Holiday pics: mainly Lake ones

[vilakins]

Another instalment of holiday pics. One of them is unnervingly like this icon, made from a picture I draw for NaArMaMo.


Boiler on the steamboat 'Alice'


Boat harbour from the 'Alice'


91-year-old Florrie the Bull-Fighter on the 'Alice'. The animated film of her and her twin sister Pearl's experience at 80 is a favourite of ours. I never thought I've meet her once let alone twice. Sadly, Pearl died three years ago.


Lake Rotoaira, south of Lake Taupo, discovered during our drive around it.


Beach at Kinloch. For some reason this reminded of childhood holidays--and look, it's very like the summer picture I draw for NaArMaMo in 2006! It must be a scene I remember.


Greg in fishnet stockings by the lake! OK, it's the sun through the metal mesh table. I'd seen an old man sitting there a couple of days earlier, quite oblivious, and didn't have my camera, so we went back and restaged it. ;-)

Comments

[kalinda001.livejournal.com]

Florrie the Bull-Fighter
Wow that's amazing. She still looks pretty good for 91.

Those are beautiful pics. The water seems very blue. That small lake south of Lake Taupo looks gorgeous.

[vilakins.livejournal.com]

I'm too lazy to look at a map to see what it's called. :-P [does so] It's Lake Rotoaira. :-)

The water was very blue; it's very clear and pure.

[vandonovan.livejournal.com]

Wow, the "fishnets" are hilarious, ahahahahahaha. I was like, "Well, that was an unexpected kink!" The colors are fantastic. I especially love the one of Lake Rotoaira with the purplish mountain in the background! And the "childhood" picture too, it looks so peaceful, with the white sand and everything. Just needs a big gas giant to be Rigel-4, ahahahaha

[vilakins.livejournal.com]

I can always photoshop one in! ;-) BTW, maybe my LJ layout is of Rigel 4 at dusk.

All the lakeside tables and benches were made of that green metal mesh, but only that one had that effect because of the angle of the seating. I was laughing helplessly (but quietly and discreetly) at the old guy who was quite unaware of how he looked. And huh, you can see Greg's sunburn. He'd sat outside in the garden with his laptop that morning and got burned on his arms.

[vandonovan.livejournal.com]

Aahhaaa, your LJ layout might just well be! I hadn't thought about that before. Does that make the figures with the old school rocket Avon and Vila? Ahahahaha.

It's very clever that you noticed the "fishnets" really. I bet not many people do, although maybe so. It DOES look absolutely hilarious. I'm glad Greg didn't get burnt THERE though. That would have made for a VERY interesting tan!

[vilakins.livejournal.com]

Vila and Avon PGP beside their retro shuttle because they don't have teleport. :-)

I got a tan like that once through the net part of my swimsuit. It looked like measles!

[vandonovan.livejournal.com]

PGP, eh? They go back to Rigel? I approve. :D


Aahahahha. I am always amused by unexpected funny tans. I've never got one myself, but my dad had managed a few interesting ones through a straw sunhat he used to wear.

[vilakins.livejournal.com]

The light-sensitive sunglasses I had as a teenager went all spotty through a straw sunhat once. I was glad I wasn't still long enough to get spots on my face too. I get enough freckles.

[jhall1.livejournal.com]

Lovel pics, as are those in your other posts.

[vilakins.livejournal.com]

Thanks!

[bramblyhedge.livejournal.com]

LOL @ the fishnet stockings!

These are all great photos (from all the posts), especially the art deco and the kitty and the Huka Falls (yep, been there, love the colour of the water). Thanks for sharing. :D

[vilakins.livejournal.com]

Thank you! [deploys new cat icon] Whereabouts are you?

[bramblyhedge.livejournal.com]

Kitty!!!!!!! =^.^=

I'm in Hamilton. Visited Huka Falls again for the first time in 20-odd years last year. *g* I've only been to Napier once, and that must be 15-odd years ago.^^;;; Was awesome, though.

[vilakins.livejournal.com]

I was in Hamilton yesterday--well, at the station before being bussed to Vilagrad Winery.

I went through with my parents when I was a teenager and I really only saw Marine Parade and Pania. I doubt I'd have appreciated the buildings back then. I'd like to go for longer.

[san-valentine.livejournal.com]

I've been viewing and admiring your photos as you've been uploading them. They are a wonderful tourist advert for New Zealand. So beautiful. I'm gonna have to start saving harder to come visit :)

And the fishnet stocking are ace !

[vilakins.livejournal.com]

But we don't have any cowboys! ;-)

And it's the only mesh table the stocking actually worked at!

[vjezkova.livejournal.com]

Niiice pics, niiice trip!

[vilakins.livejournal.com]

It was! Thank you.

[jaxomsride.livejournal.com]

LOve the "fish nets". So good of Greg to volunteer.

[vilakins.livejournal.com]

It was! And it's extra funny on a guy.