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Piha Tales: July 2010
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Sunday, July 04, 2010. We were successful in the ballot for tickets - Eden Park Pack for me and Alex. Fri Sep 9 New Zealand v Tonga (Plus opening ceremony, I think). Sat Sep 17 Australia v Ireland. Sat Sep 24 New Zealand v France. Sun Sep 25 Fiji v Samoa. Sat Oct 1 England v Scotland. 3rd / 4th Place Game. Links to this post. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). I'm Out the Back, Dreaming. View my complete profile.
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Piha Tales: A couple of Poems
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Sunday, March 28, 2010. A couple of Poems. This is about riding my bike up to the top of the Piha Hill - I like the rhyming in this! Its a long slow pull. Up the Piha Hill. As this old bike of mine. Travels up the incline. My thigh muscles start to burn. And my tummy is a-churn. As I struggle my way. Up the hill this day. My breath comes quick. And my brow is slick. With sweat thats wet. And I'm not there yet. I will reach the top. Then I can stop. This pushing of the cranks will end. Just past this bend.
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Piha Tales: Alex will be 12 on 21 April
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Sunday, April 11, 2010. Alex will be 12 on 21 April. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Alex will be 12 on 21 April. I'm Out the Back, Dreaming. View my complete profile.
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Black Diamond: July 2010
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Sunday, July 11, 2010. The Belles in concert. Originally uploaded by MhairiT. Technically they are really impressive and they love what they're doing. The concert also included a Hawaiian band and also a burlesque dancer who had a routine with many balloons and some pins - saucy! Originally uploaded by MhairiT. Originally uploaded by MhairiT. After a week of work in a big tall building, it was lovely to get out on the harbour. The Biennale of Sydney was on while I was there and it included a selectio...
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Black Diamond: August 2010
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Saturday, August 28, 2010. To celebrate Steph's birthday, we went to the Hippopotamus. Restaurant in the Museum Hotel in Wellington for a degustation dinner, along with Colin and their friends Simon and Jackie. It was a very fun evening - good company and delicious food! We were also sat by the window so had a good view of the harbour. We had six courses in all. Steph did the wine matching, but the rest of us just picked drinks to go along with the meal as we wanted. That menu in full. Starring Jemaine C...
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Black Diamond: timeless!
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Friday, November 12, 2010. Originally uploaded by takamatua. Mum and I went to see Leonard Cohen play Christchurch as part of his Unified Heart tour on 3 November. For a 78 year old guy, he's pretty impressive! There's a great tour photo diary at this site. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). My Flickr photo album. Live by the river (Megan Shield's blog). View my complete profile. Picture Window template. Powered by Blogger.
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Black Diamond: precious!
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Tuesday, October 05, 2010. Gollum model at the Weta Cave. Originally uploaded by MhairiT. We visited the Weta Cave in Mirimar after brunch - it's been set up as a visitor center next to Weta Workshops. It's very small (but free! With some exhibitions of models and props from the movies that Weta have worked on. There's also a little film that you watch about all their services and activities - lots of stuff I didn't know about! It looks like a fun place to work! Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom).
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Black Diamond: November 2010
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Monday, November 29, 2010. I've had quite a good strike-rate with films recently, so I thought I'd write up what I've seen:. The Social Network - as long as you don't go into this film thinking it was going to be true to life, it was an engrossing yarn. I'm sure that the real story is way more boring than what was depicted here, so it was interesting to see how they engineered conflict and drama where in reality it was probably weeks of boring coding and programming! Also, what's with all the definitives?
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Black Diamond: coincidental!
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Friday, November 12, 2010. Union Station, LA. Originally uploaded by MhairiT. Yes, I know this is a photo from 11 months ago, but I had a funny message from someone on Flickr recently. Somehow this chap had found my photo and worked out that he'd taken a photo of that same Christmas tree at Union station on the same day as me. He'd then got on the train, but had ridden it north of LA rather than south as I had done. Small world! Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). My Flickr photo album.
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Black Diamond: October 2010
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Tuesday, October 05, 2010. The main attraction for the weekend was the Montana World of Wearable Arts, held at the TSB Arena. WOW started about 20 years ago in Nelson and has grown and moved since then. The whole idea is clothes that are also works of art and they were so spectacular! It just didn't stop for two hours! Loved it all and will definitely be back next year, luckily I live here! Wellington was full of groups of women for the two weeks of the show, all out dining and shopping, very amusing.
