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Marion D from the Hamilton area in New Zealand

Welcome to my home in NZ

We live down a long drive from the road-very peaceful (6 comments)

My home in New Zealand

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My garden seat under the Gingko tree

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Summer in my garden

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Part of my garden

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Coromandel Peninsula NZ

May 2011.lookout over the peninsula towards Mercury Bay (1 comment)

Outside my kitchen window

the rose is 'Leander' which flowers all summer (1 comment)

This rose is a semi-climber and does well in shade. (1 comment)

The rose is 'leander' (6 comments)

Part of my garden

Base of Pepper tree (5 comments)

My gingko in Autumn

From the top deck of my home. (2 comments)

From the top deck of my home

The rose is 'Crepuscle'(Dusk)

The garden path

I love to grow California poppies (3 comments)

NZ cultivar'Awanui' in Spring

The most beautiful flowering cherry.

Rose-Sharif Asma

Delicate colouring with a really strong perfume. (2 comments)

From steps down from the house

Mandevilla,Erigeron, and plumbago in summer.

I made a mosaic stepping stone for each grandchild

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Mosaic paths in the Fairy garden

The wishing well in the fairy garden

The entrance to the Fairy garden

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The grandchildrens special path

Each stepping stone has an initial on it. (5 comments)

Balloon landing at my next door neighbours

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Cutting down a huge chestnut tree

Our neighbour is standing in the bucket of his tractor front end loader

Nearly finished

Do not try this at home,especially with a chainsaw..

We live near the bottom of the distant hill

The bush and stream near our home

The NZ native trees are Totara and the Silver Fern (1 comment)

Bungee jump-a scene made entirely from plant material

I painted the backdrop of the bungee cliffs at Queenstown.

Staircase scene from Gone with the Wind

I painted the backdrop (1 comment)

Backdrop for Lockerbie completed and hanging from my deck rails

Our local dairy factory time line-ready for background of floral display

Morrinsville centennial celebrations

The floral display-depicting cheese,butter and milk powder.

Tentyne westies and sealyams

My friend,Lorraine's, family near my home in NZ (3 comments)

From my daughters home

Cornwall park is on one of Aucklands many extinct(I hope) volcanoes

Auckland NZ -the island in the distance is an extinct volcano

the rocks used for building are all volcanic (1 comment)

Bay of Plenty NZ

near Ohope (1 comment)

Ohope-Bay of Plenty NZ (1 comment)

Punga fence Ohope with banana palms behind

visitors are often intrigued by the use of tree ferns(pungas) for fences

Awanui cherry trees

the main street of Waikato town-Te Awamutu (1 comment)

near Wellington NZ

The Rimutaka ranges

between Wellington and Palliser Bay (1 comment)

Palliser Bay lighthouse

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Recycled bulldozers

to put boats to and from the water near palliser Bay

My husband -not too close to southern fur seals

basking in the winter sun at Palliser bay

Waiting for the sheep to cross the road

near Palliser bay (1 comment)

my gt grandfather built this boat-it sailed from the Waikato heads to Hamilton,bringing the first settlers (1 comment)

The Waipa Delta

replica of my gt grandfathers boat-now takes tourists. (1 comment)

The Rangiri remains built by my gt grandfather

the city of Hamilton has preserved a piece of our history

Hamilton-first set up as a military outpost in the Maori wars-1864

One of my paintings

In the jewellers shop window for Art week. (3 comments)

Morrinsville art week.

From my lovely neighbour's home

Kaimai ranges in the distance (1 comment)

A special rose named'New Zealand'

Aotearoa-New Zealand (2 comments)

My home on 37 acres

Behind the distant trees (8 comments)

My neighbours sheep in Spring

Looking over my fence (2 comments)

Making grass silage

on our farm

Difficulty getting the load between the tree and the fence

the boys are pulling the branches out of the way

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A native cordylineCabbage treen flower

Christmas in NZ

My home (1 comment)

YUMMY ! (1 comment)

My home in NZ with my patchwork . (1 comment)

My home (2 comments)

My home

Patchwork for my granddaughter

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My kitchen window

new use for an old cracked milk jug

October-from my home looking towards the road

NZ native flaxes,with bluebells and hellebores

Baby thrushes in citrus tree at my home

Almost ready to leave the nest (2 comments)

Oyster catchers(birds) at Thames NZ

this is where gold was discovered

Peppertree cafe-Coromandel town

Raupara watergardens-Coromandel peninsula

Punga(tree fern) fence (1 comment)

NZ native trees and ferns

at Raupara watergardens

Pathway through the gardens

One of many ponds in the gardens

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We chatted to staff working on the path

Natural waterfall

Called'Stairway to Heaven because of all the 'steps' (3 comments)

The cafe at Raupara

A very interesting potager garden

at Raupara watergardens

on the Coromandel peninsula-east coast

Whitianga harbour- Mercury Bay

named by Captain Cook who spent a lot of time here (1 comment)

My daughter and son in law's boat

Their hobby is deep sea fishing and diving at Mercury Bay (1 comment)

Elizabeth of Glamis

Limited Edition plate by Boehm-Malvern

Morrinsville Gallery

Where I work.The desk is made from pieces from the old Post office (3 comments)

Morrinsville Gallery

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Entrance to Adrian Worsleys studio and gallery

The bike is made from scraps(junk)

He knows where everything is

this is only a small corner of his storeroom

My friends and I making our way through Adrian's storage area

Everything is stored in groups-old tools,chains,frames etc

The reception serpent greets us.

made from junk

Spectacular-about 6 ft tall.

it is made from wire-the feather ends are old spoons. (1 comment)

Autumn in my garden

the archway before clearing and painting (1 comment)

I have cleared all the jasmine and growth from the archway and painted it ready for my sweet peas

Looking towards Wellington harbour entrance

This commemorates the landing in 1840 of the first Presbyterian settlers in NZ

Southward Car museum near Wellington

I had a fascinating afternoon here-this is only a small part.

This car is copper

Motor bikes are on the long balcony

A NZ couple travelled all over Europ in the 1970s

The countries they travelled are in white lettering

Part of an amazing collection of toy fire engines

Kapiti island -strictly controlled flora and fauna sanctuary

Oncethe home of notorious Te Rauparaha-author of'Kamatekamate war song

From paraparaumu

looking towards Wellington

Paradise ducks and ducklings

In the distance is the building housing the community constable

Police station-paraparaumu-next to the sea

The community constable can be found here (1 comment)

Mosaic-foreshore Wellington

Typical houses at Petone-Wellington

These are very desirable and now expensive to buy.

Wellington house-originality of colours is everywhere

This type of weatherboard house is a villa.About 100 years old

From my daughter's home

Wellington harbour entrance in the distance

NZ native Kowhai tree flowers in spring

A tui getting nectar lower centre

Tulip festival-Wellington-October

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Tulip festival Wellington

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Dutch food available

Wellington botanic gardens

at tulip festival (2 comments)

Photograph time

a wonderful Dutch concert on top lawn

Wellington city

Houses seem to cling on to the hillsides-

Thorndon-Wellington

Narrow streets-interesting weatherboard houses and shops

Thorndon-near central Wellington

Many Government officials live here

Thorndon-Wellington-a few houses from Premier house

Just along this street,is the Prime ministers house,where he entertains royalty et al.You can just wander past. (5 comments)

Farm-McDonald in NZ (1 comment)

McDonalds NZ farm (1 comment)

Garden at'Glencoe'

McDonalds farm

McDonalds NZ farm

Farm-McDonald in NZ

185 chairs-a memorial

in memory of 185 men,women and children who died in Christchurch

185 chairs-a memorial

Each chair is a memorial to someone who lost their life in Christchurch NZ

My favourite rose'Albertine'

it is spectacular in spring along my fence

my favourite-i love the coppery sheen over the pink.

Bay of Plenty NZ

The land in the distance is Matakana island.the man on the rocks is fishing in the channel between the mainland and island

A leisurely Sunday-Bay of Plenty

the water here is shallow till it gets to the channel,so very safe for children

NZ pohutukawa tree

Found on coastlands and always flowers at Christmas

The gnarled trunk of the pohutukawa tree

Clings tenaciously to the coastal rocks

Watching this man going fishing

The smoke in the distance is that of a 'P' lab which had exploded-we saw it on TV news when we got home that night.

pio shores bay of Plenty

Looking down on the beach where we had lunch

previous photos taken from here

Another view of beach-

pohutukawa in foreground.

Bay of Plenty nZ

Joan's garden-ink drawing by Marion

A corner of my neighbour's garden (1 comment)

My neighbour's home on the hill

pencil drawing

mandevilla in my garden

Watercolour painting by Marion. (1 comment)

Pen and ink abstract

Doodling by Marion

Watercolour by Marion (3 comments)

Six horse team of Clydesdales

water colour by Marion (2 comments)

Raglan-west coast

Watercolour painting by Marion.

Watercolour painting by Marion.

Swallow's nest-the swallow is peeping over the side on the right

I watched the nest being built on the warmth of the light shade

Track from the bay,Raglan

Watercolour painting by Marion. (2 comments)

Illustration for 'Simplistikit

A reading and spelling system for NZ schools

Illustration for 'Simplistikit' by Marion

The basic sight words

Simplistikit-On our Way with reading and spelling.

I worked for 20 years with dyslexic children,and illustrated a programme to help them

This phonic system works for dyslexics as it is designed in clear steps.

I also made teaching aids to accompany the system

The beautiful Marlborough sounds

The Cook straight ferry in the distance crossing between the two islands

Travelling around NZ in style

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Decorated van at cafe somewhere in south island

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Decorated van -Wellington

Ernest Rutherford

His birthplace in South island

Christchurch-Robert Falcon Scott memorial

the leader of the ill-fated journey to reach the south pole

Christchurch-Scotts tent and sled

Antarctic equipment-you can ride in this if you are not pregnant or have heart trouble.

at the Antarctic centre Christchurch NZ

Central Christchurch

a year before the earthquake

Cathedral Square-christchurch

All destroyed by earthquake (1 comment)

Cathderal square-centre of Christchurch

All destroyed by earthquake

Cathedral Square-Christchurch

destroyed by earthquake

Christchurch before earthquake

the area where many people lost their lives. (5 comments)

Welcome to my home

January 4th 2013

Early days in new Zealand poster. (4 comments)

Vegetables from my garden-i do not spray chemicals

first prize at our garden club day.

The growers unloading the truck on our farm

750 NZ native trees and plants (3 comments)

Part of the bank above the stream

all this has to be cleared ready for replanting natives

Planting Cabbage trees(Cordyline)

These are NZ natives found in this habitat (2 comments)

Volunteers planting flaxes and native carex

the scrub vegetation has been sprayed (6 comments)

High above the stream

This area has been planted

Native carex and Flaxes which can withstand flooding (2 comments)

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