Let There Be Light Fittings

…I first “met” this particularly wonderful example of 70s plastic and “gold” plated light fitting when I had the record shop at Chicks Hotel in Port Chalmers…

…I needed to own them…

…but they were attached to the pub…

…I’d drive by and ogle the only other example I knew of when ever I could….it’s a commercial double sized version that hangs in a glassed in stairwell on the side of a warehouse in the South Dunedin industrial area…just down from my favourite DIY materials haunt….

….then…

…having driven past a second hand shop sign outside Ranfurly on numerous occasions and thought “how sad that it had ceased operations on the main street”, I drove thru Ranfurly in the other direction only to discover that I’d been completely missing the other sign that indicated that said shop had moved to the outskirts town….(duh)…..

…The Curiosity Shoppe is now located in a delightfully spacious tin shed next to a converted railways workshop, where the proprietor resides….having met a kindred spirit in said proprietor and during the ensuing tour of the premises, right at the back of said railways workshop, we came upon two large cardboard boxes containing….oh be still my beating heart….not one, not two, but five of the coveted light fittings all separated in to halves and covered in dust….

….bargaining….

…bargaining between second dealer-collectors….

….I bought two….

…and promised photos when I’d got them installed…

…that was months ago, sorry Ali’, but now they’re up….

…in the living room….

…and the library….

….thank you Ali’….

…my life is near as damn complete….

…almost….

Bees

This summer “just” gone….on a long ramble down the Taieri River we…myself and intrepid, inflatable boat enthusiast, Dee…. discovered bees, hundreds of them, poking about on a sand bar at the waters edge….

… coming and going to a couple of spots…like someone had performed a waggle dance back at the hive and reported that the river was running with honey….

…took us a while to figure it out…obvious really….

….this is where bees go to drink….

….went back a few months later to confirm….

….yep…this IS where bees go to drink….

…and what happens if you get too close?….

…you forget which way up you’re holding you’re camera….

(…oh, and this is a only a mile or two down river from where that tractor driver discovered the moa footprints….(google “moa footprints”)…..)

Stool Sample

…I could make a bunch of these….

…(it’s been too long between poop jokes)….

…some poop free stills….

…(that’s caught me up with the “blog-lag” of finished stuff….will try to be more pro -active in future)….

…(“stool sample”…giggle)…

Box Full O Sevens

…. a little bling for my next gig…..

…and in pictures….

….box is ex-Tootone records furniture.

Not A Pot

….more of a box….

….all polyurethaned on the inside so you could probably put flowers in it if you wanted to….

…another in the series of things I did last year but neglected to post.

Another Archival Piece

…seems like I went thru a non-show-and-tell period last year…

…erm…sorry , that’s a bit side ways…here’s some pic’s…

…all ready for the dried flowers.

Also In Moving Pictures

….one of these….

….and some stills in case you have less than a minute to spare!…

…(and, yes, I did finish this last year but have been mucking about instead of making the moving pictures and showing you all)….