Ashleigh Young and Hera Lindsay Bird: 100 Days Project: Day 71

A Phantom Poetry poster of Hera’s poem was on Madras Street last week. It’s now covered by a terrifying poster for a horror movie about a doll.

I first heard about Hera Lindsay Bird from Courtney aka @auchmill on Twitter. I fell hard for The most beautiful love poem of all time, so much so I read it aloud in 2014 for Twitter Poetry Night.

Ashleigh’s book of essays Can you tolerate this? is something for the ages. It still moves me, just mentioning it.

I loved hearing Hera and Ashleigh Young at the Christchurch Art Gallery.

Both are utter stars.

 

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Port Hills Fires, day one: 100 Days Project: Day 70

View of Port Hills fire from Edgeware, 13 February 2017.

On my way home from work on Monday 13 February, I spotted some smoke on the hills. There was nothing on the news, I trawled Twitter but no information here either so I asked The Press “any info about palls of smoke in south of Christchurch? Viewed from Edgeware”.  No reply. But it turns out that first smoke spotting that afternoon was the start of the Port Hills Fires.

Byker Grove: 100 Days Project: Day 69

Photo taken 30 April 2017

The Next Step: 100 Days Project: Day 68

Photo taken 26 April 2017.

Jiří Trnka and Hans Christian Andersen: 100 Days Project: Day 67

One of the first books I remember reading is this – Hans Christian Andersen’s Fairy Tales, illustrated by Jiří Trnka, published by Paul Hamlyn. It had the dark Gothic versions of the fairy stories, and the illustrations are like nothing I’ve ever seen before or since – like something from a deep dark dream.

(more pics here)

Sydenham sunrise: 100 Days Project: Day 66

Today is Wednesday 26 July. I could see the night pull away from the day and suspected a good looking sunrise might be on the way. I was right. Thick bands of pink, grey, and dark blue. A Neopolitan sunrise, Christchurch style.

Moorhouse Ave sky: 100 Days Project: Day 65

Photo taken 24 July 2017

A dramatic sky over Moorhouse Avenue on Monday night.

Red balloon: 100 Days Project: Day 64 (photos taken 23 July)

We went down to South Brighton.  It was dusk, and the light was dimming. It was high tide, and bitterly cold.

Man and dog went to the park to throw the ball and play chase.  Woman and child went to walk on the beach to test out their gumboots.

It was empty, just the sea. Then we spotted something coming in on the crest of one of the wintry waves. It was a red balloon.

Where did it come from?

The Big Rain: 100 Days Project: Day 63

Canterbury and Otago were hit hard by rain. I watched the local creek get higher and higher. This is how it looked on Friday 21 July.

Walking in the Red Zone: 100 Days Project: Day 62

Before the rains came, we went for a walk in the red zone.