Tom's snapper

An English guy called Tom is staying at the Pickled Parrot. He's been a bit depressed. He went fishing off the wharf at Paihia to cheer himself up on a rainy Saturday morning. To everyone's disbelief he caught a beauty snapper. He was then a bit sad because he really needed a good photo and his cousin had trodden on his camera so the view finder didn't work. How could I say no?

Sunday morning sailing

Learn to Sail March 2010

There's a Dr Seuss tree in my garden

The upshot of having a fancy camera is that I want to go out at night and take sultry pictures of the moon. I've since discovered I need to spend more money to get a tripod (vintage alto saxophone or camera tripod? hmm, I think I can live with shakey night shots or restrict photography exploits to daytime). Anyway, on my way home from a night time mission to see how the moon looked on the waves, I encountered this Dr Seuss tree in my garden. Actually, Pete - my humble assistant - spotted it; he is a primary school relief teacher afterall, so it's his job to know what Dr Seuss trees look like. Oh and the vintage alto sax? That's a story for another day...