garden, Shakespeare Street, this afternoon
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garden, Shakespeare Street, this afternoon
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Santa photos are on sale at hotshotstogo.co.nz Hot Shots To Go 62 Duke Street Cambridge. Click the photo to see them all.
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The royal visit today necessitated Cambridge Farmers Market giving up its prime spot on Victoria Square for Leamington Domain. A most picturesque relocation. And yes, there seemed to be a steady stream of customers given, I understand, the location was only firmed up during the week.
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Digital file | 2005-10-26-Wednesday © Michael Jeans | archive 1964 – 2014
The first recorded reference to a bowling club in Leamington was in the Waikato Independent on the 10th of February 1921, when there was a move to form a club.
Leamington Bowling Club–75 Years Bruce Jeans (November 2005)
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Such an enthusiastic display this year.
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Time exposure (30 seconds / f11 / iso 100) just after dusk. The cherry avenue at the southern end of Shakespeare Street Leamington New Zealand.
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Absolutely cool, easy to learn and set up. 24/7 support – friendly and encouraging. Looks great. English I think? No, perhaps it is American. I envision it an excellent portal / portfolio / shop window website. Just a little lacking in the navigation and layout integration departments – though using it as is, is still pretty nifty. Would love to see the blogging and page options keep the full screen gallery layout (perhaps I missed something). How about html image mapping (?) to enhance navigation creatively using all that wide screen expanse. This review puts it up there on a par with WordPress (this blog) and Google’s Blogger. There is a more expensive option but at around $US100.00 per year (with domain mapping) a snip. I will have another look in the near future.
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I have been using Lightroom full-time for the past 18 months to organise and post produce my camera RAW files. The ‘chosen ones’ find their way into two archives, one ‘in the cloud’ ~ the other ~ a local drive. The exceptional ones :) – those that ‘work’ (I should explain at some point) are in turn backed up twice ~ on another drive and cloud account (I also carry a version of this collection with me on my phone). Lightroom is efficient and fast to use (I wouldn’t be without it now ~ though there is a significant learning curve in using it effectively). Integrating my camera phone (NON RAW) files into this system has been a bit of a mission – I admit I may be a bit slow on the uptake – hence there is some slippage which ends up in a folder that expands and contracts as I deal with them. Some are rejects, alternate edits, double ups and PS doodles ~ as well as phone camera files looking for a home or the reject bin. There are currently 847 items in this folder requiring attention. :(
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The Maungakawa range sitting between Cambridge, Matamata and Morrinsville is about six kilometres away; Maungakawa (Sanatorium Hill), Te Miro off to the left with Whitehall straight ahead in the valley beyond the hills. edited 05/04/2015
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Updated 28 May 2017
which is a pleasant thing.
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Not saying where but if you follow the Cambridge Christmas Lights trail in December you’ll find it.
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Labour party hoarding, corner Noel and Burns Street, Leamington, Cambridge, New Zealand.
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In deciding to photograph today from a observer’s point of view – as you do – as I do – I had one image in mind and this is the variation on that idea as it appeared towards the end of the day – cropped – oh well, close! There are others but this suits me; Ariel Walter won this race from – sorry – I do not know the name of her competitor. Interestingly the Facebook f makes an appearance in colours not a million miles away from the competitor number plates. I tend to like little visual plays like this – I’m sure they’re Facebook friends. unedited day gallery
A bit rough – made for the record :).
1976-2011: Photograph taken Saturday the 17th of September 2011.
There’s much happening around the highest point in Leamington; the highest point in the whole of Cambridge! Lauriston Park Retirement Village rockets towards completion. Next door – well, down the hill just a bit – Cambridge Tavern – sad shadow of it’s former self is ending its 35 year tenure of the corner of Campbell and Burns streets in the next few weeks. The area bounded by Campbell, Shakespeare, Raleigh and Burns is referred to, I see, in one document floating about, as Leamington Shopping Centre – well I suppose you would call it that, I guess, even if not strictly true. There is other stuff going on in there; Raleigh Street Christian Centre & Cambridge Montessori Preschool (the southern centre that is). And a new smallish tavern, a supermarket and ? – a shopping centre will be nice if well done.
Leamington Barber Shop Wales AND the All Blacks. 16:55 Friday 9 September 2011
No new news yet on the fate of Victoria Bridge one of the two bridges across the Waikato River which link the two sides of Cambridge New Zealand; Cambridge and Leamington. 11:50AM 5/9/2011. This photograph was taken on Wednesday the 31/8/2011
The Waikato Times moves from evening to morning publication 5/9/2011 – fetched from the shop. The NZ Herald arrives in our mailbox at some point in the wee hours. Will we change?
The impressive start ramp retaining wall at Cambridge BMX track Leamington New Zealand. Opening day approaches!! Edited: 11:43 5/9/2011
Magnolia Iolanthe. Frost damaged I am reliably informed! I’m experimenting with selective focus – not something I am overly used to. The design / arrangement of the out of focus branches and blooms are of interest to me here.
Lurking about the corner of Noel and Shakespeare for the past three or four days. It has just the one character on its address panel ‘2’. A bit of the travelling gnomes. If you know whose it is text or email me so it can be returned.
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Why would there be two reasonably large Christmas trees sitting on the greenbelt beside the old Leamington Factory on the corner of Carlyle Street, Rotoorangi Road and Lamb Street in June?
Photographing cats for Judy. Exactly like herding cats!!
Cambridge and Leamington (by association) and the fact it forms half of our town, has had the marketing byline Town of Trees for some time. It works. Yes, there is the addition but lets just stick with this for the moment. Most of the trees lining the streets, on both sides of the river, are exotics and deciduous so at this time of the year we have leaves – lots of leaves. This can be charming for five minutes. Today in blustery weather there are leaves blowing every which way and things have become rather messy and cluttered and, not to put too fine a point on it, rather dirty and dejected looking. Then you get this – the impression of a fallen leaf stained into the footpath here on Shakespeare Street, just south of the shops. It has the look of a prehistoric rock painting.
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Running parallel to Cambridge Road (which takes you to Te Awamutu and beyond to the south west – Taranaki and all that this entails) – this hedge comprises thirty-six Feijoa trees all producing fruit.
A sunny, Saturday, autumn afternoon in Leamington – and kites. The wind is a little patchy – but there is plenty to watch. From the big and bold to the subtle – the almost not there, the slick to the aerodynamically challenged. The 2011 Kite Days have been the initiative of the Waipa District Council folk – the ones in the blue tshirts. I particularly like this idea and the other almost lighter than air string affair featured in the day gallery.
Waipa Family Kite Flying polo grounds Leamington NZ Saturday 7 MAY 2011