Stand-up Paddle Board Lessons, Wellington
See other things that float at A Word In You Ear
I’ve gone with literal rather than a colour match for Jennifer’s one word photo challenge theme of melon.
My neighbour popped over with a chunk of watermelon the other week because he had bought one that was too big for them to eat it all.
My dining table has a large window running beside it. I know that it should provide a great source of natural light for still life style photos but am still figuring out when the best time of day is and what to use for backgrounds.
Statue of a Dwarf from the Hobbit, Auckland Airport
In memory of Terry Pratchett who died last week, Ailsa’s travel theme is all things fantastic and fantastical.
It seems that Pratchett’s views on Tolkien may have been somewhat complicated. I’ve seen him reported as saying that Tolkien was his favourite fantasy author (although it sounds like that might have been out of exasperation at being asked the question so often) but what I really like this quote I read from him
Far more beguiling than the idea that evil can destroyed by throwing a piece of expensive jewellery into a volcano is the possibility that evil can be defused by talking
This week in setting her photo challenge Nancy notes
As we in the northern hemisphere make our way out of the darkness of winter, I thought it would be fun to reminisce about the warmth and brightness of the summer sun.
Here in New Zealand we are heading into winter but March can still give us the sort of weather where families come into Frank Kitts Park to enjoy a lunchtime break with a parent who works in town