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About me: 55 years old, 3 adult children, love hibernating and hanging out with my cats and chickens on the West Coast of New Zealand's South Island, fan of rugby, old movies, historical books, blankets, nature walks, churches, old cemeteries and Autumn. Follow me on my travels around New Zealand.
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October 2026 M T W T F S S 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 Cherry blossoms are truly impressive
On the flipside (Canada) some flowers continue to bloom although they droop. Enjoy.
Spring is really a time of beauty and joy and now you are able to see everything clearer on short…
The blossoms and stone wall are beautiful.
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Category Archives: skywatch friday
One lane Bridge
So many one lane bridges in New Zealand. This one is in between Murchison and Greymouth. So Winter has finally kicked in here, although wi… Continue reading
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Matariki
Tomorrow the Pleiades star cluster (AKA the Seven Sisters) will be making an appearance in the sky signaling the start of the Maori New Ye… Continue reading
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Hotel
An old building just outside of Ahaura, which is about 30 minutes from Greymouth.I would say that at some point or another many years ago it… Continue reading
Nelson
On last Friday morning we left home for the 3 hour drive to Nelson Airport. When we left it was a mild 5 degrees celsius and as we travell… Continue reading
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Coffee
Photo taken in Pukekohe, Auckland, November 2024. Tomorrow B and I fly to Auckland. We are hoping to catch up with a good friend of B’s wh… Continue reading
Posted in auckland, pukekohe, skywatch friday, spring, tom's signs
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Coast FM
This is one of the West Coast’s radio stations building. It houses both Brian FM and Coast FM. I’ve never listened to the first one but I … Continue reading
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Music
The NZ Army Pipe Band was in town last week conducting a music evening in the local Regent Theatre. One of the musicians popped into my wo… Continue reading
Work
The new town library is due to open in the next couple of weeks and workmen have been fixing the footpath area opposite outside one of the… Continue reading
Posted in autumn, greymouth, greymouth library, skywatch friday, tom's signs
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Sun
This week we have had 3 degree temperatures at night and Monday morning we woke up to a thin layer of ice on our cars and on the grass out… Continue reading
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Night
One night after work I stopped on one of the main streets in town to take a night shot. Not many shops except for supermarkets are open at… Continue reading
Posted in all seasons, autumn, greymouth, night, skywatch friday, tom's signs
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Oh, springtime is such a lovely season of blossoms and other plants. I watched out the window here... we got…