Wordless Wednesday

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Wordless Wednesday

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When a bench is not just a bench…

Red Square, Devonport Road, Tauranga

Katikati Estuary

End of Park Road, Katikati

Katikati Estuary

A friend’s backyard

Wondsor Reserve, Devonport

Katikati Estuary

Main Road, Katikati

This weeks Travel Theme is benches. Here are a few from around New Zealand.

Survivors – The Relay For Life.

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I have been thinking about lately. Yes I do think occasionally. About how we take it for granted we will have time to do the things we want…later. Too often we let it slide past us without making each second … Continue reading →

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Sunday Post: Hope

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I feel that I have been neglectful lately…life has gotten rather busy. But I did promise a post about the adventures of Marianne, her hubby and Moi …so here goes. On Sunday they arrived around lunchtime and we picked up … Continue reading →

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Weekly Photo Challenge: Love

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So many types of love…that’s what makes it so interesting. Here is my version of love…Kiwi style. There is the love that exists between an animal and a human…one I understand completely. They love you without reservation and with no … Continue reading →

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Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge: Water

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Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge: Water made me very happy when I saw it as I get to show off one of my most favourite places in the world. Waihi Beach. The surf was up – they ended up closing the … Continue reading →

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Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge: Your 2012 Best People or Animals

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Now I know we are supposed to stick to three images. Cee – I hope you’ll forgive me but I wanted to include this one of Charlie. That gorgeous eye you are looking at is sore and yukky at the … Continue reading →

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Sunday Post: Concept

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Recent events have forced me to examine the concept of being true to one’s self. At times I believe we all fall under the misguided concept that we need to conform to how others view us to keep the status … Continue reading →

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Sunday Post: Surroundings

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This week I am putting my own spin on Jake’s theme of Surroundings. As you all know I tried my hand at taking a few wedding photos last week. Because I was a guest I had to sit on my … Continue reading →

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Titles suck – I hate having to think them up !!!

The title in truth has absolutely nothing to do with this post. But after having spent ten minutes trying to think one up…well, that’s what I think of titles. Today at some point little old Chronicles of Illusions will pass … Continue reading →

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Kindness need not apply if you’re overweight apparently…

My last post [What happened to being kind to one another ??] was written because I saw what was to me an unjustifiable attack on someone because of her weight. As your replies rolled in I began to ponder whether … Continue reading →

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What happened to being kind to one another ??

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Recently I came across something that disturbed me. In my travels on the web I saw a photo that had been put up on a blog – of a woman. Well a woman’s behind actually. When I first saw it … Continue reading →

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Weekly Photo Challenge: Happy

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  “Don’t cry because it’s over, smile because it happened.” ― Dr. Seuss My Happy = all of the following. “For every minute you are angry you lose sixty seconds of happiness.” ― Ralph Waldo Emerson “People are just as … Continue reading →

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A lot can happen in eleven hours…

I don’t know about you – but I love my stats. I love seeing who comes and goes on my blog, what they visit, where they are from, how they get there. So far today this is what has been … Continue reading →

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Occupy Wall Street

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The following are some images from the Occupy Wall Street protests happening around the world. I love it when people stand up for what they feel. I wish these guys all that they wish themselves. Good Luck guys !!!!!!!!!!! If … Continue reading →

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Weekly Photo Challenge: Opportunity

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After having spent a week camping in Ngorongoro Crater, Tanzania, with only enough water for drinking, plus one cup per day to clean teeth and wash with, the opportunity to wash my hair at this petrol station was too tempting … Continue reading →

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Gaddafi…and false power

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Acting Prime Minister Mahmoud Jibril has announced today that Col Muammar Gaddafi was taken alive, but died of bullet wounds minutes before reaching hospital. Already videos of him asking for mercy are all over the web. Photos of his bloodied … Continue reading →

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Weekly Photo Challenge: Faces

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The human face. There are so many ways to see it. There is such art in it. There is such variation. These are shots I took while in Africa. I took a lot of photos – and yes there were … Continue reading →

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When one thing leads to another…

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As you would have seen from my earlier post – I’m blundering my way through this blogging thing. Something weird is happening – and I don’t understand it. In the last two days one of my earlier posts has gone … Continue reading →

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