Photo Friday didn’t last long (although I may have warned you that I’m terrible at sticking with things) but it’s a new month and a new weekend so let’s try a weekend challenge instead.

Snapshot Saturday is more about taking candid shots of everyday things, rather than hunting out the perfect shot for a particular prompt. So feel free to share a photo of something from your weekend - before and after shots of gardening progress, the shiny finish on your freshly cleaned vehicle (haha) or a good sunset.

Rules: No NSFW, no shots you didn’t take yourself.

    • witlessOP
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      211 months ago

      Was it cold? Somehow your photo looks incredibly wet but not freezing.

    • @[email protected]M
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      211 months ago

      Wow does that happen often?

      And is the rail just an old railway line or do you use it for something?

      • @[email protected]
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        311 months ago

        Over the rails maybe once every 2-3 years. There’s a dual 1.2m diameter culvert there on the left (where that white water is) for what is usually a tiny stream. But sometimes they just can’t cope.

        Yes, it’s a functional narrow gauge rail that we use to carry passengers to/from the caves and also just as a standalone tourist railway.

        • @[email protected]M
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          211 months ago

          That’s really cool, I bet it makes for an awesome experience. I’m keen to come try one day, as soon as I work out what else there is to do in Westport 😀

          • @[email protected]
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            211 months ago

            Haha, there’s some fantastic mountain biking, lots of amazing walks (day and multi-day), some good self-drive history tours (old coal and gold mines etc), horse treks, white water rafting, surf schools and more.

                • @[email protected]M
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                  111 months ago

                  Ah, my quick google mapping must have included the ferry. 4h isn’t quite as bad. A day or two in Nelson on the way could work too (we know someone there).

                  The next issue is that after the Christmas break I’ll have about 1 day of annual leave left. Can you solve that problem? 😆

  • @[email protected]M
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    511 months ago

    Here’s a shot of a kererū I saw in a tree a couple of months back. The photo isn’t the best but I thought it was a neat encounter.

    kererū bird in tree in full bloom with white flowers

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      211 months ago

      The photo isn’t the best but

      But that’s the whole point of a snapshot challenge - sharing the moment without worrying about technical bits and pieces. I like this, it looks like they’re deliberately posing for you.

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    511 months ago

    Last night was my work do. I don’t normally drink but had a few cocktails. This is a midori sour, which came in a glass so big it dwarfed the pints next to it.

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        111 months ago

        It was much easier to drink than I expected and if it hadn’t been so huge I probably would have putting them away.

    • @[email protected]
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      411 months ago

      My pictures for here are on pixelfed but I just use ! To embed them.

      Pohutukawa I posted the other day ended up getting shared by a few strangers on mastodon, I was pretty chuffed.

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      11 months ago

      You can hotlink pixelfed images, but I don’t think there’s any fancy embedding. Some apps may do it but I’m not sure which if any.

      Feel free to link to photos on pixelfed, though, I don’t see any harm in that.

    • @[email protected]M
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      311 months ago

      Nice! What kind of sauce?

      I’m also having trouble with the scale. Is it a giant wooden spoon or a tiny pot?

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        11 months ago

        Tee hee, now I can’t unsee it as a tiny sauce in that picture, but the wooden spoon is a little bigger than the width of my hand. It’s a pasta sauce with celery in it.

        Cooking is kind of a big accomplishment for me these days, but it’s nice to get back to a sense of eating like “me”. I don’t think most of us notice in everyday life but food is part of identity.

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    311 months ago

    We went to the Auckland botanic gardens for a few hours on Saturday. There was an ultra marathon going in the forest trail in the back. Lots of nice flowers out.

    pohutukawa flowers

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      111 months ago

      Beautiful! Do they have much of a smell? I’ve never seen real pohutukawa, just the local bottlebrush.

      • @[email protected]
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        211 months ago

        Not that I could smell. I love the bottle brushes, too! That’s another really cool tree. They are also blooming everywhere right now.