weekly stills [longer days]

Spring is on its way -  I can feel the change already!

[i] the late afternoon sky, above our place
[ii] my man, cooking dinner
[iii] I see you cooking dinner through the window....ah, it smells great
[iv] new crops at the local farm, baby broccolini I think
[v] nothing says spring like new lambs right? Oops, they aren't in the photo!
[vi] looking down at Anson Bay - hmmm - not quite swimming weather just yet
[vii] why hello there little one - yes, I'll take your portrait, but please keep still
[viii] our rugged coast (clearly I was on the windy side of the island that day)

nz adventures [the christchurch brick show]

Hi! Harry here.

On our second last day in New Zealand we attended the Christchurch Brickshow. The show was held in a newly built hangar at the New Zealand Air Force museum. The whole spaced was filled with all things LEGO! Surrounding the models were lots of stalls including several "shops", but also peoples own original creations, including a LEGO generating Spirograph and an enormous free-standing LEGO Technics tower. Some of the models were amazing. It was difficult for Mum to take photos because there were so many people!!!! Mine and Dad's favourite model was the Tudor style curved roof house as some of the angles were incredible, especially considering it was constructed solely out of LEGO! Some of the models on display were just themed sets of a particular type of LEGO put together to make a large scene. My favourite models though were the MOC (My Own Creation) models which people had designed and built all by themselves. Matilda's favourite was the Castle scene with a Princess kissing a frog and Mum really liked a super colourful underwater reef scene. Hopefully next year I might have my own MOC to take to a LEGO show! Overall it was really cool to see the original ways people used their LEGO and I came away with great ideas for my own designs!