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.
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Published by Jo Bryant
I was born in the land of Banjo Paterson, gum trees, and weather extremes.
I am a freelance photographer. I love to make images that make people happy. To capture forever a precious moment.
I am also a freelance writer/editor.
I live in the Bay of Plenty, New Zealand, but still like to claim my Australian heritage.
I graduated with a Bachelor of Communications in 2008.
I am writing my first novel.
I love to write poetry, short stories, and also write for the web.
And there is nothing that is on a par with a sunny summer's day spent at Waihi Beach.
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great bench selection jo … is that another self-portrait of you lounging on a bench? whimsical and fun, i am glad to see your benches are peopled too 😀
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Yep that’s me all right. On one of my favourite benches in town in a friend’s backyard.
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I don’t have an opinion and I don’t know Bert and Ernie, so………
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That is a good stance to take.
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I have nominated you for an award. Enjoy it! http://valentinadesigns.wordpress.com/2013/04/15/awards-month-by-valentina-cirasola-interior-designer/
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Thank you !!!
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Love the bench on the dock!
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So do I Nicole. I have quite a few shots of that bench…it always draws me to it when I pass by.
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I love your new header picture. Very cool. Benches are very versatile, but best used for sitting 🙂
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Thanks Jennifer…they are very cool and should always be used for sitting…or lounging around on.
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I feel like I should know where most of these are; but am struggling. The couple (woman with red jacket) – looks like Devonport, the reserve at the bottom of Victoria Road. Top left looks like Browns Bay and top right has got me puzzling. Somewhere on the inner Waitemata? AAAAGH.
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Yep that is Devonport…the rest I have now put a caption with their location. Browns Bay…Waitemata…nope !!!
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Thanks!
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Hope the fellow in the last photo didn’t mind you reading over his shoulder 😉 Was it an interesting story?
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I think it’s Marianne not Jo!
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Oops!
Maybe it’s Jo in disguise? 😉
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I don’t look THAT good Sharon…I wish !!! Marianne is so lovely.
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Correct…give the girl a prize.
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Such beautiful photo’s Jo! Thanks for sharing. 🙂 *hugs*
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Thanks Ma’am…I do love your *hugs* !!!!
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So glad you do hon. Thanks for your friendship and for being such a sweetheart. *love & hugs*
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Great shots Jo, love the one of you lounging 🙂
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That is just about my favourite place to lounge, in a friend’s backyard. So happy you like it.
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Beautiful post for the bench theme.Beautiful photo of you on the bench, Jo!
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Thanks Amy…so glad you like THAT one. This 365 challenge is good for me. For the first time in years I see photos of me and don’t cringe…even the ones that shoe wrinkles and wobbly bits.
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Is a bench ever just a bench?:) Friend’s backyard warms my soul…and looks like yours, too. Drinking raspberry leaf tea and bringing you here with me today, dear Jo. Love.
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Thanks Brynne…sounds like the perfect antidote to all that ails me.
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Your brilliance never fades or grows old, Jo!
Well done!
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It is feeling a little dusty these days Hook.
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I wish my neighbor had a nice yard for me to lounge in. Nice collection
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Thanks Ma’am…though while lounging there on Friday I got robbed…
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Benches have played so many roles in our landscapes. Thanks for featuring them.
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Very true. Always nice to see you here.
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The bench with the white-skirted lady is very romantic. 🙂
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The white-skirted lady is me !!! Glad you like that one.
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Wow! How cool. Very nice. You should make a painting of it and hang it over your fireplace. 🙂
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Thanks !!
But actually…this is the one I want to hang over my fireplace.
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That’s a great one, Jo! Zorro and the hat! Love it. 🙂
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So glad you do…it is one of my favourites I think.
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I love to sit on a bench in a park or at the beach and watch people. Do you think I will be one of those old folks who sit and feed the pigeons, one day???? lol
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Oh dear…I feed them now. Does that mean I’m an ‘old folk’ ?
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hahaha … I don’t think so. BUT … I never see younger people doing it. I guess they’re too busy looking at each other. ~~~~~ : – )
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True !!!
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