Four Legged Friends

I had dinner at my friends' place tonight.  Yummo!  John and Della have a very live-wired pup called Odin, who John described as being a "rebellious teenager".  He can be very cute and adorable, when he's calm.... tonight we got a mix.  Not that you could tell in this shot.  Butter wouldn't melt!

He's a sharpei-staffi cross with other bits in him - possibly a bit of whippet, and as some say, dingo!

The Natural Barometer

Today's photo is of the Port Hills.  No, really.  You see, when you can see them, chances are it's not a bad day.  When you can't, you know it's cold - either the Southerly creeping over them, or the Easterly creeping in front of them.  So you can guess the weather at my place this evening!  :-)

Little House at the Market

It's been a market weekend for me, today I headed to the Waitangi Day Market at Riccarton House.  To the side of the "Big" House, is the "Little" House! It's so cute, even with it's propped up chimney.

It's a Farm Life

I took a trip out to Oxford to visit their famed Farmer's Market today.  I've always had a thing for hay bales - I used to try and get arty shots of them when traveling around Ireland!

As it was a yet another grey day, decided to make this one sepia... and hence a little arty!

Oh yeah, and I bought lovely fresh fruit and eggs at the market, then some handmade earrings at the Craft Market!

Brightness on a dull day

I am so over these grey days. The sun did attempt to come out a couple of times today and I ventured out, but had a slight camera malfunction,  (no spare batteries) so I had to resort to a garden shot today when I got home to get back into the groove...   Anyway my marigolds are companion planting for my vege garden and do brighten the place up!

No Photos

Sorry, no photos yesterday or today as I've been crook... back to usual business tomorrow!

Things To Love About Chch #1

Occasionally I'm going to put things I love most about Christchurch on here.  Today's pic is one of those things.  Hagley Park.  What a gem we have in the heart of our city.  The gardens, the golf, the rugby, the netball, the runners, walkers.... and the hub of entertainment fixtures!  We are blessed.