Deliberate.Serendipity

Figured it out, so I’m moving to my own domain.

See you at deliberate serendipity at curiouskiwi

Don’t worry, Mr. Kincade will handle this.
Originally uploaded by Telstar Logistics.

I sent this photo to friends of mine, one of whom had been listening to a streaming music internet site, that was currently playing Christmas music. The song playing when he clicked on the link to this photo? The Partridge Family singing Jingle Bells. He wrote to me “what do you call that? Deliberate serendipity?”

Just had to post this here.

This is the northern roundabout in my town.

Just bumping this to the top to announce the publication of an article I wrote for the “My Town” series on Utata.org. (My Town — Masterton NZ).

I’d appreciate any comments. You can leave them here if you wish.

Photo: Thomas Hawk

Just found this neato new tool that lets you search Flickr by CC-license and Tag. It gives you thumbnails of the “interesting” photos meeting those requirements, and also a list Read the rest of this entry »

Heading Home by Todd Heisler, Rocky Mtn News

While browsing Time Magazine’s Top Photos of 2005, I came across this striking image by Todd Heisler, published in the Rocky Mountain News. Read the rest of this entry »

awestruck by the beauty of it all
Originally uploaded by seawallrunner.

Description by the photographer:

I took this photo with stephen’s camera and his no-less-fabulous 15mm fisheye lens. The clouds that day were particularly photogenic.

When I grow up, I want to take photos like this. Read the rest of this entry »

I’ve just switched to the Regulus wordpress theme, and I’m having a few problems with my tags pages, so please bear with me while I work out the kinks.

I’m attempting to combine Regulus with K2 as well.

I saw these daisies during my walk this morning and was reminded of one of my favourite movies, Harold and Maude. Read the rest of this entry »

— photo by Mostly Sunny

Found a link today to a site that asks Sixteen Serious Questions raised about Rudolph the Red-nosed Reindeer. One of the best things about Christmas growing up was the anticipation of watching my favorite Christmas TV shows. You know the ones — Charlie Brown’s Christmas, Day without a Santa Claus, Frosty the Snowman, Santa Claus is Coming to Town, and one of my all-time favs, Rudolph the Red-nosed Reindeer. I, like most American kids of my generation, would scour the TV listings so as not to miss the shows, and if by chance I missed one, I’d be so bummed out. No videos or DVDs in those days, so it meant another year’s wait for the next chance to see it.

When I moved to New Zealand, I discovered that they didn’t have this annual TV tradition! What is Christmas without Yukon Cornelius or The Heat Miser or the twig that miraculously transforms into a beautiful Christmas tree?

So, the first time I saw any of my old favorites appear in the video shop, I snatched them up. But, I found, there was some magic missing. They lost their lustre in their availability. I guess the largest attraction had been in the anticipation… being able to pull them out of the bookcase and watch them anytime made them somehow too ordinary.

Sigh!…