Photo’s in doorways

I have a camera. I have resisted getting one for so long well ever since djd got his camera. My theory was that we would both use it, and we do, but more and more I saw piccies I wanted to take or got a bit envious that djd had taken the shots I would have liked to have taken. So onto the internet last weekend started to have a look about, saw a really nice Konica Minolta one but then went into the camera shop and found the canon s3 is. Oh yes what a cute little camera it is and brand new into New Zealand shops, as in the very day I went in to look at camera’s. Funny thing was that djd had also walked past a camera shop that very lunchtime and had seen the very same camera and had rung and told me about it. So now I have my own camera and the competition is on!! Friendly competition that is cause nobody wants a divorce before a marriage over a camera 🙂

I’ve been to two job interviews and have had a call back on one of them. First one was on Tuesday night after work so that worked really well. Met the woman who currently does the role I have gone for, but she is moving out of the role and going part time and doing a new role. She assured me that she was not someone who was going to cling onto the old role and I believe her on that one, she seemed very genuine. Now I go back on Monday to meet the “boss” and he will interview me. Friday I went to the interview for the govt group role that has a focus on Maori culture etc and I felt I did the best I could have, didn’t feel I mucked up any part of it at all. I like the sound of both roles and they are similar but very different(its the irish in me). I think the government role would probably be a better role for me only in the fact that there is room for advancement but due to being a government group the wheel will turn extremely slowly. I try not to think about the “what if I get it” because that just builds my hopes up too much. Will just take one baby step at a time and try not to muck up 

Sitting in a café while we were out today I looked over at a wall that had a few black and white photo’s up. One was of a tunnel obviously being created and men standing at the entrance. The other was of a family. It was just a cursory look and a short comment to djd about the tunnel picture. It wasn’t until a bit later and obviously photography must have been on my mind because my eyes were drawn back to the black and white picture of the family. It was an old photo and looking at it made me realise that the family were standing in the doorway of their house. We don’t take photo’s of families standing in the doorway of their homes anymore, there were plenty of piccies when I was young of the family sitting on the steps at the front of the house. Why don’t we see or do that anymore? Did the photo have to be taken outside as the camera’s in those days just didn’t have flashes or just not the capability for long distance photo’s to get everyone in? Was it an identity thing, my home my castle? Either way does anyone take the photo in the doorway anymore? Well I think we will start the trend again…every chance we get….sentimental reasons I guess 🙂 Anyone want to join in and  take a family  doorway  piccy?

We went to the botanic gardens today, photo’s were taken by me on my new camera….I think they look ok…..what say you?

Pretty flower ones

 Bit  fuzzy  wuzzy  but I like it

Lovely Orchid

And then down the throat we go

Another nice orchid

Couple of water lilly ones

Only one decent bee piccie out of a zillion taken!! Bit elusive for this amateur

And the duck got the better of me!

And lastly my boys

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