The best is yet to come...

I did love the shop, though. Spent way too much there.

"Kia kaha, kia māia, kia manawanui, e hoa. He rā ki tua"
"be strong, be brave, be steadfast my friend. Better times are coming"

I can still hear their bloody jingle.

Bridge of Remembrance, Otautahi, Aotearoa.

Detail from the Bridge of Remembrance, Christchurch, Aotearoa

...'so to farmers we say, "only half of you are screwed, or you are all screwed because that won't be enough to stay in business for that year".

Why is he wearing the face mask like that? Is he too stupid to work out how it fits?

It is me. Ran some scenarios from the original version with a group of first timers earlier in the year and it was a blast.

That worm in his brain has a lot to answer for.

Image of the coastline of Nafplion, Greece, at sunset

My favourite place in Greece. Cute cat as well.

Just another day in paradise as a teacher in Aotearoa

Don't be, they wash those grubby little buggers just fine. I like to put a wee drop of lavender in the wash with the rug rat just to stop that poopy smell over the course of the day.

Still relevant today
"you possess all the attributes of a demagogue; a screeching, horrible voice, a perverse, cross-grained nature and the language of the market-place. In you all is united which is needful for governing." Aristophanes, The Knights 424bce

Street art Otautahi, Aotearoa.
#graffiti #wall #art #artwork #streetart #photography

For decades, Republicans in Washington have told us that tax cuts would trickle down to workers.

Instead, wealth and power have accumulated in the hands of the richest 1% at the expense of the rest of us.

Trickle-down economics was never supposed to work.

It was a hoax.

Rugby player displaying damage from a game

The physical side of rugby.

#monochrome #blackandwhite #newzealand #photography #rugby #nikon

Young woman running in front of a temple in Tokyo

#monochrome #blackandwhite #photography #travel #nikon #tokyo

Night time adventures in Tokyo

players contest the throw in a lineout

The physicality of rugby always makes for dynamic photography
#monochrome #blackandwhite #newzealand #photography #rugbyl #nikon

Stunning

A few frames from Peter Hook & the Light in Nashville.

#concertphotography #musicphotography #photojournalism #jhsphoto #nashville #5point6studio #fujifilm #fujigfx100s

Love the sounds he gets out of a bass guitar.

waterfall viewed over the shoulder of woman wearing a rain coat, from the Catlins region of New Zealand

The Catlins in Otago/Southland, Aotearoa is filled with hidden delights.

#monochrome #blackandwhite #newzealand #photography #travel #nikon

Keeping cool in Bordeaux #monochrome #blackandwhite #japan #photography #travel #nikon

The (Maybe) Last Supper.
#monochrome #blackandwhite #photography #people #nikon

That is a cracking shot.