When I Arrived At My Designated Relief Area The Other Day

…I was surprised to find that something was hanging across my usual toilet break view…

 

 

….could that be?….surely not!…

 

 

 

…but it is!…lumps of meat, marinated, neatly strung, hung & drying in the winter sun….

 

…disturbing…

…but not as disturbing as what the local tauhou (wax-eye) population are doing to it….

 

 

…not the intended use, I’m sure, but who knows??…it might be part of an old family recipe!…

…mmmm…bird poop flavour!

 

…(these photos were accumulated over a 4 day period…holding the camera at arms length above shoulder height in an unlit toilet…the slightest wrong move and the tauhou disappear…these pic’s are less than a quarter of what I took…I would take more but my arms hurt!!).

To Cat Or Not To Cat

…that is the question…that Gareth Morgan is asking of us….

 

….Gareth Morgan can be found here…

http://garethsworld.com/catstogo/

…he’s got a point, but maybe could’ve been a little more subtle…

… A. Kittys’ got his number.

Orokonui Ecosanctuary On A Wet Day

…what better use of a wet day than going somewhere with an umbrella…

…and having it pretty much to yourselves…

…especially when you are approached by endangered species like the Takahe…

 

…sure look tasty , but there aren’t that many left, so they’re off the menu…

…the counter staff said we would of been lucky to see one, let alone be approached by two!!!…

…my good friend Dee is a critter magnet….

…I won’t bore you with lots of grainy, rain soaked piccys of native song birds (apart from the ones of Dee below)…but I’ll say that it has been a couple of years since we went up there and it is amazing to see what “predator-free” has done to bird population as well as what the lack of “four-legged-grazers” has done to the undergrowth…

…New Zealand, the way it used to be…

…(except for the steps, Dee, & the umbrella)…

 

…damn glad I’ve got stuff like this in my back yard…

…if you’re in the neighbourhood, check it out…

http://www.orokonui.org.nz

…then come down the shop and buy a record!