Tag: Sony Nex

  • Meeting friends we dined out at Tony’s on Wellesley in the CBD. A great dark environment with various relic props from days of old. So many options for what to eat, and upon ordering, everyones meals looked tasty! Interestingly (perhaps due to their operating timeline), the placemats were full of 1963 facts: The year of…

  • “Butterflies are not insects,’ Captain John Sterling said soberly. ‘They are self-propelled flowers.” ― Robert A. Heinlein, The Cat Who Walks Through Walls

  • Out for a stroll we ventured to the Beach Haven Wharf. Looking North West’ish has us looking up to the end of the Waitemata Harbour. Long been used as the areas main anchorage point (pre european), the harbour is sheltered from the ocean by Rangitoto Island and other small surrounding islands. The modern translation of…

  • Its funny how some statues always look they are staring at you. Auckland Art Gallery. Shot on the Sony Nex and edited in Gimp.  

  • I’ll add a disclaimer to the start of todays post. Its simply an observation and one take on how buildings can be perceived to follow society – not a challenge to anyones beliefs. Looking back in history, within many societies, until the 1900’s most all of the worlds largest buildings were churches. Looking forward from…