Photographic Evidence – 31 October – 7 November
Last weeks trip to see family was a complete success. We ate tonnes of delicious food, enjoyed amazing weather, and got to see my Grandad while he’s still in relatively good health.
After going to see my tattoo sketch (which hadn’t been done) and on the way to drop a library book off I saw the reopened City Gallery covered in spots for Yayoi Kusama’s exhibition. We flew to Tauranga later in the day.
That night we were treated to dinner at the amazing Tay Street Cafe. After a quick walk on the beach across the road of course. The area’s called Bay of Plenty for a reason, the first metre or two of shallow water was covered in baby pipis (or tuatua, how do you tell the difference?).
I got my chef on while we were in Te Puke, helping to make these old school prawn cocktails for starters. I also helped make aioli, a couple of dinners and made a couple of cakes too.
How great would it be to not only have this view, but to have the view from your own little bar with both ping pong and pool tables!
You can get a much better lay of the land up on the platform in the tree.
It’s strange to see my hair like this, until a couple of weeks ago it was down to my waist and my fringe was so long I had to kept it swept to the side in order to see.
Found on my Mum’s dresser: a picture of me looking cute as in my snoopy outfit. I think I was about four. Twenty years later I have the same haircut again.
Eek Get this whitey out of the sun!
I tried on an awesome dress the day before I bought this skirt. It was on sale at Max and would have been perfect except my upper and lower halfs are different sizes, my boobs and shoulders couldn’t fill the dress properly. This skirt was a great alternative, almost the same material. I have a few skirts in this shape now, I really need to make a big petticoat for underneath.
My big, younger, league playing, brother is the master of getting the most out of a Chinese takeaway buffet. Just when I thought he’d filled the container so much he’d have trouble getting the lid on he sticks a couple of slabs of egg foo yung on top and closes the lid tightly! Side effects of this include a meal shaped like a brick, big enough to feed a family.
Everything is green in the BOP this time of year. It’s a nice drive back over the Kaimais.
Down the road from Te Puke at Maketu we enjoyed a lovely meal with stunning views. I ordered a huge pile of mussels which came with a huge bowl of chips and a salad. I couldn’t even get close to finishing everything.
Have you had any adventures lately?
25 Responses to “Photographic Evidence – 31 October – 7 November”
Um, that place looks BEAUTIFUL! & how cute are you in that baby photo?! Ahhhh <3
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I haven’t lately and am starting to get the itch. But i just have to say how amazing that place looks!!! Sees like you had a great time. BTW love the plaid skirt!
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I liked the photo of me with a hand ful of shellfish. can you put that one on too?
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Omigod so much seafood yummmmmm.
Good adventure! Love the skirt!
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NZ is so gorgeous! You’re making me miss it! I need to do a trip now that I’m back in Oz. NZ = greatest natural beauty ever.
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The gallery looks awesome! I love the spots. :D
I have a Misery shirt with that girl on it :D It’s a different shirt though, has three girls on it. :D
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The BOP is really beautiful, and TB’s dads place is surrounded by nature. So nice!
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I’ve just uploaded it to Facebook for you hun. xx
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I love this time of year, the start of so many road trips in beautiful places. Excitement.
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I ate ridiculous amounts of seafood on this trip! I’m a pescetarian and the fish meals are always way better than the vegetarian ones.
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Come baaaaaaaaaaack! Especially if you want to cool off from Ozzies sweltering heat.
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I’m hoping to see the exhibition at some point, I really don’t have any excuse not to. I have the Misery shirt with the 3 girls too! (and the hoodie)
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Yeah I went an adventure over labour weekend with my girlfriend to Naseby. It was pretty sweetbix.
You are right the BOP is very awesomesauce!
Also looks like I chose correct with the candy necklace looking o for ‘orsome
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You certainly did choose the best candy necklace. I love the blue frost, so pretty!
I’ll be getting them all in the post tomorrow, realised when I went to package that the M16 had a huge gash in it so will re cut tonight.
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From memory pipis have a centre hinge and tuatuas are larger and the hinge is more to one side.
And I’m not sure either is good for eating unless the’re still under the sand…?
Looks like your time away was perfect in terms of weather.
I’m glad you got to see your grandad in relatively good health. And good to see you eating healthy takeaways :)
And it’s table tennis, not ping pong!!
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Maybe these were tuatuas then because the hinge seems to be more to the side. These were real baby ones, heaps and heaps of them. You wouldn’t even bother with them at that size anyway, whether they’re ok to eat or not.
It was just my Ry eating healthy takeaways, he can’t have too much fat. The rest of us had fish n chips!
I was hoping you’d notice ping pong, I did it on purpose. :p Plus, the way these guys play I’m not sure you can really call it table tennis.
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I love the spots on the gallery! It reminds me of this installation I saw at the Art Gallery of NSW: http://www.joshspear.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2006/09/atomicballroom.jpg
It’s called Atomic: full of love, full of wonder and it’s a room filled with tens of thousands of coloured polystyrene balls strung up on fishing line. Every so often a fan turns on and they all vibrate.
It’s the happiest artwork I’ve ever seen.
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O wow! It looks amazing!
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That building is just insanely awesome. You can’t get that in Australia – I might have to do something about it…
As for the Chinese buffet, your brother is a genius. That is the kind of thing that deserves a prize other than an msg induced food hangover.
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Whenever he’s home at Mums they make him get the Chinese. Much better value for money when he’s packing for you!
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it looks so amazingly beautiful! and how CUTE is baby you?! just want to squeeeeeeeezzzzzeee you! hehe
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Oh my, all that food looks so amazingly good! Including that brick, haha. Yums!!!
That first shot, I actually thought you had photoshopped it! HA. So cute.
And that first photo of you??? You are so beautiful. And that snoopy pic is adorable. You make me smile, missy :)
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Looks like you had such a great time. Your prawn cocktail skills amaze me it looks so fancy. mmm chinese food brick… that skirt looks so cute on you – would be perfect with a puff petticoat! I
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Thanks Ela! I am such a poser! :p
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I like your brother’s food style.
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