Photo Opportunity

Okay, the Board's finished & up


Pose like this


Portrait of the Young Man as an Artist


Another Portrait


Cheers Ben - well done!

Waiuta People (Again).

This is Ngaire Sibbald, with her son & daughter.

Ngaire was one of the Hocking sisters, i think that there were five of them. Their family had the main boarding house in Waiuta in the late 1930's.

They came to visit us recently, for the second time - so pleased that i recognised her!



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Let the Sunshine In

We've had a couple of very wet days, (which we needed - the trees drank it up), but today, Easter Sunday, the sun finally came out and the place went a bit mad - people coming from all directions.

Jarrod and Callum were back, spending the day with me, which was very cool. A family from Leeds, England but currently in Dunedin for 12 months, came up the hill and the boys gave them a guided tour. (Not sure what they were telling them!) When they left the father asked if he could buy the boys an ice cream - like they were going to say no!

That was very nice of him and - what a great score!!



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I Bet You'll Put that on the Blog!!

As if i would! (Hey Sue).

This is just a trial run of the latest project - a photo-shoot board thingie.



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And Now For Something Completely Different!

Have a look at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QJyV-xi8jpg&feature=user&session=7m6jRXhI4qGopdYz9F2k8EkCUN5gziP8CzcIOlVuVgXXul3R6I1mjJVva3gF33lZXU7q1Kqqz2Ug1G5dnixMzESQjBjGv6sz7nR0F4Cu36y1N69X2hKHQt0sMueEGdD670HaHxIeb27PoVxeIDYXfUty6_Ih_b_wWFnkIC26NC3Iz9TVGa7yIa4qhUo2L0LGf6MtSzwAdDD4V_T21_xRY-bFaVCOPNGN7kJAN6qUgKyMpjS545N_bM2Icjem8ucyz6eUXxjcSWDK1Z8JR4WPJxL6bTVoGsPp for Benji's awesome movie - flmed entirely on location in Little Earth!

Noodle House

Apparently the Brits are big on Asian food. We're thinking about putting a Vietnamese Noodle House in the English village.




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Reefton People

You learn something every day! This was my 5th form class at Reefton District High School. The teacher was Miss Janet ('Gyp') Archer. She was Deputy Principal and a scary little lady - she even had my sister, Cheryl bluffed and no-one else ever has!

The boy on the left of the 2nd row was Bernard (Barney) Archer - Gyp's nephew. The fifth girl in the 2nd row was Yvonne Archer - Gyp's niece.

In the 3rd row were, 4th from left, Terry (Turkey) Archer and Dennis (Sprog) Archer 8th from left - her nephews.

I knew all that - what i didn't know was that the boy in the centre of the 3rd row, Bryce Buckland, was also a nephew, of sorts. His mother and Gyp's father were brother and sister.

Bryce's sister, Bronwyn, came to see us today and told me lots of interesting stuff. Lotsafun! Damm, i love this game!

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Optical Illusion

Click on the pic to bring it up full-screen and then stand up and walk back about 3 meters. What happens? Explain that then - i can't!



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