tg76

yesterday we had arrived in christchurch

from the train station to our hotel i had seen enough and got all choked up to the point where i didnt think i would be able to go out with out being an over empathizing mess

the next morning we headed out so mr could show us some of the places he had been working (by us i mean his daughter and i... i know jeans cant see)

first stop lyttelton

abandoned funky paint job building

steep town this

eclectic cafe that used to be in funky paint job building, now in dull building

this place had awesome staff and amazing food and coffee and i might get mr to go back and pick up a drawing that was for sale there too, loved the place

even if the wall was held up with a screwdriver

the view... most of the buildings here will either be demolished or need extensive repair work done, the one on the left is sitting empty as the structure is too compromised now

from here we drove out to akaroa over a massive hill

fresh fish sandwiches...

drove back again stopping at the top of another big hill to look at everything

including an army guy going for a run with a fully loaded pack

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Loving the idyllic-looking destination, tg! (as most of your destinations seem to be)

thats cause im stuck at the bottom of the earth where everything is all peace and purity... just dont look over there on the other side of town, http://renaoilspill.co.nz/

is you buckle prong thing bent as or is it trick photography?

im so happy my jeans and belt will still be looking brand new long after yours have fallen apart, the grapes were probably sour anyway

we got off the boat

had a quick look around picton

its spring down here just incase you didnt know

then headed for our next mode of transport

went past wineries

and over roads and rivers

past salt lakes

along beaches

with snow capped mountains on the other side

and camera battery died so didnt get pictures of seals or anything else today

got up

got on a boat

good bye wellington

hello endless nothing

ate a pie

hello main land

into there

from there

turning

stopped

last week

got up

got dressed

got in car

drove to auckland

flew to wellington

went shopping and looked at stuff

ate lots of yummy food

stayed in a posh hotel right in town

didnt sleep much cause there was a pea under my matress

chauvinist.that (coming from you, Bitch) hurts.wonder what TG's opinion is at this case.

i dont have an opinion

im a lady

some ugly fungi and my ugly function over form boots

bath time im thinking

evo of belt

marks from my shrinking waistline

tan lines

heading off on an adventure by car plane boat train bike and foot in 9 days so i might actually have better stories to tell

Also I want more fit pics of tg's reconstruction.

not fit pics, but snapshots of stuffs

a few weekends ago we helped cut down a tree

since then ive been really busy at work as deadlines are looming so ive had stressed out girls trying to get their projects finished

my man is home again so we went for a walk to check out what has been done up the hill on the tracks

replanting with natives (was forestry/pine before)

XC track through a more recently logged area, gorse only waist high here

some great artwork the pd boys have done on the storage container

crazy bridge to nowhere the down hill boys have abandoned mid job

across to the summit, i used to hike up there most days until i rediscovered bikes and getting there faster

more XC tracks but in 9 foot high gorse. natives are getting big and strong here too

did i mention it is raining... lovely spring weather

very nice fit sweapea. they look really nice on you since you're athletic enough to pull them off without looking frumpy.

fixed for you... tall enough does not equal non frumpy cause im 5'11" and look frumpy as a big frumpy thing in mine

is a good fit though

adh92 has the best ROY style lately

wondered where those chubby little bottles came from... one of the elite riders i was support crew for at the start of the year had them but he filled them with shots of fresh brewed super strong black coffee and manuka honey

time to go visit the roid looking lady at the supplement shop

woken up to the sound of a weird bird

was a pheasant on the neighbours roof, saus is unimpressed

went for a walk down and around again

markets under the new shade sail things

loads of crafty crap and these men making noise

loving the first sunny day in months

trees

damn bird was waiting for me when i got home

it flew up on my leg and pecked at me, then it followed me up the drive and up the stairs and i shut the door on it, it pecked at the door

then went to watch some girls dance so i could come up with costumes for them, sorry no pics of teenage girls in tights

then went for a paddle

to try out my new underwater camera

and new carbon paddle

there were creepy birds watching

then we went out on a diner date

the end

went for a walk down and around the basin

imposter!

new shade sail things on old unused bridge

new art on the boardwalk (its a giant eel net)

new seats and new grass

more new art

old art

reason council is spending all this money and making stuff look nicer

home to drink free wines

damn cash, i was going to do a ROYs at a fly in now i dont need to

and i thought i was lucky when the cessna i was in crashed exactly a week later but an hour... go buy a lotto ticket

my ROYs got left at home while i went to the end of season cyclocross race, gotta dress up for the event so i did

thanks to bring it on i actually knew a cheer about pumping gas

hopefully someone got action shots of the whole event

this. self timers and going outside have nothing to do with each other

other than you dont need a mirror to take a pic of yourself

but

like

whatever

spring is in the air...

have just booked a nice excursion for october, finally getting to see some more parts of my country ive been missing out on, will be travelling by car, plane, boat, train and of course bike and foot

zambesi grandpa jersey

ROY

palladium

little old spinster teacher clothes

tg scarf hood thing

zambesi bodyless sweater

random merino top

some christchurch label skirt

custom boots

go skate or go home

by that i mean, step away from the computer, its not that important

seven's a good name for a boy

or a girl

so is lazer

i told someone my nephew is going to be called righteous-dude and they believed me, her kids name is snapper

at school there is a girl called javelin

would be nice if there were more people with less history and less baggage

(but if you were still all no kissy virgin like at my age they would make a crappy blockbuster movie about you)

steam press your knee bags from inside

went to cyclocross

didnt ride cause someone needed to count laps n times n stuff

its f'ing cold at the moment

it snowed at my place the other day

its not normal

today we had crispy clear sharp cold

i dont own any actually warm clothes as it doesnt normally get bellow 10 here so i borrowed some of my mans hoarded retro warm stuff

old lady long dead hung out at a house i stayed at in the south island

she does stuff like pulling your bedding up (exposing feet and legs up to knees)

i stayed their 2 nights and always felt like there was a cat on my bed or something and my blankets were messed up in the morning even though i sleep quit still, then when the owners arrived they asked if we had met her and told us about her, i was like @_@ and didnt sleep much after that

still dont believe in stuff though

and no one lit a fire under my bed either

How do you like them now TG?

well... it all made me really appreciate the incredibly high standard of craftsmanship ROY put into each pair of these, as i was working on them i kept noticing more details i had overlooked. the cinch construction is making me curiouser and curiouser, but yeah everyone knows his work is innovative and perfect

im happy with them, they will be worn for years now like my skulls were, they will be much more versatile now that they are closer to my size and the length sits heaps better on more of my shoes. wish id measured better to start with

finally got time, thanks to crap weather, to finish down sizing my ROYs

used my shitty old domestic machine for the straight seams

mega train tracks... and the train will derail

hemmed up using industrial and fat as thread

didnt change shape much, mostly de frumped, sorry crappy pics to match my mood

just noticed i forgot to re topstitch the top of the side seams, ooops, they are in the bath now, will do that later when i put new mismatched rivets in