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Southerly: Coming Up For Air, in reply to ChrisW,
And the horse she rode in on
Perhaps the Bridal Path will lead there after a few Monteiths?
Beware the unbridled brides seeking their grooms….
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Further to the 99% – the 99c.
And in case you were wondering, it does grow on trees.
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Oh David. About halfway through this post I wasn't sure I could read it right through, so nightmarish is your story. I can't imagine how you and Jen have survived and not gone stark raving mad. But a happy(ish) ending, hallelujah!!! Congratulations. And hugs.
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Hard News: A modest appeal, in reply to Joe Wylie,
Stripeys and family in Avonside a couple of months back.
Great pics, Joe!
pictures of streamlined Buck Rogers-style cars and planes, and a large depiction of a boxer fighting a tiger. Wished I’d had a camera.
One of my recurring nightmares is of seeing something amazing and not having a camera with me! Or if I do have it, it doesn’t work. :-)
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Hard News: A modest appeal, in reply to Islander,
*putakitakiatama = like a child blowing a war trumpet
*putakitakiatoa =like a warrior blowing a war trumpetthanks for the explanation, that is exactly what they sound like. :-)
Here in quack city we also have loads of scaup now we have enough native scrub along the riverbanks for them to breed in. It seemed to be as simple as that – once they had the habitat, there they were, going for it. Their babies are super cute too, round like rubber ducks but black and fluffy. I remember trying to feed bread to scaup families about 10 years ago and they didn’t quite seem to see the point of it, but they’re mostly quite urbanised and streetwise ducks now. :-)
The stretch of the Opawaho/Heathcote I live near sometimes has shovellers at low tide. Such gaudy birds! And they really do shovel, too, striding through the mud sweeping their huge bills from side to side through the shallows.
ETA: I remember visiting Zealandia in Wellington, about 7 or 8 years ago when it was still the Karori Sanctuary, and the guide told us proudly that they had two scaup! I was pleased for them and tried not to snort audibly. :-)
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Hard News: A modest appeal, in reply to Islander,
10 stripey kiddies, eh?? And they can run quite fast but often in random directions!
I remember some years ago going to visit a pair down by the Heathcote in Sydenham when they were a rarity here. They are so handsome. But since then they’ve taken the city back! They’re everywhere up and down the rivers and in parks. You hear them flying over and calling to each other from house roofs. Hearing a duck quack from just above your head can be disconcerting. -
Hard News: A modest appeal, in reply to Ian Dalziel,
Are there still glow worms in the tunnel
through to the swing bridge?Absolutely! Although I haven’t been there since…(checks)…2003. I remember being very chuffed to get quite close to a mob of paradise ducklings in the creek. That was before Chch was full of them and they were no longer a novelty. :-)
That same trip I also went to Larry’s Creek (just north of Reefton) and waded over (clear swift icy water to the hip, yikes) to see the stamper battery and one scary-looking half-flooded tunnel leading off into the hillside. Hard to imagine anyone having the guts to go into those places day after day. And the stampers going 24 hours a day. Hell.
Amazing how the bush takes these places back, though.
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With plenty of adits and tunnels
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Hard News: A modest appeal, in reply to Ian Dalziel,
Nelson Creek
Nelson Creek, eh! Now a delightful camping spot.
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People who like this sort of thing might like Wired's Spider Hall of Fame. And this bizarre article about making cloth from spider silk.
