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Royal Blue 23 Jul 2013 | 03:11 pm
This evening the Palmerston North clocktower is coloured blue in honour of the new royal baby. Today I went on a small holiday tiki-tour, having a quick look at where all the small communities are ne...
Sunrise in Palmy 23 Jul 2013 | 01:03 am
This morning we had possibly the most spectacular sunrise I have ever seen. Reverence. And you just get to see part of it here on this video- there was more glorious colour higher in the sky, but I he...
Seddon Quakes 22 Jul 2013 | 12:50 pm
Presently there's a pile of earthquake activity in Cook Strait, centred off the coast from Seddon. Many people in Palmy have been feeling smaller ones all the way up here for days, but until yesterday...
Cluny to Le-Puy-en-Velay 2012 9 Jun 2013 | 08:56 am
Last April-May I walked for four weeks in France, starting from Cluny in the Burgundy region. I've just finished putting up photos on Flickr for the Cluny to Le-Puy-en-Velay section of the walk. (And ...
More Geocaching 3 Jun 2013 | 05:27 am
I've really been enjoying more geocaching on my weekends- great excuse to get out and about and have some walking or cycling exercise. Plus I keep discovering places in my own city I have either never...
Geocaching 19 May 2013 | 09:59 am
A month or so ago, a friend took me geocaching with her family. Since then I have found 14 caches, all so far within a few kilometres of home. Last weekend I found my first 'trackable', placed by some...
Insulation cometh for Winter! 18 May 2013 | 08:54 am
Today Pinkfit arrived to do my ceiling and floor insulation. It didn't take them too long to do the ceiling and they are now tapping away underneath the house. Maybe I am imagining it, but it seems wa...
Under the Floor 18 May 2013 | 08:54 am
This isn't a sight I have seen before...the open manhole in the laundry floor that gives access for the work being done below today. I'd be claustrophobic working under there for even five minutes!
How to escape education's death valley 12 May 2013 | 09:22 am
Creating a climate of possibility... A talk by Ken Robinson.
Industrial Passage 12 May 2013 | 03:45 am
It was a beautiful morning as I left home for a 6km walking circuit. The sky had just a few clouds, pink tinged, until the sun came up. Walked back along Tremaine Ave and Ruahine St, and took a few 'i...
