marsden_online has posted a set of his and my photos from New Year's Eve: http://marsden.smugmug.com/KAOS/KAOS-2012/2012-12-31-New-Years-Eve/

Went to the Riccarton farmers' market today with becky1. We got there just after 09:00 and it was already crowded. The woman who makes the game pies said she'd done as much business by 09:30 as she would have by 11:00 on a normal day ( Read more... )

More content from gardens and hills (Definitely contains traces of arthropod ( Read more... )

A walk in the hills, a walk in the garden. (May contain traces of arthropod.)

I like to think I got a couple of nice shots in these.

marsden_online has posted a collection of his and my photos from Marama's and Declan's birthday: http://marsden.smugmug.com/Events/KAOS/2012-12-01-Name-Your-Party/

Originally billed as "a look at things new and interesting on our shelves", this rather got taken over by Steve Bennett and ended up fairly red-heavy. However, it featured some varieties completely new to me, and a couple of the reds were quite drinkable, so it turned out to be a worthwhile tasting regardless.

Saladini Pilastri Falerio 2010 [Italy ( Read more... )

marsden_online has posted a collection of his and my photos from the Mega Dictators Birthday of Psycho Circus Doom party: http://marsden.smugmug.com/Events/KAOS/2012-11-16-Mega-Birthday/

1) Event: Waifs and Strays Christmas 2012 ( Read more... )

This tasting was a couple of weeks ago, but I do want to get into the habit of writing them up, and Waimea Estates is a pretty decent winery.

Sauvignon Blanc 2011 - "Smells bit different to a Marlborough savvy. Maybe a more French style. A bit dry, maybe a bit of oak?? Not particularly fruity; hard to pick flavours. Good length." [No oak, in fact ( Read more... )

marsden_online has posted a set of his and my photos from the Halloween party: http://marsden.smugmug.com/Events/KAOS/2012-11-03-Resort-Halloween/26322587_Rfmt3d/