I’ve picked a few of my favourite photos of this year. It makes me realise – we have seen a lot.
January
Street art to the max. It was in the Canterbury Museum, it was on the streets. Brilliant stuff.
Christ’s College gargoyle.
Hydrangea reflections in the Christchurch Botanic Gardens.
February
Sand sculpture at New Brighton.
The trams are back.
Hereford Street reopens.
Last day of kindy.
March
Flood.
Sans camera for a while as it was water damaged by flood. Used the camera on my phone.
A tribute to Mellory Manning.
Blue lady.
Pallet Pavilion, with Dan Rhodes’ book.
April
Owen Dippie’s ballerina mural on the back of the Isaac Theatre Royal.
The Price Waterhouse Coopers site, Armagh Street.
Bye bye to the Pallet Pavilion.
The ladies bike through town, and past the new Botanic Gardens visitor centre.
May
The demolition of the Majestic Theatre.
NZSO at Central Library Peterborough.
Dad and author Camilla Läckberg.
Bizarro Christchurch, Southwark Street.
Ronnie van hout on top of C1 Espresso/Alices.
June
A ghost sign on the way out.
Eel in the Botanic Gardens.
A demolition at sunrise.
New art by Mike Hewson.
July
I am no Urbex explorer, but I did nearly fall through a window getting this photo. Tip – don’t lean on earthquake damaged windows. Lichfield Street.
Matariki at Rehua Marae.
Eastgate sunrise.
Light and trees.
Dairy at sunset.
The re-opening of Cuningham and Townend Houses in the Christchurch Botanic Gardens.
August
The beautiful sunrises and sunsets this year counterpointed bits of ruin.
Dirty Politics by Nicky Hager.
These guys popped up out of nowhere, and later disappeared as easily.
Another temporary glory – the graffiti house on Cranford Street.
Bad sign.
WORD Christchurch.
September
Probably my favourite of Christchurch’s new buildings – this stately reflective beauty on Cambridge Terrace.
Christchurch Art Gallery family fun day.
Reading in the Houses for Swamp Dwellers (a photo to promote a FESTA event)
A spiderweb on Smith Street.
October
Heritage Day.
FESTA – Festival of Transitional Architecture – City Ups.
November
The Kid meeting Kate Sheppard.
December
A very Christchurchy Christmas in the Re:START.
- New Year, new art: January 2014
- From Edgeware to where: February 2014
- Floods and blue ladies: March 2014
- Everything must go: April 2014
- Bizarro Christchurch: May 2014
- Suddenly strange: June 2014
- No signs, except this: 2014 in pictures: July
- Ain’t what it used to be: 2014 in pictures: August
- Ice and flowers: 2014 in pictures: September
- Fun and FESTAtivities: 2014 in pictures: October
- Summerstarters: 2014 in pictures: November
- A few favourite things: 2014 in pictures: December
Episodic Table 