Whanau – Michael Jeans

Phoebe’s shells Mount Maunganui BOP

00:09 1/1/2012 Tikorangi

It rained, and rained and rained. Then, happily, we had a respite for our garden wedding; the ceremony, the celebrations, the photography and the fireworks. It was all rather fabulous.

Talking with Sacha, Pokuru, Te Awamutu

Kees talking to Sacha in Hamilton

Rata Cafe, Victoria Street, Cambridge, New Zealand 16/11/2010

Rata Cafe Victoria Street Cambridge 16/11/2010

i am still here | Ra Savage | 13:00 1/11/2010 NZDT

Ra Bella Savage, Ohiwa, Aoteaoroa | 28 March 2004

I am still here | Ra Savage | October 2010

I am still here … I want people to realise that there’s NO SHAME in having been abused…it’s taken me 25 years but I finally got there…I mean it’s not like I did it so why the hell should I be ashamed? So spread the word people…it AINT shameful :)

Music for Tracey

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Abbie Jury Tikorangi The Jury Garden

I don’t see many New Zealand gardeners managing this meadow genre. Our soil fertility is too high, our grasses grow too strongly and will choke out most competition, our torrential rains will flatten meadows even in summer and if the rain doesn’t do it first, then winds will. Our nitrogen levels are too high. And we tend to be a bit anally retentive and suburban, dedicated to manicured lawns and edges, let alone to glyphosate, to tolerate the casual live and let live philosophy of the meadow.

Dream catcher 2

Cool optical illusion eh? Yes, it is a perfectly formed oblong – 720px by 540px.

Macaila and Valerie

Avocado and figs

Abbie Jury from Tikorangi The Jury Garden on enjoying Avocado and her love of fresh figs.

Tikorangi on Google Maps

Tikorangi on Google Maps. That should be 589 Otaraoa Road.

Raewyn @ Taaniko.co.nz

Rae’s bio | Photograph taken 23/01/2007

Theo

21 today. Photograph made 10:38am 29/12/2008

Whanau day

Update 21:30 26/01/2009: I am currently uploading images, from today, to my archive at michaeljeans.com (you need to refresh the page to see new uploads).

Four day cake

I plan a small slide show of today. I will let you know..

I love this photo

At Waiotahi

Gourd

Ra and Vai | Cammy and Ra

Ra & Vai, Tuesday, 6th of January, 2009, Whakatane, Bay of Plenty. Cammy & Ra, Sunday, 10th of October, 1982, Claudelands, Hamilton East, Waikato. © Michael Jeans | +64 27 496 3802 | galleries | michael@michaeljeans.co.nz

Yawn

Vai Savage

Vai and Scotty

Family Tikorangi

Vapour trail

Vai 2

Text from Ra’s phone Sent: 4-Jan-2009 07:34:32 Its nannycam here. Mama ra says tues is pai. b gr8 2 c u. Al is well @ ds end. Vai asleep on my heart.x

Vai

Text from Ra Sent: 3-Jan-2009 21:25:26 Hello my lovelies, just letn u know that bub was born this morning! His name is Vai, he is 8 pnd & 51cm long, born @ home @ 3.23am after only 5 hrs! Arohanui x

The Rockery Tikorangi

New Plymouth Airport

Jasmine flys from Brisbane, via Auckland, (temperature late 20s early 30s) to the comfort of 20 something here. Tells me about this.

Claudia and Camilla

Laptops

Photograph: Abbie Jury Me, Camilla and Theo at the dining table at Tikorangi.

Buffy’s breakfast

Kababs à la Pete

Walk

Reading

From Sp!ked. Mark is reading Michael Pollan’s The Omnivore’s Dilemma “scary” in a word. Be sure to have a look at Oliver Kamm (read the comments) it can be lots of fun. I did mention this the other day. I’m reading lists, mining Google and compiling this. Abbie has left The Travelling Hornplayer by BarbaraContinue reading “Reading”

www.jury.co.nz

This week after four years, or so, of managing jury.co.nz I hand the running over to the author. Published regularly Abbie’s writing is always witty and informative.

Christmas tree Tikorangi NZ

Theo, Tikorangi

Family profile

2008 – My list

Favourite album: Raising Sand Robert Plant and Alison Krauss Favourite song: Through The Morning, Through The Night Favourite singer songwriter of all time: Robert Johnson Favourite blog: The Daily Dish (followed closely by Public Address) Favourite writer: Oliver Kamm (followed very closely by Abbie Jury)