It's coming together nicely. Some great performances. We're at the point now where I have a rehearsal just about every night until opening, despite all my other commitments, so please come and reward my perseverance!
Long time no post! Sorry I've been lazy.
Catching up with a short #hike to Te Tihi-o-Kahukura (Castle Rock), at the south of #Ōtautahi#Christchurch. Nice views on the city from over there and on Diamond Bay from Te Moenga-o-Wheke on the other side.
His of Magpies in the way, luckily not as aggressive as I've been told. Went down with Humpty Dumpty Track, pretty hard to follow but I made it after many hesitations.
So cool to just bike home after the hike! Nice to have such spots near the city. #Aotearoa#NZ
Here's Marley's Hill in the Port Hills of Ōtautahi-Christchurch, NZ, as seen from our house. The photo of it on fire is this morning, the other I took on Saturday.
I've been taking photos of this view every fortnight from our deck, watching how the hill has been recovering from the 2017 Port Hills fire. The clock has just been reset.
See Flickr for the full-res photos if you want to zoom in.
Following some recommendations, I drove to Cass Bay this afternoon, and wow I loved it! Pine trees, azure water, small rocky beaches... It somehow remembered me my dear Calanques. Maybe that is just me missing the Mediterranean sea, but driving along the bay really remembered me home.
Anyway, I love the place, and great for swimming as well! Just wondering why the water is so blur 🤔 #CassBay#Lyttelton#Ōtautahi#Christchurch#Beach#Sea#Aotearoa#NZ
I made it to #Ōtautahi#Christchurch ! This is my new home now, and it's quite a big change. Bye bye mountains, hello #ocean and beaches like the huuuuuuge New Brighton #beach. You can barely see the end of it!
Ocean is so scary 😨 I don't know where I will swim my kilometre now 🏊♂️ #NewBrighton#Aotearoa#NZ
The Loft is a partnership of organisations at Eastgate in Ōtautahi providing a social emergency response service. Their funding was cut and they're at risk of closing. Yet they are in such high demand that they had no spare capacity this week due to a high case load.
“I started growing hard-to-find #ChineseVegetables in 1950s Toronto and helped shape #Chinatown into what it is today”
When Wing Fung Chong came to #Toronto from #China as a young man, #Chinese produce was scarce. So he saved up, bought a #farm and started importing and cultivating fruits and vegetables to supply the city’s growing Chinese population
I was disappointed to find today that the native forest of Thorrington School in #Ōtautahi-#Christchurch, #NZ, has been tidied.
NZ botanist Leonard Cockayne, who helped found Arthur's Pass National Park, promoted schools planting patches of native trees. Many of these patches are still there, and I suspect this is one of them.
These are now important small patches of native forest habitat in the city for native birds and insects, but they need to be dense and shaded. #UrbanForest#UrbanEcology