Another beauty from Pukekura Fernery and Display Houses.
Showing posts with label weekly top shot. Show all posts
Showing posts with label weekly top shot. Show all posts
6/28/15
5/10/15
Happy sky
Happy birthday, Hubby! The sky is smiling for you.
Happy Mother's Day to all the mom and stepmoms.
Thursday Theme - I Like
5/3/15
full moon
The moon seemed quite big as it loomed low over the pastures on our way home tonight and I had to stop and take a shot of it.
4/18/15
fantail silhouette
A cloudy morning turned this shot into monochrome. Fantails are flitty little things and hard to capture.
4/11/15
4/4/15
Taranaki beaches
I haven't been out taking photos lately, so I thought I'd dive into the archives and find some beaches to share.
And I saved the best for last, at least in my opinion, and for
3/28/15
Looking back
These birds seemed quite happy at Victoria Esplanade Gardens in Palmerston North. They watched us like we were entertainment.
These two were in the corner enjoying each others' company.
I tried to get closer to these lorikeets, but, each time I did, they would try to eat my camera.
3/7/15
more summer color
*EDIT* Thanks, Nick, for identifying the flower below as 'Cleome hasslerana' or spider flower!
I believe the flower below is a phacelia.
Weekly Top Shot (photo above)
2/28/15
11/16/14
10/27/14
Forgotten World Highway--part 2
There was lichen everywhere!!
These geese were posing for my Weekly Top Shot!
The rain had waterfalls overflowing.
These are steam boilers that were used to mill wood by Arthur Fazackerley.
The shape of the land here intrigues me.
10/17/14
8/11/14
animal encounters
This is a wild ruru (native owl also called morepork) that Hubby captured at Owlcatraz. You can read more about that park on my other blog by clicking here. It was quite exciting to see since we can hear them at night but have never seen one.
The cockatoo is Joey, greeter at Owlcatraz. I don't know what kind of birds these little guys are--they were at Owlcatraz, too.
The peacocks were part of a larger wild bunch on the side of the road.
Sunday in my City
Weekly Top Shot - Ruru
The Bird D'Pot
Sunday in my City
Weekly Top Shot - Ruru
The Bird D'Pot
7/20/14
7/6/14
6/13/14
Harrods of Rangataua
Even if you've never been to London, you have probably heard of Harrod's, the world's most famous department store, at some time or another. We even have a Harrod's in New Zealand, but it's not quite as famous. This Harrods was once the general store of Rangataua but, for many years it has been a family ski house that sleeps 17! You can rent it for $300-$500 per night.
Some Harrods trivia, according to Wikipedia:
In 1986, the town of Otorohanga briefly changed its name to "Harrodsville". This was a protest in support of a restaurateur, Henry Harrod of Palmerston North, who was being forced to change the name of his restaurant following the threat of lawsuits from Mohammed Al Fayed, the owner of Harrod's department store in London.
As a show of solidarity for Henry Harrod and in anticipation of actions against other similar sounding businesses, it was proposed that every business in Otorohanga should change its name to "Harrods". With support of the District Council, Otorohanga temporarily changed the town's name to Harrodsville.
After being lampooned in the British tabloid newspapers, Al Fayed dropped the legal action and Harrodsville and its shops reverted to their former names.
The town's response raised widespread media interest around the world, with the BBC World Service and newspapers in Greece, Saudi Arabia, Australia and Canada covering the story.
Weekend Reflections
Weekly Top Shot
*edit* On the 5th of May, 2015, I got this lovely email about Harrod's:
Weekly Top Shot
*edit* On the 5th of May, 2015, I got this lovely email about Harrod's:
I have been searching Harrods of Rangataua on the web just to see what comes up and saw your lovely blog.
I just thought I would let you know the History of this Harrods.
It was the general store of Rangataua from 1908-1964, During this time it had a petrol pumps, a garage, chicken coops, hairdresser as well as the general store. In 1981, 3 couples including my parents bought the building as a ski House. A friend of theirs who came to see the new house and said that as it was the worst store in the world it should be named after the "Best Store" in the world and so we have Harrods of Rangataua.
We were not involved in the "Harrodsville" situation. Many years before this happened we had received a letters from the London store asking to remove our signs. The 6 owners were all in London as the same time and visited management , showed them photos of our quirky family holiday house and as long as we never trade as a retail store and we can keep our signs up.
We rent Harrods out to help with the maintenance and annual bills of the property but it is largely as it was in 1981 when my parents purchased it.
It was nice to see and old photo of her.
Thanks Kate
I just thought I would let you know the History of this Harrods.
It was the general store of Rangataua from 1908-1964, During this time it had a petrol pumps, a garage, chicken coops, hairdresser as well as the general store. In 1981, 3 couples including my parents bought the building as a ski House. A friend of theirs who came to see the new house and said that as it was the worst store in the world it should be named after the "Best Store" in the world and so we have Harrods of Rangataua.
We were not involved in the "Harrodsville" situation. Many years before this happened we had received a letters from the London store asking to remove our signs. The 6 owners were all in London as the same time and visited management , showed them photos of our quirky family holiday house and as long as we never trade as a retail store and we can keep our signs up.
We rent Harrods out to help with the maintenance and annual bills of the property but it is largely as it was in 1981 when my parents purchased it.
It was nice to see and old photo of her.
Thanks Kate
6/8/14
5/25/14
Whenuakura Marae
This is a marae (pronounced ma-rye), a Maori meeting house used for many different things, including religious meetings. For more information on maraes, click here.
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