tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-170321422024-03-20T01:31:18.548+13:00SarumataUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger776125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17032142.post-32645123612630178762021-03-27T20:49:00.002+13:002024-03-15T20:54:52.413+13:00Wellington<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiC6VdN_EYVWgoP1IsxU5TGTY58hSmlaDQ8CQXKwnlJtchlkUNJFFBTYPVRRevnTmjR17UUPDaWIgC9uKsl85PoGYGn8GxbyTRADssnx4ROzeTbLUrHBAJg5Lgismph5t1dvU72ZqA-Qk2QAhxE_hR1SdFl7hWwwJfdWEkfQfv4qurhm2nKo16r/s3968/20210327_195552.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2232" data-original-width="3968" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiC6VdN_EYVWgoP1IsxU5TGTY58hSmlaDQ8CQXKwnlJtchlkUNJFFBTYPVRRevnTmjR17UUPDaWIgC9uKsl85PoGYGn8GxbyTRADssnx4ROzeTbLUrHBAJg5Lgismph5t1dvU72ZqA-Qk2QAhxE_hR1SdFl7hWwwJfdWEkfQfv4qurhm2nKo16r/s320/20210327_195552.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /> <p></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17032142.post-73827367946728195782021-02-17T21:05:00.008+13:002024-03-15T21:08:30.186+13:00athletics day<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRCaCeX9MuqlwkYsN5y9FdUrYKhz2jTlQg5io5llKjF7_sGy8gv_XjqQZiR8lJXHH1fWgs7mbvkdbQaIlLhFgSJMsCWcmNL8V7B6CRosZrz16okYLxOukTSqvA-pdNcrz6E_LG2CuZTL1PW_pWLq8RXt3hXdJvaMpvZtHsHb6JXpVfIbdfPGV1/s2048/IMG_5312_Original.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1365" data-original-width="2048" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRCaCeX9MuqlwkYsN5y9FdUrYKhz2jTlQg5io5llKjF7_sGy8gv_XjqQZiR8lJXHH1fWgs7mbvkdbQaIlLhFgSJMsCWcmNL8V7B6CRosZrz16okYLxOukTSqvA-pdNcrz6E_LG2CuZTL1PW_pWLq8RXt3hXdJvaMpvZtHsHb6JXpVfIbdfPGV1/s320/IMG_5312_Original.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /> <p></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17032142.post-53814901583609957962013-10-30T20:55:00.002+13:002024-03-15T20:58:05.207+13:00halloween<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFn9wQIMMX0ncd7FWAcmGTCSm2Rq6IvgWEhx4V2Gg8RgH4AGb6UdQ2J2__mALC8QTBDpuI62TQPieiDKCOSoY1Op8Ur7PQYFGJEPtnokG3Oe7bggpkRT2VXuZ4DN_auUceXC0p_1VFMHYK2PD3BLEnIDKXDFH_hwst1nXxl5Tbbs4CJnsmVBUd/s2048/IMG_0074.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFn9wQIMMX0ncd7FWAcmGTCSm2Rq6IvgWEhx4V2Gg8RgH4AGb6UdQ2J2__mALC8QTBDpuI62TQPieiDKCOSoY1Op8Ur7PQYFGJEPtnokG3Oe7bggpkRT2VXuZ4DN_auUceXC0p_1VFMHYK2PD3BLEnIDKXDFH_hwst1nXxl5Tbbs4CJnsmVBUd/s320/IMG_0074.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /> <p></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17032142.post-58618804601605722512012-10-27T20:09:00.000+13:002022-02-14T20:11:45.963+13:00Kiwi house<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi6Kwv0ZXYal5GJcSEwV1thG796SjwrGSqXiO5Ho22JV3dTzWKLDwzxewU2kpbyzdUXIaIDFNkSsLmx-_spo7MaY0F_d6EZHPB0wv5bpuG--SuG41OY3x6boKMtp4i4BgxucXQ5L1LlviqRhmlF_qAJEA2nLFbyT5BSpk2uW4eLCkA9p7qshg=s2048" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi6Kwv0ZXYal5GJcSEwV1thG796SjwrGSqXiO5Ho22JV3dTzWKLDwzxewU2kpbyzdUXIaIDFNkSsLmx-_spo7MaY0F_d6EZHPB0wv5bpuG--SuG41OY3x6boKMtp4i4BgxucXQ5L1LlviqRhmlF_qAJEA2nLFbyT5BSpk2uW4eLCkA9p7qshg=s320" width="320" /></a></div><br /> <p></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17032142.post-83922913201069491742012-10-26T20:07:00.002+13:002022-02-14T20:08:21.235+13:00Rona gallery<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjPrPuUSlN4A7UwywmVhuThNW6pGWuAAYME-O68nvooDcOPn7syK32aPJPtmHdPob2xla16G7IlsqWWHE6KhRqDOG20cBbT6X7qUd3bghSw2DOCOAsQ_zM11RU58U6cu9RV665s3zpr47auzFwM_auz-KOdEsZlA8VlQcG9Wh5HW7K5n_r2NA=s2048" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjPrPuUSlN4A7UwywmVhuThNW6pGWuAAYME-O68nvooDcOPn7syK32aPJPtmHdPob2xla16G7IlsqWWHE6KhRqDOG20cBbT6X7qUd3bghSw2DOCOAsQ_zM11RU58U6cu9RV665s3zpr47auzFwM_auz-KOdEsZlA8VlQcG9Wh5HW7K5n_r2NA=s320" width="320" /></a></div><br /> <p></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17032142.post-73237912050691243702012-10-10T19:30:00.006+13:002021-08-01T14:29:17.360+12:00Mansfield with Monsters – critics say what?<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<u>Mansfield with Monsters</u> (<a href="http://www.steampress.co.nz/monsters.html">Steam Press, 2012</a>) has been reviewed a fair few times both online and in
print (in some high profile publications!). Here’s a quick roundup of what’s
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<b>Simon Litten</b> got the ball rolling with a fantastic review of
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<i>“…If Pride and Prejudice and Zombies was a one note song then Mansfield with Monsters is a choral piece of depth and vibrancy. This is a book that should adorn the shelf of every lover of fiction: master works by a master of short fiction. Mansfield is that good.”</i></div>
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<span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;"><i>"It's a lot of fun, it's very weird...
you get the original language and then in and out come these creatures...
often, to my mind, the resolution involves the supernatural in rather stunning
and wonderful ways... I will never see the little lamp in the same way again...
it's rather gorgeous how that builds up... there is enormous fun to be had. I
think secondary school students will love this to bits..."<o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
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<a href="http://www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/ninetonoon/audio/2524771/book-review-mansfield-with-monsters">http://www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/ninetonoon/audio/2524771/book-review-mansfield-with-monsters</a><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;"><b>Paula Green</b> from the <b>New Zealand Herald</b> was
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<span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;"><i>“To me, the book feels like an idea with
intriguing potential that never goes beyond the narrow constraints of an
exercise. It diminishes the power of Mansfield and never reaches the
magnificence of the great writers of speculative fiction (Kelly Link, for
example). Perhaps Mansfield kept getting in the way.”<o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
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<i>“In a similar vein to Pride and Prejudice and Zombies, but
with three unique selling points: for the Kiwi readership, it's based around
the work of a New Zealand author; it's comprised of several short stories
rather than a novel, so the ideas don't outstay their welcome and you're not
left with a single gag stretched out for a couple of hundred pages; and the
supernatural additions have generally been tailored to each story, rather than
just being incongruous elements bolted on.
Basically, it's the art mash-up... Highly impressed with this book.”<o:p></o:p></i></div>
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<b>Ngaire Atmore</b>’s review in <b>The Herald on Sunday</b> (reproduced
with permission on the BookieMonster site) was short but sweet, including the
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<i>“To put it simply, Mansfield with Monsters is quite
brilliant. Funny, dark and seamless – Mansfield’s moody characters only seem
enhanced by a bit of blood and gore. Steam Press is really the best new NZ
publisher at the moment and I can’t wait to see what’s coming out next.”<o:p></o:p></i></div>
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<b>Goodreads.com</b> is a fantastic site for bibliophiles, and to
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<i><b>Amber</b> – “Mansfield with Monsters is engagingly written, and
the authors’ voice will pull you effortlessly into each story. The supernatural
elements were such a natural part of each story that if I ever do read any of
Katherine Mansfield’s originals, I’m fully expecting there to be zombies
involved. My personal favourite was The Woman at the Store, which I found as
deeply creepy as only a good horror can be.”<o:p></o:p></i></div>
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<i><b>Marie</b> – “Katherine Mansfield's writing is characterised by a
subtle unease - a niggling sense of menace lurking just below the surface of
middle-class New Zealand and English life. Rather than gut this innate tension
with the addition of a supernatural twist, Matt and Debbie Cowens tease it out
to create stories of Cthulian horror - occasionally epic, but often within the
domestic and personal spheres that Mansfield excelled at depicting.”<o:p></o:p></i></div>
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<b>David Larsen</b> at <b>The Listener</b> had reservations before reading
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<i>“The Cowens tweak Mansfield’s stories the absolute minimum
amount required to transform them into HP Lovecraftian horrors. (It’s less than
you’d think.) They bring a wicked sense of humour and a keen editorial ear to
the project; I ended up reading their versions with the originals open beside
me, so I could track down each individual alteration. Because you never know
what the fantasy element in a given story will be, you have to treat each
metaphor as a potential literal statement. The uncertainty transforms the
reading experience delightfully: the girl described as a butterfly in The
Garden Party might actually have wings. She doesn’t, it transpires, but
ravenous giant insects feature. Everyone is very matter of fact about them.
More from the Cowens, please.”<o:p></o:p></i></div>
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<b>Jacqui Smith</b>, writing in <b>NovaZine</b> (Auckland SF Society),
tipped Mansfield with Monsters as a likely award nominee in next year’s Sir
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<i>"“Mansfield with Monsters” proved to be a remarkably
entertaining read. The macabre twist added to each tale is always different,
and always delightful. I found myself wondering with anticipation, as I began a
new story, where the Cowens would take this one. The level of integration of
new material into the stories is sufficiently seamless that I found myself
trawling the Internet for the originals to make comparisons...No doubt the
Mansfield purists will be rolling their eyes in horror, but I’d certainly
recommend this book for those English teachers who would appreciate a fresh
take on Mansfield, bored students who need a break from the traditional short
story, and anybody who likes properly scary horror fiction. Expect to see this
book up for the Sir Julius Vogel awards next year.<o:p></o:p></i></div>
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U</b> reviewed Mansfield with Monsters on the highly popular <b>The Reading Life</b>
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<i>“The stories in Mansfield with Monsters: The Untold Stories of a New Zealand Icon are
brilliant, quite wonderful retellings of the most famous of Mansfield's short
stories as if they were tales from the dark side. They are so well done that they do feel just
like she wrote them. There are
seventeen stories in this collection. I
really liked every one. Some are laugh
out loud funny and some are beautiful.
Mansfield's stories are often about lonely left out people and these
stories capture that...Mansfield with Monsters:
The Untold Stories of a New Zealand Icon by Matt and Debbie Cowens is a
totally fun, wonderfully written and very perceptive collection of
stories. You can tell the Cowens loved
writing these stories and I loved
reading them.”<o:p></o:p></i></div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17032142.post-47625793481034334022012-10-02T20:05:00.003+13:002022-02-14T20:06:18.311+13:00CAble car<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjcPX7kAfAX9jLcXJspddslc8ziuOtlxtB033Quwy8YkP-xQ6D0RQ-c1QqUh-Mf3rzszOAimjiudN69CrZ4AG_Unv2ub39BnT4-8jXRhI_QPz9T2e1iX7KYcdULvueHMe5vUNQt18yPfmSSUa5Y_A-lMaLR-JUc8SfirYn-ric8VBmoe2wK3A=s2048" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1368" data-original-width="2048" height="214" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjcPX7kAfAX9jLcXJspddslc8ziuOtlxtB033Quwy8YkP-xQ6D0RQ-c1QqUh-Mf3rzszOAimjiudN69CrZ4AG_Unv2ub39BnT4-8jXRhI_QPz9T2e1iX7KYcdULvueHMe5vUNQt18yPfmSSUa5Y_A-lMaLR-JUc8SfirYn-ric8VBmoe2wK3A=s320" width="320" /></a></div><br /> <p></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17032142.post-70684658515808106262012-09-13T17:40:00.007+12:002022-02-14T20:01:12.585+13:00Vistaprint - small Mansfield with Monsters banner<br />So apparently I can 'share' a design from vistaprint. Not sure what that means exactly, but I really like my $9 Mansfield with Monsters poster (printed on lightweight vinyl), so here goes:<br /><div style="text-align: center;"><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgN0om3iroa1wmvoT6siyQnvffycKcZ7CV3om6miyippR2hjwj6GlJvWRrUb-jdTD0Q6Pd04V05Qybt5MUEekaf_s2moQwL0XpvaX-Isv1E6q6NLfptN8AqIEiPFXp513zxyMad/s400/Matt_with_banner.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="400" data-original-width="278" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgN0om3iroa1wmvoT6siyQnvffycKcZ7CV3om6miyippR2hjwj6GlJvWRrUb-jdTD0Q6Pd04V05Qybt5MUEekaf_s2moQwL0XpvaX-Isv1E6q6NLfptN8AqIEiPFXp513zxyMad/s320/Matt_with_banner.jpg" /></a></div><br /><div><br />
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I don't know if this will let other people order one, just show off the design or what, but I'm happy to have one of these hanging on the wall in the office at home.</div>
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<br />http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/553002528/ghost-hand-a-young-adult-novel<br />
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Why this project? Because Ripley is an awesome, talented, community-minded writer who has given a whole heck of a lot to the NZ spec fic community. Because her series of blog posts about her self-publishing process has been really interesting to read:<br />
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<a href="http://www.ripleypatton.com/">http://www.ripleypatton.com/</a><br />
<a href="http://www.ripleypatton.com/2012/07/my-kickstarter-is-go-and-you-could-win-something/">http://www.ripleypatton.com/2012/07/my-kickstarter-is-go-and-you-could-win-something/<img alt="" class="fit lazyloaded" data-src="https://ksr-ugc.imgix.net/assets/000/097/824/b2904ded3a2ce893b3458a2a6f884d8a_original.jpg?ixlib=rb-4.0.2&w=680&fit=max&v=1344015090&auto=format&frame=1&q=92&s=b7fde21a71e054d67932df355a6c96e4" src="https://ksr-ugc.imgix.net/assets/000/097/824/b2904ded3a2ce893b3458a2a6f884d8a_original.jpg?ixlib=rb-4.0.2&w=680&fit=max&v=1344015090&auto=format&frame=1&q=92&s=b7fde21a71e054d67932df355a6c96e4" /></a><br />
<a href="http://www.ripleypatton.com/2012/07/crowdfunding-what-it-is-and-why-it-matters/">http://www.ripleypatton.com/2012/07/crowdfunding-what-it-is-and-why-it-matters/</a><br />
<a href="http://www.ripleypatton.com/2012/07/hands-on-kickstarter-12-things-i-learned-by-building-a-project/">http://www.ripleypatton.com/2012/07/hands-on-kickstarter-12-things-i-learned-by-building-a-project/</a><br />
<a href="http://www.ripleypatton.com/2012/07/mansfield-with-monsters/">http://www.ripleypatton.com/2012/07/mansfield-with-monsters/</a><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.ripleypatton.com/2012/07/mansfield-with-monsters/"></a></div><br />
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And because a good friend of mine, Morgue, once agreed to buy something Debbie and I had made without a thought, without hesitation, without wanting to see it first, because he trusted us and because he wanted to support creative people doing good stuff.<br />
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I'm backing it because Ripley is good people.<br />
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I was pleased by the ease of use - as long as I didn't mind linking together a couple of accounts I didn't have to type in anything but existing passwords. Just sign into Kickstarter using my facebook account, pay with my amazon account. Boom.<br />
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Go <a href="http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/553002528/ghost-hand-a-young-adult-novel">check out the project</a>. It looks good. And back it if you can :-)Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17032142.post-42244325265821632882012-07-08T21:02:00.001+12:002022-03-27T16:49:40.181+13:00Mansfield with Monsters LaunchedOur book, Mansfield with Monsters, which features 17 Katherine Mansfield short stories adapted to include a variety of monsters and alien creatures, was launched yesterday. It's available from <a href="http://www.steampress.co.nz">www.steampress.co.nz</a> and also from <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Mansfield-with-Monsters-ebook/dp/B008GWI5S8/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1341738073&sr=1-1&keywords=mansfield+with+monsters">amazon.com</a> if you live anywhere except the EU :-)
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It was lots of fun and we got to visit Tango in the morning! Dom stayed up very, very late, having had a sleep-in in the morning and a short nap in the car on the way down.<br /><br /><a href='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtgCQjD8l7Rdzn9gBWvWgZi7b0ws56IHoZxPILft43Gk_jI6cQIr7d96IxzI00K2iptsZu4A0uhK892lnIifssMuOPD5DwDYD-5w5pwXgu6kEuXQE0yh85xDZ_da4VMUgboCK8/s1600/IMG_1896.JPG'><img src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtgCQjD8l7Rdzn9gBWvWgZi7b0ws56IHoZxPILft43Gk_jI6cQIr7d96IxzI00K2iptsZu4A0uhK892lnIifssMuOPD5DwDYD-5w5pwXgu6kEuXQE0yh85xDZ_da4VMUgboCK8/s400/IMG_1896.JPG' border='0' alt='' /></a> <br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9TIMB1MTE_kHDz9Ou4TXVjE4xUfCOmWNjm_QISnTF74J-LdD533ayCNWl0zEa3GRowD-VEn4Q7OPv1S-UOsQxB_e96tDuVZC7kGngjvQDV19F8KNKrNGbQn5xB09hgT9SFNap/s1600/candles.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9TIMB1MTE_kHDz9Ou4TXVjE4xUfCOmWNjm_QISnTF74J-LdD533ayCNWl0zEa3GRowD-VEn4Q7OPv1S-UOsQxB_e96tDuVZC7kGngjvQDV19F8KNKrNGbQn5xB09hgT9SFNap/s400/candles.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5697973319147956434" /></a><br /><br /><a href='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQBCCeuSMZnsF5iL2RH8SK4VrHdHrIlmeH9lNVisq6BiqgoFH1hDXioJm30f4kmTgZAmRq7DNT7F79xmsLehVETFMXxw-VYK-oMApYkB5id51OjQdAjdJAZev5qX8EkYmg3dNb/s1600/IMG_2193.JPG'><img src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQBCCeuSMZnsF5iL2RH8SK4VrHdHrIlmeH9lNVisq6BiqgoFH1hDXioJm30f4kmTgZAmRq7DNT7F79xmsLehVETFMXxw-VYK-oMApYkB5id51OjQdAjdJAZev5qX8EkYmg3dNb/s400/IMG_2193.JPG' border='0' alt='' /></a> <br /><a href='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEif8aJEKJISJ-rtgBLgJzlG1BJEMQ7_O6tWwgznVLlvjznw3hyej6TrAJsmvH8nxvZLH_52e80uLVJJYHYA_7QyiTcZOfF9HXXNDgGYYfKoCGOPmOPgiWfyaLAIRhLOrI_w9-C2/s1600/IMG_2187.JPG'><img src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEif8aJEKJISJ-rtgBLgJzlG1BJEMQ7_O6tWwgznVLlvjznw3hyej6TrAJsmvH8nxvZLH_52e80uLVJJYHYA_7QyiTcZOfF9HXXNDgGYYfKoCGOPmOPgiWfyaLAIRhLOrI_w9-C2/s400/IMG_2187.JPG' border='0' alt='' /></a> <div style='clear:both; text-align:NONE'><a href='http://picasa.google.com/blogger/' target='ext'><img src='http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif' alt='Posted by Picasa' style='border: 0px none ; padding: 0px; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: initial; -moz-background-origin: initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: initial;' align='middle' border='0' /></a></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17032142.post-20188977102284821122012-01-01T14:09:00.000+13:002012-01-01T14:10:01.390+13:00PaintingMum had a cool painting of a giraffe at her house - the canvas had been painted stripey green, then the outline of a big smiley cartoon giraffe had been painted or drawn on with vivid. Debbie asked if I could do something similar for Dom's room but with a dinosaur. This is what I ended up doing:<br /><br /><a href='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_4P9Tpzj2zKFQHsZ1cUBHM8nptZ0M4jYu40vaOdZczGa5xiQFldhWjbhEzBHkb60DRZKnlUhnMHIhu6T2MK6ViuWHwX-wbMtauiq9Q-gBkbJ3tXo9gEgrFe1Ndqdgnnym-fc5/s1600/P1060127.JPG'><img src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_4P9Tpzj2zKFQHsZ1cUBHM8nptZ0M4jYu40vaOdZczGa5xiQFldhWjbhEzBHkb60DRZKnlUhnMHIhu6T2MK6ViuWHwX-wbMtauiq9Q-gBkbJ3tXo9gEgrFe1Ndqdgnnym-fc5/s400/P1060127.JPG' border='0' alt='' /></a> <br /><br />Not very much like the painting at Mum's place, but I like it.<div style='clear:both; text-align:NONE'><a href='http://picasa.google.com/blogger/' target='ext'><img src='http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif' alt='Posted by Picasa' style='border: 0px none ; padding: 0px; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: initial; -moz-background-origin: initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: initial;' align='middle' border='0' /></a></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17032142.post-7392242829286865872012-01-01T07:56:00.001+13:002012-01-01T07:59:07.727+13:00Kelly Tarlton's - best bitThis is the bit of Kelly Tarlton's which I remember from my childhood visit, and it didn't disappoint on a retun trip. The sharks looked a little smaller but the experience of being under water but dry was very, very cool. There was a ride past the penguins (which we didn't go on because of the queue), an open tank which Dom loved, a couple of side rooms with seahorses and eels and stuff, and the arctic exhibit from Chch, but the underwater tunnel was bestest.<br /><br /><a href='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhERQK94tsvkgn2Rc5WgsyEUXGcKQ_AHW1Svyp9CjTFaDDkgqjHpYHCLn48A9gUi7JVGkyqxR8y5dK52upNVOuiZsoCDvunMgR12Qff8yPJgV8BAzWp7rlLRMWuBFqwuLhyuva0/s1600/P1050912.JPG'><img src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhERQK94tsvkgn2Rc5WgsyEUXGcKQ_AHW1Svyp9CjTFaDDkgqjHpYHCLn48A9gUi7JVGkyqxR8y5dK52upNVOuiZsoCDvunMgR12Qff8yPJgV8BAzWp7rlLRMWuBFqwuLhyuva0/s400/P1050912.JPG' border='0' alt='' /></a> <br /><a href='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdkqLik09PqbVzkSkJ3IsJpgt_QMPIYVV5q9BLIW8QrmjMl5ZUVb9r9iUQbmhpI-Wyl681xeEXMTJ6XRjv9R2d0QihSq_Dd-QacMPbVPHnCpjgY6nTt0s6XNsKZHStE_EImqFR/s1600/P1050927.JPG'><img 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src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivI28fWVj5CgZOxtUPNRD3NqI2rNX0an3-OmCWtdI6Y3CrtTxBaheEhafUYfkbbU7yqoesUmsnfc93So4joyegeITwkSvatKtoAo4aBL5UYoSZAfBv5b_IyCPBp0EMLZieLcCN/s400/P1060030.JPG' border='0' alt='' /></a> <div style='clear:both; text-align:NONE'><a href='http://picasa.google.com/blogger/' target='ext'><img src='http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif' alt='Posted by Picasa' style='border: 0px none ; padding: 0px; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: initial; -moz-background-origin: initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: initial;' align='middle' border='0' /></a></div><br /><br />*Photos taken with a Panasonic TZ8 on scn mode -> high speed burst (3M) -> speed priority.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17032142.post-72900823039984673712011-12-31T12:53:00.001+13:002011-12-31T12:56:08.597+13:002011 was ace2011 was a big year for the family. Debbie returned to work, Dom started preschool, was diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorder and started therapy. Debbie and I wrote an anthology of stories and had it accepted for publication. We took two trips up north to see family, had a few stories published (including the awesome podcast of Debbie's Upon a Star) and generally led busy lives.<br /><br />Fingers crossed 2012 will have as many highs as 2011, possibly with fewer broken bones and tooth repairs :-)<br /><br /><a href='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuweHzvDB0RqFBCYo4NuXgfxH-v7ZNUZTtSlrCdV20LSbGFcLrsPFfvRQyJwpss1pYis2nCPaOxudrX-AmfxazgUIK1mHire1fDKJmb8UP5-6WcIDBehyUyht4iMFFaPX7EsC-/s1600/P1050784.JPG'><img src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuweHzvDB0RqFBCYo4NuXgfxH-v7ZNUZTtSlrCdV20LSbGFcLrsPFfvRQyJwpss1pYis2nCPaOxudrX-AmfxazgUIK1mHire1fDKJmb8UP5-6WcIDBehyUyht4iMFFaPX7EsC-/s400/P1050784.JPG' border='0' alt='' /></a> <br /><a href='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgagST20Yx5llOduNpASSy0pnOFHBlkcuunzLg4BKZGAneerQt4BTGeazWBKuLv7zX_2ErtvaxdtCKLCcuUU3CmelShEsTAKxgCLs2VVBB5EFo0cZNiOy7BNt9dQ8v_seWgCPNk/s1600/P1050830.JPG'><img src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgagST20Yx5llOduNpASSy0pnOFHBlkcuunzLg4BKZGAneerQt4BTGeazWBKuLv7zX_2ErtvaxdtCKLCcuUU3CmelShEsTAKxgCLs2VVBB5EFo0cZNiOy7BNt9dQ8v_seWgCPNk/s400/P1050830.JPG' border='0' alt='' /></a> <br /><a href='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPP9vqNseEpWX0qbaaSWhE1GzFr2tAoJtKx4u-YMbXKsmCyfm9mIyWm0CHLXLuMfnO2KJ7e-1kX4UYhyJexoRYy-OwmqF2iGbVGLn5yS9aBG8M5CyCRFlw5n4hudfSApZDR4jf/s1600/P1050838.JPG'><img src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPP9vqNseEpWX0qbaaSWhE1GzFr2tAoJtKx4u-YMbXKsmCyfm9mIyWm0CHLXLuMfnO2KJ7e-1kX4UYhyJexoRYy-OwmqF2iGbVGLn5yS9aBG8M5CyCRFlw5n4hudfSApZDR4jf/s400/P1050838.JPG' border='0' alt='' /></a> <br /><a href='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTnjlAGqRdL761vhj5heAacn5vanGvDTiuZYjveJgDEyolhbKwD_xLbb8yhkR3wcHvqhtNhF2d5N93w-QEXU9SspCVbgs3-a8n4lohcbmDAWX-6uh1JXuECBdMEBEm2KM7Sr36/s1600/IMG_1191.JPG'><img src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTnjlAGqRdL761vhj5heAacn5vanGvDTiuZYjveJgDEyolhbKwD_xLbb8yhkR3wcHvqhtNhF2d5N93w-QEXU9SspCVbgs3-a8n4lohcbmDAWX-6uh1JXuECBdMEBEm2KM7Sr36/s400/IMG_1191.JPG' border='0' alt='' /></a> <div style='clear:both; text-align:NONE'><a href='http://picasa.google.com/blogger/' target='ext'><img src='http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif' alt='Posted by Picasa' style='border: 0px none ; padding: 0px; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: initial; -moz-background-origin: initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: initial;' align='middle' border='0' /></a></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17032142.post-77435477230873714232011-12-19T11:43:00.000+13:002011-12-19T11:43:59.458+13:00More Dom + Self Portrait<a href='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjT-Ley8n0giCyWC5pCB2vMPvANMEJcpWoO_nzfb-YZZgePgchyfh-hw2_4xTmPFD0KYHzQpXk7L-NpMfg9Bef3coIzVNlPPnKjy8gNX73zaJcvVW2iiRqhco7Zi3xu_8B2dgJD/s1600/IMG_0900.JPG'><img src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjT-Ley8n0giCyWC5pCB2vMPvANMEJcpWoO_nzfb-YZZgePgchyfh-hw2_4xTmPFD0KYHzQpXk7L-NpMfg9Bef3coIzVNlPPnKjy8gNX73zaJcvVW2iiRqhco7Zi3xu_8B2dgJD/s400/IMG_0900.JPG' border='0' alt='' /></a> <br /><a href='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjH8zSxl3Xk_4P1x0_JNBAwrWwnUKKA2U1VlGCeMg6vGtwulrbLVsiBdNMV28Wbv-mPeuwI10B_U617oII6GHTuPrh2F3x9wLNyLBd6GIV4-lI4k_XhwVYgGPV2GBAB9Y5YQhEX/s1600/IMG_0946.JPG'><img src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjH8zSxl3Xk_4P1x0_JNBAwrWwnUKKA2U1VlGCeMg6vGtwulrbLVsiBdNMV28Wbv-mPeuwI10B_U617oII6GHTuPrh2F3x9wLNyLBd6GIV4-lI4k_XhwVYgGPV2GBAB9Y5YQhEX/s400/IMG_0946.JPG' border='0' alt='' /></a> <br /><a href='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0JgwbJx_NieZmDPjbeSQTwlOK3w8FJuMFaSARwlZtchMKOGVUIJFGqszDNX1PvKpfJRVLht8DZUpox6mGtXeSC06rM8IpetepfxIiDYsRa4lyce1573BmW3pxFAV2fvPphT9Y/s1600/P1020263.JPG'><img src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0JgwbJx_NieZmDPjbeSQTwlOK3w8FJuMFaSARwlZtchMKOGVUIJFGqszDNX1PvKpfJRVLht8DZUpox6mGtXeSC06rM8IpetepfxIiDYsRa4lyce1573BmW3pxFAV2fvPphT9Y/s400/P1020263.JPG' border='0' alt='' /></a> <br /><a href='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgz8q6cUVrbf2cCO7qdbZBPNCca-sZRoFh3RVvqjpDFxXRuSf-zm9P8jHq67twnlD5iIv6I2XAvuL3dqGdvAk4zMJIlvCNqGT7AkCMQ2sIVGZC1exUorCv5FT7Iy8fUISHHIe5n/s1600/IMG_0403.JPG'><img src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgz8q6cUVrbf2cCO7qdbZBPNCca-sZRoFh3RVvqjpDFxXRuSf-zm9P8jHq67twnlD5iIv6I2XAvuL3dqGdvAk4zMJIlvCNqGT7AkCMQ2sIVGZC1exUorCv5FT7Iy8fUISHHIe5n/s400/IMG_0403.JPG' border='0' alt='' /></a> <br /><br />Bonus post!<div style='clear:both; text-align:NONE'><a href='http://picasa.google.com/blogger/' target='ext'><img src='http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif' alt='Posted by Picasa' style='border: 0px none ; padding: 0px; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: initial; -moz-background-origin: initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: initial;' align='middle' border='0' /></a></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17032142.post-15549488935734181422011-12-19T11:10:00.000+13:002011-12-19T11:10:25.776+13:00Dom in December<a href='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjl4rLy4doCFUzb_gBreFIq1bM2xw4IOmVxFn_hjNaSFEkY4U0LxsY0FvCQmWVJMmNrmMZMjkJevy7A460W5w_OrNQeFxpAl1BeXi_QVn-bQldpGFG52HuHJfjMWg3JzqYY66P6/s1600/IMG_0096.JPG'><img src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjl4rLy4doCFUzb_gBreFIq1bM2xw4IOmVxFn_hjNaSFEkY4U0LxsY0FvCQmWVJMmNrmMZMjkJevy7A460W5w_OrNQeFxpAl1BeXi_QVn-bQldpGFG52HuHJfjMWg3JzqYY66P6/s400/IMG_0096.JPG' border='0' alt='' /></a> <br /><a href='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmg38dC347zSlrGe6Lq9oYmqmVTyJGPIkRabSENcCKtBhAqo-DVZ_tUKBUyKDf3lRMf_VwLCxSuDe-IX1dsQt9WEkQd-K40PmnhPninSP1f4o1737_E3YubvQdcPTa7LRNsSbO/s1600/IMG_0182.JPG'><img src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmg38dC347zSlrGe6Lq9oYmqmVTyJGPIkRabSENcCKtBhAqo-DVZ_tUKBUyKDf3lRMf_VwLCxSuDe-IX1dsQt9WEkQd-K40PmnhPninSP1f4o1737_E3YubvQdcPTa7LRNsSbO/s400/IMG_0182.JPG' border='0' alt='' /></a> <br /><a href='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyzozMmbybaMIt9Fm2HojNIJAB_v_PZtxUPjA-xu7eIFAmXSynd-gLR99xbN1icE64sCR7WoBiNXJuHWJuQrKkGtUmfBj_BF5fOTE4NnwY5NS_s_jg3tub8bEjgO7Aqqu2z5vQ/s1600/IMG_0378.JPG'><img src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyzozMmbybaMIt9Fm2HojNIJAB_v_PZtxUPjA-xu7eIFAmXSynd-gLR99xbN1icE64sCR7WoBiNXJuHWJuQrKkGtUmfBj_BF5fOTE4NnwY5NS_s_jg3tub8bEjgO7Aqqu2z5vQ/s400/IMG_0378.JPG' border='0' alt='' /></a> <br /><a href='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxQ6btGOgTMh0HBFLoBuwbdsCGV3RtSNzVx8Yl3pkE8l9GtMYJ3kwTr4f1jPE5nIOEDY6mcMqRnsYQPrr7gtl_yNSvYahefevIy_-Hf5RS9MjF7TMa4HJiltWHUMMYHZpbdzmB/s1600/IMG_0896.JPG'><img src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxQ6btGOgTMh0HBFLoBuwbdsCGV3RtSNzVx8Yl3pkE8l9GtMYJ3kwTr4f1jPE5nIOEDY6mcMqRnsYQPrr7gtl_yNSvYahefevIy_-Hf5RS9MjF7TMa4HJiltWHUMMYHZpbdzmB/s400/IMG_0896.JPG' border='0' alt='' /></a> <br /><br />It's the holidays! Dom's having his last week at pre-school before a couple of weeks off, Debbie and I are getting some time to relax and unwind, and Dom is continuing to be awesome.<div style='clear:both; text-align:NONE'><a href='http://picasa.google.com/blogger/' target='ext'><img src='http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif' alt='Posted by Picasa' style='border: 0px none ; padding: 0px; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: initial; -moz-background-origin: initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: initial;' align='middle' border='0' /></a></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17032142.post-29330465479800034852011-10-14T09:21:00.001+13:002021-04-04T07:28:36.159+12:00Dance intro<br />Dom spent a few minutes dancing to the Kung Fu Fighting music video, and with the ability to restart the song at will on his ipad he got good at timing the start of his dance to the music:<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmEEuahQGQ0RrEJo9U0WhufhejyFAdnbPHDmf2DJ550l-ObhlB447xJokzroG3Db1o3lWbroTWWDi61pzUNH4SKJ4qhXB653cm4865y8pwYzHrG48eT0_x9Qb2JYMknRPRQujC/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="199" data-original-width="336" height="20" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmEEuahQGQ0RrEJo9U0WhufhejyFAdnbPHDmf2DJ550l-ObhlB447xJokzroG3Db1o3lWbroTWWDi61pzUNH4SKJ4qhXB653cm4865y8pwYzHrG48eT0_x9Qb2JYMknRPRQujC/w34-h20/dance.JPG" width="34" /></a></div><br /></div><br />
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It's a fun camera and I'd love to win one in a competition some time! This is not to say that I don't love the TZ8 I just got - that's an awesome little camera. But I do like toys and could see myself owning many, many cameras one day.<br /><br />I think I'm going to have to sell my old Sony H2 shortly. It's got a lot of life left in it but it can't compete with the convenience of the TZ8!<br /><br /><a href='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQnyQ23BrNyo1CyZ7Iy0cflv5V0e8g9kbYB-08WkyJWwyWmC89uAJEBG1X0ioqLF5sFvbDhpe_8z7JSH7uMYQvW1-5j7ZLfPAXjhPL4-HJDRQpumaKIu7PDPJeqfHaZ8t7qz5v/s1600/IMG_7859.jpg'><img src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQnyQ23BrNyo1CyZ7Iy0cflv5V0e8g9kbYB-08WkyJWwyWmC89uAJEBG1X0ioqLF5sFvbDhpe_8z7JSH7uMYQvW1-5j7ZLfPAXjhPL4-HJDRQpumaKIu7PDPJeqfHaZ8t7qz5v/s400/IMG_7859.jpg' border='0' alt='' /></a> <br /><a href='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvsGEvltoFHnngnK3gd-8HLO4NY0HzvUmWPphiCJQf2ZpN-M6fyVEqezgq60vG3CVKvWx_3MmGagPUlb5PvX5vCgKixZKXE_cG24IyHfMZ4zzwplN6dXNHmyiRa1xTIJ71hKcl/s1600/IMG_7876.jpg'><img src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvsGEvltoFHnngnK3gd-8HLO4NY0HzvUmWPphiCJQf2ZpN-M6fyVEqezgq60vG3CVKvWx_3MmGagPUlb5PvX5vCgKixZKXE_cG24IyHfMZ4zzwplN6dXNHmyiRa1xTIJ71hKcl/s400/IMG_7876.jpg' border='0' alt='' /></a> <br /><a href='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCyQ9UDX1SNNwIfleJ9n7VFCzl5_gdxZnpaSyCQHLZ7MInnfUyDRLuN8fiR4jUm8jGDmtMihAv7NbRbkMcEFra2-2JX7W7-IbT-rkX4rFyM8uC4hsclNWNIG3u_gmNhP4YvVnP/s1600/IMG_8185.jpg'><img src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCyQ9UDX1SNNwIfleJ9n7VFCzl5_gdxZnpaSyCQHLZ7MInnfUyDRLuN8fiR4jUm8jGDmtMihAv7NbRbkMcEFra2-2JX7W7-IbT-rkX4rFyM8uC4hsclNWNIG3u_gmNhP4YvVnP/s400/IMG_8185.jpg' border='0' alt='' /></a> <br /><a href='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-5SYQaMBGu-E5LKRxLel0tXf5o2dWDkCey2hbuxfhWdmGrceUfjdev7mywP74aqVVoPLoUzm7qsGRUmkU19oc4qVYa_CSJ_XpxDvldXCziVO5E0p6TqOUMfVG336mo9O5yD3v/s1600/IMG_8231.jpg'><img src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-5SYQaMBGu-E5LKRxLel0tXf5o2dWDkCey2hbuxfhWdmGrceUfjdev7mywP74aqVVoPLoUzm7qsGRUmkU19oc4qVYa_CSJ_XpxDvldXCziVO5E0p6TqOUMfVG336mo9O5yD3v/s400/IMG_8231.jpg' border='0' alt='' /></a> <br /><a href='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWKBoudIJgnE5sWOjDh46R57mRW2iY3YnuohF2Mvwa-gHl4nYBQYk2XOkhkBp4Xh1o0w_apKf-rZOVijZgTz2vRsZXeAwz6y8pvoSo5-hHc5bp5pkS0_WJ3hiUrbY48k-iZv_q/s1600/IMG_8316.jpg'><img src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWKBoudIJgnE5sWOjDh46R57mRW2iY3YnuohF2Mvwa-gHl4nYBQYk2XOkhkBp4Xh1o0w_apKf-rZOVijZgTz2vRsZXeAwz6y8pvoSo5-hHc5bp5pkS0_WJ3hiUrbY48k-iZv_q/s400/IMG_8316.jpg' border='0' alt='' /></a> <div style='clear:both; text-align:NONE'><a href='http://picasa.google.com/blogger/' target='ext'><img src='http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif' alt='Posted by Picasa' style='border: 0px none ; padding: 0px; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: initial; -moz-background-origin: initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: initial;' align='middle' border='0' /></a></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17032142.post-32153846910388118162011-09-22T20:39:00.000+12:002011-09-22T20:39:45.065+12:00New cameraThe good folks at the Last Ocean Charitable Trust sent me a Panasonic TZ8 camera as a prize for being a finalist in the Last Ocean film contest. It's very cool! 12x zoom in a compact body, solid metal construction, and a nice, wide 25mm equivalent at the wide end of the zoom. It's a very nice camera indeed!<br /><br /><a href='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMOLtwEa4nPNFkJC5K7tyl1sNfoliVaB6hLBs6cajKx-sUZrceckM1incBu6VkoGSwYc88F1517G_jISGDiKHJqs2zSAGzaPN_dCu9tXttaDtM4ck4TpmAaU-S0TB6ht0c3Uor/s1600/P1000101.JPG'><img src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMOLtwEa4nPNFkJC5K7tyl1sNfoliVaB6hLBs6cajKx-sUZrceckM1incBu6VkoGSwYc88F1517G_jISGDiKHJqs2zSAGzaPN_dCu9tXttaDtM4ck4TpmAaU-S0TB6ht0c3Uor/s400/P1000101.JPG' border='0' alt='' /></a> <br /><a href='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjm86rL1mjEwtuiYuar_dzKBwFyNWZhUITho2HtCwneysdyuaNxBffX8Aw41wq0eQdLwtHvfwUZ2t_goiIuIoDfbk0FCQshd-RIVIdof7H8Rdnx4xOcQf4qioON9_WNb2ZrJJhs/s1600/P1000094.JPG'><img src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjm86rL1mjEwtuiYuar_dzKBwFyNWZhUITho2HtCwneysdyuaNxBffX8Aw41wq0eQdLwtHvfwUZ2t_goiIuIoDfbk0FCQshd-RIVIdof7H8Rdnx4xOcQf4qioON9_WNb2ZrJJhs/s400/P1000094.JPG' border='0' alt='' /></a> <br /><a href='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMwNBwXHrOMbtGSBnk4mcyR9-kYCkFluELAulzSeGBGALZckZ966VgwPX8D1SQppUFK4-FHHJSN2NbGvdCOOJkS2fsuSoq03q9iJiO-gz4aT0RLBfxffibSm48TfiYDcKJGC2d/s1600/P1000106.JPG'><img src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMwNBwXHrOMbtGSBnk4mcyR9-kYCkFluELAulzSeGBGALZckZ966VgwPX8D1SQppUFK4-FHHJSN2NbGvdCOOJkS2fsuSoq03q9iJiO-gz4aT0RLBfxffibSm48TfiYDcKJGC2d/s400/P1000106.JPG' border='0' alt='' /></a> <br /><a href='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVBC0u-MZtKrHvL7_3fgUUrMhtmajnQ5DYl_rA0pWjgKe_HkM-AK37jNUsv99o2MxT1k281cuwk1E-D0lfYFRUO34JCQgoLrWI1bpg3ZWOO7UO3zRHzDkkMjHsQVBXdbamH-Vv/s1600/P1000135.JPG'><img src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVBC0u-MZtKrHvL7_3fgUUrMhtmajnQ5DYl_rA0pWjgKe_HkM-AK37jNUsv99o2MxT1k281cuwk1E-D0lfYFRUO34JCQgoLrWI1bpg3ZWOO7UO3zRHzDkkMjHsQVBXdbamH-Vv/s400/P1000135.JPG' border='0' alt='' /></a> <div style='clear:both; text-align:NONE'><a href='http://picasa.google.com/blogger/' target='ext'><img src='http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif' alt='Posted by Picasa' style='border: 0px none ; padding: 0px; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: initial; -moz-background-origin: initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: initial;' align='middle' border='0' /></a></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1