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Post by Andrew on Oct 23, 2006 12:16:39 GMT
You are welcome, Andrew. I'm sure there are more to come. Congratulations Steven on receiving your Maestroship!  All the very best!  Andrew |
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Post by fusilier23 on Oct 23, 2006 12:50:09 GMT
Thank you very much. I shall try to be worthy of same.
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Post by Belinda on Oct 23, 2006 13:07:37 GMT
Hi , i've just been to my parents house for the long weekend heres a couple of pics from the garden. Excuse the date on the pic i don't know how to get rid of it and of course its the wrong date |
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Post by Andrew on Oct 23, 2006 13:08:28 GMT
Thank you very much. I shall try to be worthy of same. Hi again Steven, Further to the photographs which you recently shared with us, you may be interested in viewing some of my photography in the "HWI Scotland" thread hereI find history fascinating too!  Regards, Andrew  |
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Post by Andrew on Oct 23, 2006 13:16:04 GMT
Hi , i've just been to my parents house for the long weekend heres a couple of pics from the garden. Excuse the date on the pic i don't know how to get rid of it and of course its the wrong date Hi Belinda, Thanks for sharing your lovely pictures with us! I think your parents must own "The Secret Garden" i.postimg.cc/9fYxy370/smilie-big-grin.gifAfter you've left home isn't it funny how you feel like you can go back in time whenever you go back to visit your parents?  Andrew |
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Post by kmsmith8 on Oct 23, 2006 18:10:51 GMT
First off, thanks to Mark for your great pictures. It looks like your family had a great time! Also thanks to Belinda for the pictures from New Zealand. I have set a goal to make time to come see New Zealand in the next five years...your pictures are making me want to come more. I was involved in an accident on the freeway this weekend as a passenger (don't worry there were no injuries, not even a cut or bruise) when I was heading up to Chicago. Anyway I happened to have my camera along so I snapped a couple pictures of one of the cars (not the one that I was in.) These pictures don't show the whole extent of the damage on this car. I'm not sure, but if this car wasn't totaled it was pretty close to being there. I am still amazed that nobody was hurt in this. Sorry about the low quality pictures. I was taking these through the back window of our car.   These pictures are from when I actually made it to Chicago. I headed into the city to mostly shop and eat (we all realized that after living near the city for so long we had never really attempted to eat Chicago style food so we had deep dish pizza and Chicago style hot dogs) with two of my sisters, but we also stopped off at Millennium Park. A sculpture in the park (this was designed by a well known architect, I'm not sure of his name off the top of my head, he designed it so the reflection of the city would show off of both sides of it, this isn't shown very well in the pictures).  Underneath the sculpture.  Underneath the sculpture again.  A pavilion that the architect also designed that is also at the same park. It was designed so everybody in the audience would have an unobstructed view.  Pretty fall flowers in the same park.  Katie |
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Post by Mark on Oct 23, 2006 20:20:46 GMT
Hi Katie & Belinda
Katie, I am so pleased you didnt suffer any injuries. Thanks for sharing the photo's of such an unusual sculpture and the rest of the park. Chicago looks worth a visit. I really do want to see more of the US, I have only been to Florida (Gulf Coast).
Thanks also Belinda for your pictures. Your mums garden looks so English. I really do hope to get over to N.Z in 2008 !
Best wishes
Mark.
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Post by Joe on Oct 24, 2006 2:51:13 GMT
Hi Katie  I'm SO glad you weren't injured in that car accident. I bet you were shaken up quite a bit. I really like the photos from Millennium Park in Chicago! The flowers are nice; the trees have a hint of color in them. That sculpture in the park is so unusual! Thanks for sharing, K ! Joe |
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Post by Joe on Oct 24, 2006 2:54:18 GMT
Hello Belinda Thanks for sharing the pics of your parents' garden...it's looking lovely! So nice to see tulips again! |
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Post by Richard on Oct 24, 2006 8:12:14 GMT
Hello Katie and Belinda!  Katie, I'm relieved nobody was hurt in the accident, and I hope you've recovered from the shock. Your photographs of Chicago are fascinating, and I like the contrast between the sculpture and the floral scene. Belinda, thanks for sharing the photographs of your parents' garden. It's now spring in New Zealand, but it's a wet autumn here in England, and it's not as colourful as usual because of the hot summer. A lot of the leaves were scorched in July! Best Wishes from London, Richard |
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Post by graemek on Oct 25, 2006 0:51:34 GMT
Hi all & Thanks Belinda & Katie. Katie, I'm not trying just to get on Belinda's (& Hayley's) good side when I say 'leave some time for Christchurch & surrounds'. The city itself & the surrounds (including Port Lyttelton are beautiful. The sea colour is spectacular. Here are a couple of new neighbours of mine. New Holland Honey eater babies. They're wondering what on earth I am & whether I'm edible.  Graeme |
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Post by Belinda on Oct 25, 2006 2:47:30 GMT
Hi Graeme, Um Lets see,Good Side /Bad Side that is the Question.  i decided anyone who will travel to see hayley has to be on my goodside. Yes the scenery is very nice round Christchurch and Lyttelton, My parents have retired to Diamond Harbour have you been there?i usually go over in the ferry only takes 10 minutes,by car it's 40 minutes, Diamond Harbour FerryBelinda Nz |
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Post by graemek on Oct 25, 2006 5:08:12 GMT
Hi everyone, I have discussed briefly the possibility of holding some sort of photographic competition with Steve, but only in such a way that would not preclude him from entering. Further details will be available in a few days but it will be something along the following lines... Theme: "Autumn in the Northern Hemisphere, Spring in the Southern Hemisphere", but, in view of Caite's comment, we will allow anything that appears to be bordering on winter or summer. There will be just one category, not two (or four!). The competition shall be open to HWI Forum Members only (as it is off topic, it is not appropriate for the main site). No decision has yet been made as to weather each member shall be allowed to enter one photograph or two. Entries will probably be made to me by email over a two-week period. At the end of that time, I will host them and post them all. Each one will have a reference number but the name of the entrant will not be disclosed. I will keep a record of names and reference numbers. That post (containing all the entries) will be in the form of a poll so that all members can vote for their favourite. The poll will remain open for (probably) one week, at the end of which time, I will announce the winner. Member will be asked not to vote for their own entry. That is about as far as I have got with the plan for now except to say that this will be held merely for fun; there will not be a prize - sorry! Watch this space for further details. Roger Hi Roger, Will photo's we've already posted be eligible? No I suppose? Graemek |
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Post by scoobedoo on Oct 25, 2006 5:10:29 GMT
Hi Belinda it looks as though you had a good weekend in Diamond Harbour.That photo of the ferry did you take it during that weekend? Or was in your archives?
Rodders
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Post by graemek on Oct 25, 2006 5:22:40 GMT
Hi Graeme, Um Lets see,Good Side /Bad Side that is the Question. i decided anyone who will travel to see hayley has to be on my goodside. Yes the scenery is very nice round Christchurch and Lyttelton, My parents have retired to Diamond Harbour have you been there?i usually go over in the ferry only takes 10 minutes,by car it's 40 minutes, Diamond Harbour Ferry Belinda Nz We drove back past Lyttelton from Akaroa so we saw the estates including Diamond bay from the Port L. side. I seem to remember saying to Marianne: that'd be a nice place to retire. I also remember being nervous a few times driving on those mountain roads with 45 deg. fallaway on the edges & no (few)railings. (gulp) Graeme PS I get the feeling that Hayley's fans don't care how far they have to travel to see her. (purse-strings permitting) Hi Rodders by the way !! |
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