Wellington’s Carter Observatory is currently running a photography competition under the theme Light & Dark. I’ve been getting more interested in trying astro-photography over the last year and recently bought a new lens (a Samyang 14mm f2.8) that should help me better explore the night sky and last night was the first time I have […]
and baby makes three
A week ago Keryn gave birth to our baby girl. Alayna Bailey Huia Doran arrived at 5:35pm on Sunday 8th September and was a healthy 3.96 kgs. This past week has been an interesting and steep learning curve, as I’m sure all new parents will attest. The following is a photo essay of our first […]
Amanda Palmer Wellington Ninja Parade
Amanda Palmer is back in Wellington as part of a world tour and she decided to lead a parade around various Wellington locations, stopping here and there to entertain the following. The initial list of locations expanded as some of the more clued by places in Wellington invited her to bring her rag-tag army along […]
Keryn’s nearly there
Move the cursor over the image to see how things have been progressing. [photonav url=’https://2kiwis.nz/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/Progression.jpg’ container_height=’500′ position=’left’] At 40 weeks now so it won’t be long!
Granny
Today was my Granny’s funeral in Timaru. We couldn’t attend but by all accounts it was a lovely ceremony and lots of happy memories were shared. Keryn and I will say our final goodbyes when we next visit down South. Granny was 95 and we attended her birthday celebration earlier this year in Ashburton, a […]
The Nursery
A few views of our nursery while we wait for the baby to arrive. Missing from the nursery is the fantastic bassinet made by Keryn’s Dad which is living in our bedroom for now. The baby is due in the next few days, so not long to wait now with any luck. [photonav url=’https://2kiwis.nz/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/Nursery-2.jpg’ […]
Wellington Lux 2013
The annual Wellington Lux festival of light took place from the 21st-24th June 2013 and for the general public the attraction was a number of installations set up around Wellington city. Due to the stormy weather earlier in the week the first night where the installations could be viewed was on Saturday 22nd. Saturday night […]
Fever Hospital
The Wellington branch of the SPCA has been granted a lease on the old Fever Hospital located on Mt Victoria. Over the last few months tours have been run by the SPCA giving a view of the current state of the building and an insight into the future vision after refurbishment. Keryn and I were […]
GOPI 2013
Keryn and I attended the prizegiving for the Guardians of Pauatahanui Inlet (GOPI) 2013 photography competition. I was lucky enough to be chosen as the winner in the nature category and had 3 photos highly commended across a few categories as well. The photos entered improve every year and I think I’ve been learning from […]
Order of the Boar – 2013 Grail of Chivalry
Every two years the Order of the Boar medieval re-enactment group holds the Grail of Chivalry jousting tournament at Harcourt Park in Upper Hutt. We attended a couple of years ago and returned this year for another visit. It was a hot day, much like the rest of summer recently, and a lot of the […]
Pukaha, Mt Bruce
The last day of 2012 saw some nice weather so Keryn and I headed off to the Wairarapa for the day. We had a good brunch at Wild Oats in Carterton, pancakes for myself and French toast for Keryn. and then headed out to Pukaha, the National Wildlife Centre situated at Mount Bruce north of […]
New year, old habit
The first day of 2013 and I did something I haven’t done in a long time, baked some pin-wheel scones. They were nice and tasty, and as easy to make as I remembered. Maybe there will be more baking in the year ahead. Photo by Brendon & Keryn Fresh out of the oven. Photo by […]