Interesting things I now know about Dunedin’s railway station The NZ government sold it to Dunedin city council for $1 in 1994 On the floor in the main foyer of the building are 57 panels made up of mosaic tiles with the nine central panels showing a small English steam engine, NZR logos and other […]
Vogel Street Kitchen was a spectacular find. Housed in the warehouse district, this place was our breakfast place for two days running. The breakfast supplies we’d bought to enjoy over a lie in ended up coming home with us. It has a vintage-industrial feel that we both love, has great food and a great vibe. […]
a slow glide through the fog, punctuated by ship horns in conversation on ferries devoid of sight. legions of sea birds drifting together on the water, as if they too were temporarily blinded. the apparitions of buildings, appearing and disappearing. and a surprisingly visceral response to this morning’s commute. +++
a list of things i did on the weekend that don’t all correspond with the accompanying photographs. and this is how it goes… i lived on fire for all the things i have yet to see, tangled sheets, the last bottles of cider … mulled and warm. everything reverberated within me even the vacuaming felt […]
dreams about birds nests and missing flights and the office i work in growing so large that our weekly meetings have an overflow room with the vp of engineering talking at people via a giant screen + cold nights and firelight + sleeping in + marvelling at the new machine we have in our house […]
ANZAC day this year, Nic, Nod, Jordan and I took a ferry to Tiritiri Matangi (which means”looking to the wind” or “wind tossing about”). some of New Zealand’s most endangered birds in the wild including takahē, kōkako, saddleback/tīeke and hihi/stitchbird can all be seen and heard on this island, making it truly amazing to visit. […]
Tyranny by Ishbel Veitch Oh, the thrust of Words, and their violent importunity – When the night is deep They pry their glow-worm lights under my eyelids And will not let me sleep. Oh, try and be gentle, Words, and do not torment me As you come in hordes, Using against the brain that seeks […]