tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9057225441101183394.post1605554773050703781..comments2024-03-22T21:02:55.051+13:00Comments on Bat, Bean, Beam: A Rare Opportunity to Individualise your LifetimeGiovanni Tisohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10618534731338616708noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9057225441101183394.post-44307435214379643192010-01-18T17:15:28.341+13:002010-01-18T17:15:28.341+13:00Actually, I think it might have been me taking one...Actually, I think it might have been me taking one of those pictures, except perhaps I venture to guess - wrong island? <br /><br />HB has also embellished <a href="http://bat-bean-beam.blogspot.com/2009/12/lambrusco-socialism.html?showComment=1263618368508#c6363617795661735082" rel="nofollow">the final post of last year</a>, as is her way.Giovanni Tisohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10618534731338616708noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9057225441101183394.post-29638570497726481292010-01-18T17:02:26.320+13:002010-01-18T17:02:26.320+13:00The fibreglass butterflies ascend
the front of the...The fibreglass butterflies ascend<br />the front of the unit. There is a<br /><br />flower-shaped windmill with a <br />happy face, planted in the ground<br /><br />below. It rattles when it spins.<br />A small ceramic gardener displays<br /><br />a length of butt-crack; china <br />flowers and toadstools inter-<br /><br />mingle with the pansies and <br />lobelia. Once I saw a golliwog.<br />Megan Claytonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03584562106579704547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9057225441101183394.post-19787753721629923162010-01-12T16:24:09.413+13:002010-01-12T16:24:09.413+13:00@Robyn
That's what happens when a building is ...<b>@Robyn</b><br /><i>That's what happens when a building is historically significant around these parts - it keeps getting renovated until you're left wondering if any original parts remain.</i><br /><br /><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ise_Grand_Shrine#Rebuilding_the_Shrine" rel="nofollow">Ise Shrine</a>!<br /><br /><b>@objectdart</b><br /><i>the far north is a pretty amazing Giovanni Tisohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10618534731338616708noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9057225441101183394.post-12832157856819423892010-01-12T14:08:49.789+13:002010-01-12T14:08:49.789+13:00"Executive family living at its best"? M..."Executive family living at its best"? My my, didn't realise Mr Daleaway and I were so flash. You will have to call in for an executive T&P stop on your next journey north....<br /><br />Mind you, I would much rather have dotty architects with an affinity for surface ornament than the grim and gruelling brigade who think rough concrete, unplaned wood, and a soupcon of rust are Daleawaynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9057225441101183394.post-35460891811380041792010-01-12T09:41:30.321+13:002010-01-12T09:41:30.321+13:00What got me about Hundertwasser and Vienna was rig...What got me about Hundertwasser and Vienna was right to decorate your outside walls within reach of your windows.<br /><br />Hundertwasser came up with the idea - I think it was in the leases for the 'Haus - and now the official story proudly states that anyone in Vienna has a right to do this. Provided they get permission first.<br /><br />Those Austrians.Lyndonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05622953598107216261noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9057225441101183394.post-88787000609380193492010-01-12T09:29:55.710+13:002010-01-12T09:29:55.710+13:00I suspect you got caught in the same traffic jam w...I suspect you got caught in the same traffic jam which took an hour to get through Otaki round about that we did.<br /><br />Bulls always seems to be a town now entirely themed for driving through or briefly stopping at rather than actually living in for more than an hour. Wouldn't the signs annoy you immensely after seeing them for the umpteenth time? It's like the philosophy of the townkylejitshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10077867019944337673noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9057225441101183394.post-70566659865188240642010-01-12T09:07:57.632+13:002010-01-12T09:07:57.632+13:00I hate those magazines. I am far more "Shack ...I hate those magazines. I am far more "Shack and Surroundings" http://www.listener.co.nz/issue/3621/columnists/14095/home_astray.htmlArtandmylifehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07771479314101299897noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9057225441101183394.post-16329131633916345972010-01-12T08:57:00.291+13:002010-01-12T08:57:00.291+13:00my overwhelming impression of the hundertwasser to...my overwhelming impression of the hundertwasser toilets was the smell of urine.<br /><br />but that could have just been the day we visited kawakawa.<br /><br />the far north is a pretty amazing place. get there if you can.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9057225441101183394.post-71664195613501882542010-01-12T02:00:28.162+13:002010-01-12T02:00:28.162+13:00When you make it to Kawakawa, you'll surely tr...When you make it to Kawakawa, you'll surely travel further north to Waitangi and visit the Treaty House. It is there that you will marvel in wonderment that a house that's so old can feel so new. That's what happens when a building is historically significant around these parts - it keeps getting renovated until you're left wondering if any original parts remain.Robynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16278675946018423652noreply@blogger.com