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Post by drew on Sept 27, 2006 17:01:18 GMT
Here's another one for you Caite. A dreadful photograph but excellent pointing.  This is Ida Nevasayneva performing The Dying Swan as interpreted by Les Ballets Trockadero. A short biography of Ida Nevasayneva: The noted socialist Real ballerina of the working peoples everywhere, Ida comes flushed from her triumphs at the Varna Festival, where she was awarded a specially created plastic medal for Bad Taste. Comrade Ida became known as a heroine of the Revolution when, after effortlessly boureeing through a mine field, she lobbed a loaded toeshoe into a capitalist bank.Offstage Ida Nevasayneva is usually known as Paul Ghiselin. |
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Post by thomas on Sept 27, 2006 21:27:27 GMT
Hi Thomas, Yes there is a red bus from the airport too about $8 i think. we do have other coloured buses as well, which all get you places round christchurch. Some buses are covered in advertising eg cadbury chocolates giant pictures of chocolate (yum)  there are also white ones and purple ones have a look in the NZ fan gathering group theres lots info on Christchurch etc and the buses, open membership at present. i.postimg.cc/9fYxy370/smilie-big-grin.gifgroups.msn.com/NewZealandFanGatheringEg theres a mini van that is $5 that takes you from the airport to where your staying which is alot better than paying $20 in a taxi. I'll be putting info about other places as well eventually You can be the advance HWi scout and report on what you liked and disliked about NZ,if you have time while your in Christchurch you may like to drop by and see my Hayley collection i.postimg.cc/9fYxy370/smilie-big-grin.gifopps i'm off topic Nice photo's everyone Belinda Belinda Hi Belinda! Thank you for all the informations. I'm sure my sister and I will have a great time in NZ. We spend a few days in and around Christchurch. We'll be there from 17th until 20th Feb. after we've arrived and again from 3rd until 4th March before we fly to the North Island. Actually I would like very much to see your Hayley collection.  Would be a big honour! |
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Post by thomas on Sept 27, 2006 21:33:50 GMT
Well done Thomas. Sounds like a well planned trip. In fact i shall give that principle a considerastion in parallel with thinking througb my campervan optioon. Don't forget to keep us posted with pics, but I suppose that will be when you are back? I use a laptop so when I go hopefully I'll be able to keep people posted as I go along. If mssed it in a post, I apologise, but what is your date for going? Peter S. We will be in NZ from 17th Feb. until 14th March next year. After that we spend two days in Sydney before we fly back to Germany. And there will be taken many picures to get back on topic. i.postimg.cc/9fYxy370/smilie-big-grin.gif i.postimg.cc/9fYxy370/smilie-big-grin.gifThomas |
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Post by kmsmith8 on Oct 1, 2006 2:59:42 GMT
Since I haven't really posted pictures from Illinois (where I live) I thought I would put one up.  The picture is of tonight's sunset. I'm not usually in a place that I can take pictures of it (too many buildings) so I took advantage of this opportunity. They usually get prettier later, but I had to leave. Katie |
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Post by Joe on Oct 1, 2006 4:05:11 GMT
Hi Katie  Thanks for sharing the photo of the sunset! The varied types of clouds make it all the more interesting! Joe |
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Post by roger on Oct 1, 2006 20:14:36 GMT
Hi Katie, That sunset is beautiful and somehow mysterious. the fact that is was taken so recently makes it even more fascinating (as I am thousands of miles away in England). Thanks for posting. Roger |
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Post by drew on Oct 4, 2006 16:41:38 GMT
 Sharing Sunday lunch with baby gull whilst father, mother and auntie look on in amazement. Plage de la Courtade, Ile de Porquerolles, France. |
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Post by thomas on Oct 4, 2006 17:49:37 GMT
Nice picture Drew! This summer I had a similar experience. A gull took food out of my hand but without offering it!  I was gulled by the gull!  Thomas |
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Post by thomas on Oct 6, 2006 16:28:47 GMT
Hi! In September I was one week at Lake Constance in the south of Germany. Here are some pictures. The view from the living room onto the lake. i.postimg.cc/9fYxy370/smilie-big-grin.gif The best German wine you can get grows here!  Fields with wine and fruits you can find along the whole shore of the lake.  Friedrichshafen, birthplace of the zeppelin, was next door. You can make trips over the lake with this airship.   If you feed them with apples you'll become their best friend. i.postimg.cc/9fYxy370/smilie-big-grin.gif At the town Constance.   Is somebody interested in boats? I took this picture in Zurich during a daytrip to Switzerland.  Lake Constance, boats during sunset.  Thomas |
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Post by Andrew on Oct 6, 2006 20:07:51 GMT
Hi Thomas, Those photographs of yours from Lake Constance are absolutely SUPERRB! Thank you for sharing these pictures with us! What a beautiful place! Regards, Andrew  |
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Post by postscript on Oct 6, 2006 20:19:07 GMT
Thomas, those are some super photographs BUT BUT BUT! SORRY! This is the other end of my home town taken two years ago!  Peter S. |
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Post by kmsmith8 on Oct 6, 2006 20:38:18 GMT
Thanks for the great pictures Peter and Thomas! The grapes look great; they remind me of a small vineyard my dad use to have when we lived in North Carolina. I really like the shots of the water too.
Katie
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Post by Jeff on Oct 7, 2006 8:50:51 GMT
Nice grapes Peter ! Now all you need is someone to tread on them !! |
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Post by postscript on Oct 7, 2006 12:57:45 GMT
Nice grapes Peter ! Now all you need is someone to tread on them !! Regretfully not mine! I have no idea whose they are. They are on an allotment plot, three lines of them. I do hope whomsoever was not discouraged by anyone pinching them! Berkhamsted was a well known wine growing area in Roman times and across the way (the next valley) someone started a whole new vineyard and winery a few years ago specialising in the white variety. For those not familiar with our allotment system I quote from the Town Council's web site: The tradition of allotted plots of land for cultivation by individual townspeople dates back many centuries. Provision and maintenance of such allotments remains the statutory duty of the Town Council. There are many reasons why people rent an allotment:
to grow 'real' organic fruit and vegetables
the pleasure of exercising their personal skills
provide their homes with fresh-cut flowers throughout the year
using their plots as nurseries for their home gardens
camaraderie with fellow enthusiasts
a pleasant way to stay fit and exercise
when one is not a 'natural' fitness fanatic! Whether this allotment holder grew them for the grape or the wine I have no idea. Home brewing, usually of beer rather than wine has had its moments but other types of wine-making have been a cottage industry, usually by Women's Institute groups to further their funds. Such specialties as elderberry, damson, dandelion, parsnip being the most obvious offerings, often carried on by elderly spinsters in their homes, rather like Agatha Christie might have described. Some of these 'home' brewings can be quite deliciously potent! Peter S. |
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Post by thomas on Oct 7, 2006 16:33:47 GMT
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Would be a big honour!
