Author: Peter Peryer

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Te Henui Vicarage

 
 
Built in 1843 
this is one of the
oldest buildings in 
New Zealand.
 
Situated in central New Plymouth,
It is built from stones
hauled up by bullocks 
from the 
Te Henui river which
runs nearby,
and from limestone
from Nelson.


It is possible that 
Frederick Thatcher,
Bishop Selwyn’s architect
had a hand in 
the design of this
building.



 
 

Flight Simulator

 
 
Here in New Plymouth we have a technological museum.
One of the exhibits is this Link Trainer, Link being
the name of the designer.
 
It came from the Air Force, but is in need of 
a large amount of restoration. 

Roots

 

I have lived in New Plymouth
now for ten years.

Over that time, I have
many times,
driven north
up the coast,
usually on my
way to Auckland.

South
of Awakino,
ten minutes drive
below Mokau ,
there is this
tree stump.

As drive past,
as I will be on
Saturday,
I always glance in
it’s direction.

This is one of my most
recent attempts at taking
a keeper.

I’m not sure but I would
like to see this image in
black and white.
Or, perhaps, the muddy,
dirty parts of the photo
Photoshopped and turned green
like the grass.

Snow

 
Recent snow made me head out
and explore with my camera,
I couldn’t help it.
Photographically, snow
as a theme is
such a well trodden
track that
I find it hard
not to photograph
in cliches.
I’m sure I’ll keep
trying though.

Cat

 

Here in New Plymouth, an old hotel,
the White Hart, is being restored.

In the process many treasures
are being uncovered.
One of the latest
is this mummified cat.

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Fern

 
 
 
Today I drove past this shadow
falling on a timber fence.
 
I came home but for some
reason the image stuck in my mind,
so, unable to rest, I picked up my
camera and drove back
to where it was, in this case near
our prison.
 
Luckily the sun was still
shining.

Snow

 
 
 
A few days ago I ventured out towards the mountain
to see if I could get in amongst the snow
that was falling heavily over many parts of Taranaki.
 
It was a bit of a heave because I was in the beginning
of going down with a fluey bug, but still, it was worth it.
 
This road heads up over the lower slopes of
Mt Taranaki, but this was as far as I could
go. The red vehicle was stopping all traffic.
Above this point it was dangerous.
 

Californian Quail

 
 
This old friend turned up today
in an online catalogue sent out
in Arrowtown. I had almost
forgotten about this photo of mine.
The old friend is not just the photo
however, but also the bird itself
because it was one of a large
number living around the house
where I spent a year.
This was about an hours drive
from Arrowtown.
I fed them with seed mixes
so they became very friendly,
even venturing inside if I allowed it.
This particular quail was standing
on a high vantage point and watching over
the safety of the others.

Log

 
 
 
Yesterday I posted another version of this
photo of a log on a beach. That photo had
been taken with my small but
very precise Leica camera.
 
Today I was going through the images
in my iPhone and found this photo of the same log.
I like this one better.
It seems to have more soul.
 
Looking at those images I was reminded
of another, the one below, one that
I took about 8 years ago.
 
For some reason, not too sure,
I called it Vanguard. That’s
an unusual name for me to use,
usually I go for more matter of fact
ones like Log.
 
Remember that if you click on
images they will usually get bigger.
The one below is an exception
for example. The file I used
was quite small.
 

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