Because We Can

Now that is what low fat milk should be called. Some people are more friendly than others. It’s reported that one of these two is a dummy. Don’t blame me. I just post Linda’s photos as I find them. I can safely say Linda is “coming around” in terms of taking better photos. 1080 is a poison used to kill possums. While almost people agree that something must be done to reduce their numbers, not everyone agrees on the best method. A real character making billy tea. Oops, check that, two real characters making billy tea. Two grizzled old opal miners discussing their latest find.   A grizzled old garnet miner explaining to a group of American tourists how to identify garnets in a rock matrix.   Another Linda photo. I don’t know what it is about either. I just wanted readers to know what I have to wade through when I download her photos. In Big trouble Bob. A weka (pronounced waka) a walkin’ across the path in front of us. I know I ha...

Linda , I and one other person on the tour had signed up for an optional helicopter flight over Fox Glacier this morning. Sadly, on Sunday morning a flight from the same company crashed on the glacier, killing all seven people on board. Even though all flights have been canceled for this week, and the weather this morning made flying impossible, we had already decided upon hearing the news that we would cancel our plans. The weather over the glacier has been so bad they still haven’t been able to recover all the victims. Our heart goes out to their loved ones. The blue thing in the photo is my waterlogged wife as seen from the window of the bus. I don’t remember how much rain they said falls down here every year, but up on the glacier over 150 feet of very wet snow falls every year. Another stop. this time it wasn’t raining as hard. At other times it really rained. As close as we came to seeing the glacier. What might have seen from the helicopter given good wea...

Our tour group waiting for the bus. If you look closely you may see what She Who Orders Me Around (Swoma, aka Linda) might possibly refer to as a “butt shot”. By my way of thinking only photos of a certain part of her personal anatomy fall under that category. Since she is nowhere to be seen in this photo, I’ll call it a “non-butt shot”. Optimistic Bob. What a grand and glorious morning. Photo courtesy of Linda. Everyone knows what a bungee jump is. This bridge is the site of the world’s first ever bungee jump. It wasn’t open when we were there, but Linda doesn’t look any to eager to take a leap of the bridge even if it were open. Definitely the most aptly named bars ever. Now just why was Linda so attracted to this clematis? When it came to growing them she always had a definite brown thumb. The New Zealand wines we have been drinking have all been excellent. There is nothing like a wine tasting to discover even more good wines. As we headed to the southe...

    It may look like a breakfast photo, but it is really all about what you see on the left side of the bottom plate. A piece of raw cabbage, linseed and almond bread. It was in the breakfast buffet. I tried it. I loved it. I asked Linda to try it. She loved it. The recipe is online here. It is the wonderful part of traveling to distant places.     This is what we are doing today. The thrill is the same, only the company and river are different.     This is only the bus ride to where the jet boat ride started and already Linda is hanging on. This could be bad.     Our destination was at the base of the pyramid peak in the distance. Mountains and an alpine lake make for an awesome experience just getting there.     They say if you touch a greenstone it will bring you luck that day. Maybe that is why Linda was double touching this green stone before our jet boat trip. Lucky Linda.     Heading off to the ri...