I’m back in Auckland now but last week I spent several days in Island Bay, a suburb of Wellington on the Cook Strait. This photo is was taken about five minutes from the house that I will most likely be subletting a room from. It’s pretty much a done deal, although I am waiting to hear back from the people I stayed with just to know for certain. It’s a far cry from the noisiness of Grey Lynn, where Im currently living.
Ive always said that I hated the suburbs, and …

More tiger loveliness, his colours really were spectacular. What you dont see in this photo, is that he is nomming the crap out of the black tetherball I mentioned the other day. I think I have a photo of him with it in RAW still, so will go back and see if I cant find it. Too cute for words.

I so miss my little felines. I loved watching this fellow, he had this big black ball that was tethered to the side of a wading pool. He would knock the ball into the water, then spend ages licking it like a giant gobstobber. Very playful, yet very dangerous. His keeper told me that the zoo staff NEVER went into his enclosure while was inside, that he never had human contact as they wanted him to remain as wild as possible. Not sure how successful that endeavour would be, considering …

Inspired by these absolutely astounding photos, I went to the Auckland Zoo one day last week. While nowhere near in size to the one in Toronto, it was pretty lovely and I enjoyed my afternoon there. As I walked around, I tried to see the animals the way that Nick Brandt (the aforementioned photographer) might, even though I knew mine would look quite different what with my animals being in a zoo and not the wild, oh and on account of me being a rank amateur ;)
The day I chose …

It’s 8am on Saturday morning and I am wide awake, unable to sleep. I’ve been waiting for weeks to receive a much needed cheque for work that I completed in December and had been assured from the advertising agency that I did the work for, that it would be deposited into my bank account on Thursday.
Thursday came and went, no money. I tried to contact them, no reply. Friday, yesterday, was Waitangi Day and so a public holiday. I think they cut out early on Thursday to make it an …

Ive taken up running again since coming here. Mostly Ive used it as a tool to orientate myself with Auckland, but now that Ive been here a little while, Ive started going out to places I know I will enjoy. I found the Coxs Bay one by complete chance, turning down one street by random and ending up at the entrance to what I thought was just a small city park. Boy was I suprised!

Flickr set is here.