#1001 ... Hello Mr Dragon

A Chinese dragon on the waterfront during the dragon boat festival ... scary but friendly

#1000 ... Water jumpers

Today at the wharf in front of Te Papa and Circa Theatre ... every one in the group had jumped bar one ... airborne right ... it's been a magic summer day ... Dragon Boat weekend today the corporates ... tomorrow the schools. Street theatre for the Fringe Festival and the International Arts Festival ... its all happening ... but jumping into the water is FREE.

#999 ... The 3 Little Sausages

Enjoying the free barbecue sausages, mustard sauce and fresh bread ... Midland Park, centre of Wellington

#998 ... Work & Play

An outside office on the waterfront ... connected, bubbled and oblivious to the world around me.
Te Papa forecourt in the background with the mirrored blobs and people, walking, skating, biking and enjoying the day.

#997 ... Ambos on Bikes

The St John's Ambulance show real pragmatic innovation fo r delivering service to local events ... the Home grown Music Festival ... easy and cheap to get around quickly ... and a smile as well

#996 ... Legs Eleven

Calico Jacks Boutique in Ghuznee Street ... an interesting blend of colourful stockings & street reflections.
Photo taken by Rumi Shivaz ... thanks mate

#995 ... Sticky Words

All part of the "inspiring words" festival in Wellington. This cube was covered in magnetic words for everyone to have a go at creating some "inspiring words" ... we all have creative bits inside us ... we just have to let them escape and flourish.

#994 ... Home Grown

Heading to the Home Grown Music event on the Wellington waterfront ... 5 stages all NZ bands and music ... all on an awesome day

#993 ... Scorching Bay

Scorching Bay ... great place for summer barbecue or picnic plus a salty swim.
Surfarama Cafe ... turquoise building in centre of photo (previously Chocolate Fish cafe)

#992 ... Everything is Yellow

Rodney Solialo, Hurricanes No. 8, being interviewed at Midland Park, Conrad Smith in the background,

The Phoenix and Hurricanes squads at Midland Park for a once-in-a-lifetime photo opportunity on Friday afternoon from 1pm-2pm. A free BBQ lunch was be provided to fans and tickets to both big games will be available for purchase at the event. Wellington Mayor Kerry Prendergast was there to show the city’s support for what promises to be one of the most exciting sporting weekends ever in Wellington!

The Wellington Phoenix football team, will make history this Sunday as they play in their first ever home semi final. With a huge Wellington crowd behind them, the Phoenix will be looking to push on to another final!

Phoenix and Hurricanes united for huge weekend
The day before the Phoenix play the Perth Glory, the Hurricanes take on the Western Force at Westpac Stadium in their first home game of the Rebel Sport Super 14 at 7:35pm.
It’s a unique double-header weekend and the two great sporting codes have united to encourage Wellington to get out and support both teams this weekend.

#991 ... Liquid Summer

Warm but wet today ... take the bus and keep dry. Rain on steamy windows. Bubbled out, passing the Old Bank Arcade.

#990 ... Fire Sky

The sky this morning ... only lasted for a few minutes but very impressive ... the last few mornings have been like this but I haven't been quick enough to catch the colour. Looking east from our driveway in Ngaio.

#989 ... Peddling for Care Kids

A lot of peddling BUT going nowhere (distance wise that is) ... but really going along way to helping others ... through "careKids". Cycling for a cause outside the Ibis Hotel in Featherston Street.
Check out the careKids Adventure cycling races

#988 ... Stripped

Stripping the Strip
The old Liks strip joint in Vivian Street ... next to the Victoria School of Architecture ! ... a nice play on concepts ... "stripping the strip joint"

#987 ... The Taste of Yellow

The Yellow Pages has been running a promotion campaign to find someone to track down the unique flavour of Yellow chocolate ... and then arrange to get it made. This was the MISSION
See the web site here,
... and this is a photo of the final result.

CHOC TASTING NOTES: a mid yellow colour, with a smooth white chocolate texture on the tongue with hints of pineapple, after tones of banana, mid flavours of nearly ripe mango and maybe a hint of golden kiwifruit. Will not benefit from cellaring. Made to be eaten NOW

# 986 ... en foot

An amazing pair of shoes on Featherston Street ... Wellington ... a superb finishing statement for red jeans

#985 ... Bubbles

The bubble making man at the Lagoon ... he has succeeded in making them 30m+ long ... the bubbles look magic when floating on the surface of the water.

#984 ... Morning Welcome

Morning sky as viewed from our driveway looking east towards Khandallah ... muted tones with a golden edge

#983 ... Sevens Montage Two

More amazing creativity from the Sevens weekend

#982 ... A Zen Moment

A quiet serene spot behind the City Art Gallery. Rusted steel reinforcing mesh provides a rich earthy aged background.