we love china!
ni hao (hello) from beijing!
we wish you were here.
posted by della on
Thursday, June 21, 2007
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kuala lumpur
hooray. we've been flying for 11 and a half hours - and we aren't there yet. we're laying over in kuala lumpur. free internet, but lots of people waiting.
adios.
posted by tyson on
Monday, June 18, 2007
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sailing away...into the sunset
some things we'll miss:
highly versatile shopping carts
cheese packaging, and the color of the cheese itself
meat pies and toppers
hagley park
sunsets
cloud formations
the color green (both physically and mentally)
kiwi colloqualisms
posted by tyson on
Friday, June 15, 2007
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penguin power
a few weeks ago we took a trip to omaru to observe some wildlife. we saw two types of penguins (blue and yellow-eyed) and a seal. the photos above are of the yellow-eyed penguins. these images were captured in the late afternoon, as they began to come ashore to nest for the night. the blue penguins tend to arrive later, usually after sunset. they are much smaller than the yellow-eyed birds and travel in groups (each group is called a "raft"). the movements of a raft of blue penguins reminded us of a swimming school of fish. after the little buddies are safe in their homes, they start talking to one another. their vocalizations range from a gurgling sound to something that sounds like a cat crying. they can be quite loud.
posted by della on
Thursday, June 14, 2007
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Travel
by Jenny Bornholdt
This is what happens.
You go out to the world
then return and want
to put your arms around
everything.
Spend the end of your
twenties on a boat between
islands, in the company of
mobile homes Maui and
Endeavour.
Climb into the freshly made
bed of the country.
Just before Timaru, Phar Lap
Motors, then Timaru
Windscreen and Glass Open
Forever.
Wanaka on a boat towards
snow. Get familiar with
the lake, the purple
hills. A plane rolls
in the lovely silver
light.
Turn thirty in Christchurch.
Your present a tea towel
Greetings from Opunake
both islands bright
green—you hold the
country in your hands.
posted by della on
Thursday, June 07, 2007
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