Author: dave

school, work.

esther exam and music something

me out photoing some dancers

work, school

girls had a recording of their orchestra after school which was videoed.  i think for the telly.

jane has gone out this evening to something

lots of building in auckland have mosaics made with postit notes

work/school for all and the fence was taken away.  glass coming next week i think

four boats and a plane below

busy days for all

i photoed a band in a record shop this afternoon. they were doing a showcase for an international global summit and i arranged it directly with the record company so that was good

esther spent the afternoon in the university library

jane did lots of school work

i had to take photos at church this morning for the website.  here are a couple i made.  i suspect they won’t use these.

and here are some photos i took of the band last night who were excellent

karen the plants lady came round to tell us about plants.  i thought we were buying plants that didn’t need any attention, but i was wrong.

jane spent the afternoon supervising young thespians backstage with the school principal.

ivan, a fellow concert photographer who used to teach french at jane’s school came round this afternoon for a Lightroom tutorial

kezia spent much of the day revising at home while esther did the same at the university library

i’m off to photo a band this evening

here are some videos of the choirs at their recent competition down in Dunedin from the gala concert:

Esther’s choir (with crazy camera work !): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BfPuman0WUs

Kezia’s choir (kezia is on the far left, back row): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZYoPAYHbc30

work/school for all

i had a particularly long day as i had to help a colleague finish a document as all my other colleagues were either on leave or off sick.  he’d left everything to the last minute so i knew we’d be working on it until quite late so i whizzed home after lunch so i could work on it from home.  i finished the bits i could help with at 8.30pm (i was at my desk before 7.30 this morning as usual) and i think he’s still in the office in wellington working away!

our letter box arrived in the post which was a nice way for a letter box to arrive.  And amazingly one of our old soapy-bells christmas soap dispensers burst in to life (sort of) this evening for a few seconds so we all gathered to watch until it died again.  perhaps it was awoken by the earthquake last night which resulted in an tsunami warning but it was only 30 cm so wasn’t a threat to our house.

you can read about it here if you like:  https://www.tvnz.co.nz/one-news/new-zealand/scientists-concerned-over-proximity-7-1-shake-north-islands-most-threatening-fault-line

lucie left us and is now on her way back to france. she starts university on monday in Lille. hope she gets over her jet lag quickly!

jane is out supervising a school play this evening

here’s a piece of computer history i saw at lunchtime when i walked by a mechanic’s workshop – a computer complete with floppy drive, crt screen and a massive remote control which i think is unrelated

I think most of you know the geography of new zealand but I thought I should do a quick update to say we weren’t affected by the big earthquake this morning.  

It was apparently felt in auckland but I suspect only  by people who live on wobbly houses balanced on stilts. And cats. 
Anyway, we’re all safe so not need to worry 🙂  (just in case you were) 

school and work for all

jane, esther and lucie took her suitcase to her friend’s house so it’s ready for transporting to the airport tomorrow

i met up with photoing chum Ivan at lunch

esther got excellence in one of her music performances which counts towards her music exams (it was from ages ago apparently)

and this evening we had burgers to celebrate Lucie’s leaving

i worked from home so i could talk to the fence people who arrived at 7am.  everyone else had school

esther and lucie went to a french quiz after school and got back at 7.30pm