Merry Christmas from Tarnaki

Merry Christmas! The above image is one I couldn't bring myself to not post. It has bifold meaning. I'm not sure if any one will get the second suggestion, however the first is very simple. These Keraru, are very rarely seen, execpt for in New Plymouth it seems. I have seen more in the week I have lived here than in my whole life. Pukarua Park seems to be the reason for this, an amazing park full of native trees and birds. This time of year it is even more spectacular in the evenings with the festival of lights on. Anyway, it's a great pleasure to see so many of them. I hope you all will have a fantastic festive season and I'll leave you with these words.

swing
this view
is lower than
the stars
grab at the dusty
life
close it in this
jar
i can
hear
bells from here singing of
life and death or could it be both
are they not the
same

what real work isn't

real work is not staring at the computer screen waiting for a new email to come in
real work is not wondering why the water tastes so bad here then googling to find out
real work is not planning to tidy the house then getting distracted by the next question so going back to computer to google it
real work is not taking a bath or shower
real work is not trying to figure out how long it takes to drive to Wanganui/Wellington/Auckland from here by looking at the excedingly long driving times given on the AA travel times website
real work is not staring at the wall thinking about doing real work
real work is not writing about all the things I am doing in order to not do real work and publishing those things on my blog

In Taranaki

Holiday is over. My to do list is long, and on it is to chill and take some creative time, make some new work. I'm really excited about it, and have my mind exploring different angles of an idea that I havn't yet explored properly.

I have an old polariod camera, it is a very simple one, one that I don't have much control over as I have now discoverd. But I made a few shots with it last week. Here is one of them. I was hoping that playing with the camera would give me some inspiration to use it, however it has just encouraged me to not use it. And it will likely sit forgotten about for a while again. But in saying that I have some film to put through it still, so perhaps some inspiration for it will pop up soon.

holiday

I have been (and still am) on holiday for this and last week, hence the slack posting. This is partly because I'm on holiday, and also because I only have a very slow dial up internet to use. So I'm posting no images. Tomorrow, my husband and I move to Taranaki. It is a big move, and is exciting as well as a bit scary. Anyway, it means my holiday will be over, and I intend to get back to posting more often again.

In the mean time, pop into some other blogs that I reccomend - photoforum Edward Winklemans and also Andys.

my website

This is now my official website. I did have another that was, but I have decided that this blog better serves the purpose that I wish it to.

I have been, in recent times, taking quite a few self-portraits. I always have, however I have done so more than usual. This one I made some time back this year, but didn't post. However, here it is now, it is quite intriguing I think.

tree

It seems I havn't posted this image yet. It is from the same area as the rock and concrete images. I had thought that I had run out of the images that I had taken in this area, it seems there is this last one left.

I have been making quite a few more colour images than black and white images over the recent months. However you can't tell by looking at this blog can you!? I will have to get around to posting them too, however in my defence we are in the process of moving, very shortly this computer will have to get packed away, and for a few weeks we will be on dial up interent. Shock horror! So I will have to see how posting from that will work! So posting will possibly be a tad slower than usual, or maybe it won't be... we will just have to see.

pylon

As I said in an earlier post, I was truly inspired in this area in The South Island, so much so that I think every image that I have posted in recent times has come from there! Here is yet another, don't worry, I think I may have run out of them now.

Pylons are another industrial image that I come back to time and again. There is something about them that really intrigues me. It is both their physical form as well as their purpose.