Anzac day

Proudly flying the flag in the back yard.

Today, April 25th is Anzac Day in New Zealand a day we remember our war dead and the sacrifices they made.
In WWI alone we lost seven percent of our men aged between 18 and 45 to a war in Europe and in total there were 55,000 casualties. Some like my grandfather caught pneumonia (as a result of the huge flu epidemic) returned to NZ and then died when my dad was five in another bout of pneumonia.
My Dad was in WWII in the Air force as a pilot and trained like so many Kiwis in the wilds of fellow commonwealth country Canada (we Kiwis feel strong links to Canadians as a result and I’m always amazed how many Canadians have been here) .

My Grandad

The view west from our office space

This is the reverse view of the last image as taken from our office space (photo S2IS , although one of those times I wished I'd had my 20D and a tripod with me )

Auckland City at 6.45am

Photo S2IS (two pictures joined )

Two versions of the same view

Sun rise in the mist
Full moon as Easter approaches

(both looking northeast off my deck , Photo S2IS)

Inside the car wash

I’m not sure what they put in that car wax but it smells like bubble gum and looks like candy floss , maybe this is supposed to be a subliminal comfort to having spent NZ $11 on a car wash . (Phone camera)

Birkenhead

I took this my Motorola phone camera, they have an amazing wide angle and depth of field but are unusually let down by the way they over-compress the images when saved.

Still at this size kind of acceptable but I don’t think I’ll be printing it .

Water lillies

Tropical water lillies from Wrights Water Garden in Franklin

($6.00 a bunch of a dozen , what a bargin) Photo S2IS

(S2IS)

Hot house at the Auckland Domain (photo Reena 20D)

Hot house at the Auckland Domain (photo Reena 20D)

Winter Garden Auckland Domain (Photo Reena , 20D )

Auckland Festival 07 Groupe F "A little more light" (un peu plus de lumiere)

Auckland War Memorial Museum

free light-sticks for the kids (of all ages ) !

Absolutely spectacular, French pyrotechnicians , Groupe F .
If you ever get the chance to see these people in action take it !
Fireworks and flame set to live music , wow and free !
Thanks to the Auckland festival .

(Photos Canon 20D )

Wenderholm and Mahurangi Regional Parks

Kapiti Coast . Wellington

Kapiti Island from Pukerua Bay

South Island from Paekakariki Hill Road

Kapiti Coast , from Paekakariki Hill Road

Titahi Bay

The Wellington Cable Car

The traditional photo of Wellington and the cable car
The cross over point

The tunnel

I kept saying “are these begonias ever going to flower ? “

Well yes and was it well worth the wait !! Oh yes

More great pottery from Morris and James at Matakana

Test glaze design , not put to production ,

hence this piece remains a one off.(and its mine !!)

Test design , now in limited production

The mid summer view from my deck

Christmas in Taranaki. It is summer but..........

This is Mt Taranki in summer 2006 , it should not have that white stuff !!

I took this of Jim , he likes the low angles, always tricky with an SLR.

Jim using the well known fence post stand-in for a tripod.

And the results speak for themselves

Its the Dudley Hall again .

Birdlings flat beach.

Birdlings Flat beach, near Christchurch