Travel Theme: ART

http://wheresmybackpack.com/2012/06/29/travel-theme-art/

Art can be interpreted in so many different ways, I’d love to see your take on the theme.

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Have you had a memorable encounter with art in some shape or form?

xxx Ailsa

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This weeks Travel Theme : ART is just what I was looking for to put the following photos with.

As I mentioned in my writing blog, I went out yesterday to see if I could get some photos of the snow on the hills here. It was very cloudy so I decided to go to the Main Street in my small town because they have recently put up  a tree with small glass fan tails. In the round about there is a copper sculpture of a fan tail bird.

The green and purple tree on the right is the one with the fan tails and the one on the left has autumn leaves on it.

( The photos were all taken by Scrapydo)

The Following was in  the Upper Hutt Leader  Wednesday June 27, 2012

Cheeky fantail flitters over us

A fantail-themed tree representing spring now brightens Main St, next to one with autumn leaves on the corner of Pine Ave.

Photo: RICK CLAPHAMFlittering fantails: Cheeky and cheerful.Flittering Fantails has been jointly funded by Experience Upper Hutt and Creative New Zealand and made by Upper Hutt artist Chris Wilson from Artrix Glass in Whakatiki St, creator of nearby Autumn Reflections erected several years ago.

They were to be the first of four with numbers three and four representing summer and winter planned for The Mall end of Main Street.

However, the final two seem unlikely, given the end of council funding for Experience Upper Hutt, although the organisation will continue as a lobby group, director Hellen Swales says.

The tree cost about $6500 with businesses providing discounted services.

The tree was assembled on Sunday, to toots and thumbs-up from passing motorists and pedestrians.

It was blessed at a 6.30am ceremony on Monday during brief rain which kaumatua Tamati Kaiwai said was a good sign. The fantail was a sign of mischief and cheekiness, he said.

Upper Hutt Mayor Wayne Guppy cut a ribbon around the metal trunk.

http://fairfaxmedia.newspaperdirect.com/epaper/viewer.aspx

The following is also a copper sculpture from a New Zealand Pigeon or Kereru. It also stands in a round about just before you enter Main Street in Upper Hutt.Photos taken by  Scrapydo

Real ART

Weekly photo Challenge: Fleeting moment

This weeks challenge is:

Fleeting Moment

My son tried to feed the ducks. They all came quickly.
This one  dashed nearer!

For a FLEETING MOMENT

This duck came so quickly to take some food that my son pulled away in shock!

Here the duck is taking the food out of his hand

( This isn’t a fleeting moment in a street but still a fleeting moment)

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Snow

The snowfalls, combined with ice, had produced treacherous driving conditions throughout the South Island and on the North Island’s central plateau. Compounding the snow, strong winds were expected to lash the South Island today.

Acting shift commander Mark Oliver from  Police central communications said snow had blanketed the central plateau today and could close the State Highway One route at any moment tonight.

With snow forecast to fall through tonight, police were warning drivers to take extreme caution and monitor AA and NZTA websites for closures.

Snow had fallen to near sea level in some areas, including Fiordland and Southland, and about 200m in Buller and Westland. In Clutha, Southland and Fiordland another 10 to 15cm of snow could fall throughout the day.

Snow was falling above 400m in the western parts of Nelson and in inland Southland above 200m, the MetService said.

A further brief burst of snow had been expected in Buller, with another 10cm accumulating above 400m.

Snow was also forecast above 700m in Taumarunui, Taihape, Whanganui and Manawatu in the central North Island.

In the past 24 hours, Mount Ruapehu’s Turoa and Whakapapa ski fields had received a dumping of snow between 30 and 41cm, respectively. Both ski fields were closed today.

http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/7176436/Snow-adds-to-danger-on-roads

(This was last night)

Weekly Photo Challenge: Create (no 2)

I did not want to use these photos at first because this quilt is present for my sister. She received it yesterday, now I am going to use it under CREATE  also.

Create

CAT QUILT

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Remember South Africa 2010 (no 6 Mokopane – Potgietersrus)

As I said in RSA no5 I am not going to say anything about Zimbabwe. Zimbabwe and Botswana are two countries bordering South  Africa.

I had the opportunity to be again living for nearly 2 weeks with my best friend who owns a guest house in Mokopane.

I thoroughly enjoyed the time with her. She took me on some outings with her.

Here we are visiting a farm just outside Potgietersrus.

We also did some scrap booking at another friends place.

An accident happened.My friend wasted her drink all over her pages

One should not eat or drink while scrap booking.

We also had a scrap book session at the guest house to say good bye.

Having a tea break!

My friend surrounded by scrap book goodies.

And there is the drink again! This time nothing happened.

Here is my friend with a beautiful double scrapbook page.

(Sorry for the light splashes)

Then we also had the preparations for the 2010 World Soccer Cup

The front and the

back.

Next time I am still in Potgietersrus with some other adventures!

A frontier town that’s still looking for its destiny – Mokopane (previously Potgietersrus) was established by the Voortrekkers in 1852 as Vredenburg. Its early history is one of conflict. This was followed by happier times as a thriving agricultural centre when it became known as the “garden town of the north.” Today it’s primarily a mining town that’s yet to grasp the potential of tourism, notwithstanding a World Heritage Site 10km outside the town and the Waterberg Biosphere on its doorstep.

http://capeinfo.com/destinations/limpopo/waterberg/mokopane

A – Z Archives: Z

http://flickrcomments.wordpress.com/2012/06/20/the-z-photo-archive/

The last letter in the alphabet is Z

My Z is for ZEBRA

One of the Zebras was interested in what we were doing!

They did not trust us for one minute!

They turned around and showed only their back sides.

(Photos taken in Mokopane Game Biodiversity Conservation Center 2008 by me)

Established in 1979 and opened to the public in October 1981, as a satellite station of the National Zoological Gardens of South Africa (NZG), Pretoria Zoo. In 2004 the NZG was proclaimed as a National Facility, as part of the National Research Foundation of South Africa (NRF). The center is located in the north entrance to the town of Mokopane, in theLimpopo province of South Africa.

The center covers an area of 1300 ha, containing a zoo-like environment, breeding camps, and a free ranging area, all accommodating a large variety of African species as well as species from South America and South East Asia.

The center’s focus will be on research and the conservation of Africa’s biodiversity, the advancement of science awareness within our learners and the breeding of Africa’s endangered wildlife.

With your visit to the center, you will be assisting in the continued success of the breeding programs, as well as conserving Africa’s natural heritage.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mokopane_Biodiversity_Conservation_Centre

Remember South Africa 2010:(no 5 Mokgophong – Naboomspruit)

The few days I stayed with my older sister was pleasant. We could catch up on many things.

She took me one morning to the new GOLF PARK ESTATE between Modimolle and Mokgophong.

Club house and cable car starting point at bottom of Waterberge.

From the veranda of the Club house. In the middle is a Naboom.

Euphorbia candelabrum is a succulent species of plant in the Euphorbiaceae family. Its Latin name derives from its growth habit, often considered to resemble the branching of a candelabrum. E. candelabrum is endemic to the Horn of Africa and eastern Africa along theEast African Rift system. It is known in Ethiopia by its Amharic name qwolqwal.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Euphorbia_candelabrum

Inside the main building everything looked grand and rich.

Cable car moving up. Top of the mountain looking down at the Club house and

Nyls Vlei in the distance.

Looking at the Nyls Valley from the top.

The Nyl Floodplain is the largest inland floodplain in sSouth Africa, reaching 16 000 hectares when fully inundated. 10% of this floodplain is formally conserved as Nylsvley Nature Reserve, and was listed as a RAMSAR site, an internationally important habitat for waterfowl, in July 1998. Soon to be declared a national park, Nylsvley is one of the top birding spots in southernAfrica, with at least 365 species recorded. Over 104 water bird species visit (and many breed) during extensive flooding, which only occurs every three or four years. In high rainfall years, it is best to visit for two to four days in February to May. In dry seasons a two-day visit to see the bushveld birds is recommended.

http://www.sabirding.co.za/birdspot/060707.asp

We three sisters also went out for a good lunch just outside Naboom.

Here is a photo of the three of us together.

At my sisters place. This is Lilly looking at a lizard on the wall.

Mookgophong, also known by its former name, Naboomspruit, is a town in the Limpopo province of South Africa.

Town 42km north-east of Nylstroom and 51km south-west of Potgietersrus. It was founded on the farm Vischgat in 1907 and administered by a health committee from 1919. The name Naboomspruit is Afrikaans but derived from Khoekhoen; ‘euphorbia tree stream’, after the Euphorbia ingens which grows there.^[2] The town was officially renamed Mookgophong on the 24 November 2006, by the South African government ^[3].

 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mookgophong

The next trip is going to be the one to Zimbabwe.

It is a whole expedition on itself.

I am just going to touch it so that I can move on to the next Remember S A.

Travel Themes: Parks

We have many parks in and around our town. The parks are well kept by the Council.

Here is a park the children and teenagers love to go to.

This is all the same park! It is huge!

If you have a park you’d like to share, create your own post between now and next Friday, title it “Travel theme: Parks” and put a link to this page in your blog post .

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Weekly Photo Challenge: Create

How wonderful:              CREATE

I am a keen scrap booker. Scrap book gives the opportunity to create your heart out.

The following pages I used paper piecing to decorate my pages.

The next one is a delicate Polish paper-cutting craft.

It is good to create, doesn’t matter what you do as long as you enjoy it.

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Sunday Post: Village

Interesting subject again! We have neat VILLAGES here.

This Village is very neat. Has it own shop, hospital and help for elderly people.

Although many patterns of village life have existed, the typical village was small, consisting of perhaps 5 to 30 families. Homes were situated together for sociability and defence, and land surrounding the living quarters was farmed. Traditional fishing villages were based on artisan fishing and located adjacent to fishing grounds.

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