered with is shot through the tiny kaleidescope or the dragon-fly-eye. Too lazy otherwise….

It's curly asparagus really.

I played with a couple of fern fronds and found myself making kowhaiwhai...

That's so cool.

Hayes metals

Here's a little lambo as well

RX8
Mustang

Yep. Think I've posted it before, but just grabbed one to test the system, which probably should have been on the blue thread. ;-)

Whakatane the town of tiny cars?

here's a green one

Hmmm, not sure I'm free...
;-)

Happy relief!

In the mean time, here’s our Worldwide Pinhole Day Thread from last April, just to get you all in the mood for the next one, which is coming up on 28th of April.

More details soon.

;-)

Yeah, I'm having the same problem. Will compile a report and send it to the developers.

Sorry folks.

Either that or a crazy car thread, I like shrinking them to fit. I like this little Porsche, Pity the owner will probably never see the photo. :)

California car

Auckland car

If you…

What a trip Geoff, never come down!

Love the shadowy gate Nora.

I have to ask, is there a sister town called Pins?

Love the house with the tree coming out the top – that's indoor outdoor flow!

A mighty peculiar potato! Have you eaten it yet?

Fig. 2 and Fig. 3 – Starling is in boots and…

Action shot!!

Jackson, I think it’s time for an Autumn thread, eh?

Maybe a Fashion Focussed thread…. warm cardies, parkas and whatnot for staying warm while continuing to catch those Autumn pictures.....

So do trees, eh? ;-)

Jackson, I think it's time for an Autumn thread, eh?
Love your recent skies, BTW. :-)

Autumn sunrise Orere Pt. More on the blue thread. ;-)

tell that to a sunflower, or a gerbera….

Rosemary keeps them humming along....

Oh nice. I had a piwakawaka in my garden this afternoon, doesn't happen often here....

A piwakawaka that was happy to pose

C'mon Jackson, all the leaves are brown.....

I've got enough for a California dreaming post.....

: – )

I kind of thought the peripatetic thread to Christchurch and Nelson might become the autumnal thread, but it came and went, and my reference was rather understated.

Between that, Got the blues…

Various summer enjoyments of a warm Easter Monday at the beach, and rivermouth still known romantically as “The…

Mine do this too… seems to be since a computer upgrade. I can fix mine by opening up the original picture file, then rotating it four times till it is back right where it started, then saving it again. Then I’m fine to post it (having first…

and your chaos flower looks like holi week without the colour Nora

Another kinda petal fall....

Here is a rose that had just dropped its petals. One minute the petals were all hanging on, then I looked again, and they’d fallen in a drift.

Shame is that these ideas actually make sense. Why they think this is a joke is beyond me.

No shit Sherlock. :-)

This is the best prank I've seen.

Thank god we have a Minister who knows what he is doing.
For far too long we have had Ministers in charge of things they know nothing about and departments not listening to those that do.
If it Department of Economic Development anf the EQC had listened…

thinks comment was referring to the links to images of drapery tossed around....

Not if it is your boat it ain't

Kiwi really small moa, shock!

Novopay avoids nova

OROKONUI

OROKONUI

And painter David Ligare has done a beautiful series of thrown draperies. For example, this and this.

..... because you are short of butterflies?

lovely tho.... brings on camera jealousy.....

Because they look great in photographs? Nice textures.

Bethells today.

They closed the road out of my village last night, on account of solemn religious festivities. It took a gentle conversation with some elders and local police (who were there to…

Dear David – I really appreciate your posts but

it is OROKOnui (SI dialect for Orongonui.) Kai Tahu Whanui is really proud of the place – and the name. We envisage it as an island, from which the birds…

These in August 2011 – not at all summer, warm clothes in the sun.

Here's more of the Kiwi Boy sculpture along our riverbank

He's by Rotorua sculptor Jamie Pickernell.
He keeps an eye on The Whakatane Heads

how could you not be?

– previously photographed mural – this time black and white and with shopping trolley

– new AUT building – this part replaces the ancient K block

And downstream at 7.10 am, exactly an hour later than this one of the trained duck on 11Jan, but still 10 minutes before sunrise at sea level. Must…

This is a slow shutter butterfly
Applause for blurring too : )