Senses working overtime #583

1 Meet the G-kids (a.k.a. the cousin crew)

Behind Adam and Poppy: Papa; Mema; Drew; Billie; Fanfa; Asher;
Jade; Ivy; Chris; Ashleigh. Absent: Keegan and Jennifer

Sadly, Keegan couldn't make it after his back surgery, but the rest of the Purdettes and their families made it to Nu Zild to meet newest addition - Billie Kalicki.

2 Watching: FIFA world Cup 2026

We're down to the quarter finals. France are through. I'm predicting Spain, England and Argentina will progress to join France in the final four. 

3 Viewing: Gallipoli exhibition at Te Papa

It's a sobering experience, for sure.

4 Listening: Rolling Stones - Foreign Tongues

Their new album, again produced by Andrew Watt. I picked up a CD copy from JB Hi Fi.

5 Browsing: Slow Boat Records

Always a treat checking the bins and I always manage to find something I'm after. In this case a Partridge Family compilation and an Everything But The Girl 12 inch single.

Overtime: Roman expression (sometimes attributed to Cato)

A fool is someone who stubs their toe on the same rock twice.

Senses working overtime #323

The senses went into overdrive on our recent holiday to Wellington. The main reason for our visit was to see the exhibition of surrealist art at Te Papa. The big city sounds and smells were definitely a change from our rural outlook in Takapau!

1 Surrealism at Te Papa

Great little camera trick allows you to reproduce Magritte's famous painting.

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3 Flamingo Joe's

Feeling good at Flamingo Joe's after their sticky date pudding!

4 Windy Wellington

Weather was pretty good but windy on our last day. 

5 Pier Review

Spied this well named boat on the Wellington waterfront (before finding ourseleves by the fishing boat Viking Bay Vigo - moored in Wellington so that the fishers with covid can go into MIQ).

Overtime: Replacement copies

I picked up a couple of replacement copies of some damaged albums at Slow Boat Records. 

My English copy of the Procol Harum album had a badly defaced cover - some plonker had coloured in the faces, so this clean Aussie copy was a good find, as was the Quicksilver Messenger Service; my original had some bobbles in the vinyl which made track one on each side unplayable. Given this is my favourite album by them I was thrilled to find this 'new' copy.