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July 20th, 2008
04:03 pm
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Critter

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July 19th, 2008
05:21 pm
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Wet jasmine

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July 18th, 2008
06:07 pm
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I haz a bug

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July 17th, 2008
07:26 pm
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Important theological question

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July 16th, 2008
08:16 pm
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Desktop image for a rainy day

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July 15th, 2008
07:24 pm
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A monument to my ego?

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01:16 pm
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Really creative suicide method #54787889
http://kittywigs.com/index.html 

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July 14th, 2008
07:44 pm
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Mossmonster versus the spiderthing

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July 13th, 2008
08:15 pm
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Minature wall garden

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06:40 pm
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The Beaches of Kaikoura



I think this is the final version. I decided to stick with the ragged left, worked out how to persuade the GIMP to use a rather nicer font, spent a really long time creating a mask to fade enough but not too much of  the picture, added some coloured bits and last but not least, created and added my very own watermark.

Thanks very much everybody for your feedback on the initial attempts.

eta: Typo fixed.

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July 12th, 2008
05:45 pm
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Rainbow weather

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July 11th, 2008
11:09 pm
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A first go at 'Kaikoura'
Two versions so far - ragged left and all over the place really.  Neglecting the jpeg artefacts - opinions anyone?
ETA a variation on all over the place.
[info]ysabetwordsmith - do you mind me playing round with your line structure, or would you prefer if I didn't?
ETA  a variation on ragged left.

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06:03 pm
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Hot scribble
 

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July 10th, 2008
10:13 pm
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Big screen brass.

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10:16 am
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Fishbowl
I myself have no talent for writing and I find it very hard work. As a result of this I have the greatest awe for people who can and do write, and even more admiration for those who have the guts to make writing their profession. Elizabeth Barrette, aka [info]ysabetwordsmith is doing this.

One of the things she does regularly is hold online poetry improv sessions she calls Fishbowls, in which she asks for thematic prompts from her audience. This time one of the things she asked for was scenic places. I offered Rotoiti (20/05/08) and Kaikoura (24/05/08). She chose Kaikoura, and here's the result.

 

 

The Beaches of Kaikoura

Walking the beaches of Kaikoura,
you can see where the island
folds her hands over her waist:
faultlines interlaced like fingers,
the knuckles of her mountains
gnarled as an old woman’s.

Out there, unseen but meaningful,
cold water wells up from the ocean.
Fish follow it, with whales and dolphins
following the fish. At low tide,
seals stretch themselves
along the pebbled shore.

Overhead, long white clouds
arrange themselves in rolls.
There are languages lost in the hollows
of this land, like tufts of fur
caught in rough bark.
This place plucks at you that way.

The people come and go.
Only the mountains remain,
their intricately knitted chains
embracing cold clear tides,
against which all our urgency is
no more than the scuttling of crayfish. 


                                                Elizabeth Barrette

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July 9th, 2008
07:06 pm
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Urban wildlife

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July 8th, 2008
06:54 pm
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Naval abstract

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July 7th, 2008
07:54 pm
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Seeing round corners II
 

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02:53 pm
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Look out! Here comes an S!

I'm window shopping for vintage film cameras. This from an ad for a Canon AV1 on trademe....

Some people say it was one of cannons best Camera's

I don't usually snark grammar, but this is just so wonderfully and precisely wrong, it's delightful. 
If it were $20 cheaper, I'd consider buying it.




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July 6th, 2008
08:10 pm
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Seeing round corners I

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