Life should be full of strangeness
Like a rich painting

slang-king is located in New Zealand
Worthy

can’t believe no one has liked this. are you crazy?

i-spy

I remember when, I remember, I remember when I lost my mind
There was something so pleasant about that place.
Even your emotions had an echo
In so much space

simply stunning live, slow, version of ‘crazy’

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Ad guy: … and so these robots which are actually Daleks - “exterminate, exterminate” - and they are huuuuge with robot arms that can fire out death and destruction only instead they will be firing out Jeff Koons’ Balloon Puppies because it’s all about power and your power company and how Jeff Koons is one of the most powerful artists in the world and the Balloon Dog is one of his most powerful images so it’s a power, power combo. And that’s why the small little people are waving at the Dalek because they are so amazed to see these giant stainless steel puppies coming out of the Dalek arms instead of a hail of bullets or laser beams … Power.

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sooty

photo Stephen Tilley

Lucy Bucknall’s Big Man at the Sculpture Garden

anyone living in Auckland should go and see this; the gardens are lovely and it’s free

Exotic Bloom

Bev Goodwin’s Exotic Blooms @ the Botanial Gardens Sculpture Garden

Outside

Outside

Went to the Sculpture Garden at the Botanical Gardens this morning. This piece, Bird Watcher, is by Llew Summers.

bless my cotton socks

hoping this will improve your weekend Charles

Year of the Dragon : postcrossing card RU-696422 travelled 16,171 km from Moscow to Auckland in 46 days

Angel

St. Kevin’s Arcade, K’Rd. Auckland

my working life

Cresta