My little corner of the world...

Its been all go in the city this week, with so much on and its been pretty hot weather wise.

25 November 2012

Today we went out to Cornwallis & Huia.

Cornwallis

Huia

Kaitarakihi Bay



Hard to see but to the left of the red cross is a
Welcome Swallow nest with chicks

 

Welcome Swallows in flight

 

A couple of boxes in Laingholm 

..and a thirsty birdy in my backyard

24 November 2012

A few bits and pieces from around town.

Stocks for the convicts, Outlaw Bar, Viaduct

Outlaw Bar

Drinking

Painted Bridge, Sandringham Road

The other side of road, Bridge, Sandringham Road

Eden Park

22nd November 2012

Its hard to get a good photo but here are some of the Peonies Mum brought back from the SI.

Peonies

Judys Peonie

 21st November 2012

Here are some nicer shots of Campa without the crane in the background, currently they have been racing Luna Rossa on the Harbour.

 

Also today 2 Korean Warships came in to town. The Chungmugong Yisunshin and the Daecheong. I went on board and had a look around.

 

Warship Arriving



...and the band played

Ships side by side

Torpedo

Looking towards bow of ship

Machine Gun

View towards Harbour Bridge from ship

Rocket Launcher

City from Bow of ship

 

20th November 2012

On Tuesday I went to see the finished version of the Silos painted by Eliott O'Donnell (Askew One), and his team.
They are quite controversial now, with a lot of people (councillers!) not liking them. Poem called Auckland by C.K Stead. The full Poem is on the bottom 2 pics. (and also printed at the bottom of the page)

 

Auckland

 

There are dreamscapes and realscapes.

This one I suspect
is real though the sun is walking on water
and the sea out at the yellow buoy is silk.

An orange container-ship
is rounding North Head.
Green Rangitoto
pictures itself
and is not displeased.
Moehau, deep blue
insists on distance.

Swimming back
on my back
I become again
the connoisseur of clouds -
feathers and fleeces.

A gull drifts over
a tern
a gull again
white on white on blue.

A low-altitude
exocet shag
(late for lunch?)
hurtles across.

This is the life that goes
godlessly on a poem without words
a gift without conditions a present
without a past.

 

Cruise Ships & Fo Guang Shan

Not to much happened this week, as I've had a nasty cold and really couldn't be to bothered taking photos....... but of course I do have some.

There are a couple of Cruise Ships in at the moment the Millenium and the Amsterdam.

Millenium

Millenium

Amsterdam

Amsterdam

I forgot to put these photos in a previous post these are the neat seats they have down at the Cloud where you can sit in the sun (well being Auckland probably rain!!) and have your lunch.

Below are a few pieces of Art, photos taken at the PWC building.

Sunday 18 November 2012

"May the Buddha's Light shine upon the ten directions. May the Dharma stream continuously flow towards the five great continents"

Today we went out to the Fo Guang Shan temple in East Tamaki. Such an amazing place, reminds me so much of the temples of Asia, they have a calming influence and an air of serenity.  Next time we go back we will be trying out the vegetarian restaurant, they had a great menu.

Pagoda

Difficult to see but these walls
have water running down them

.... and thats all Folks!