Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge: This land is my land, Hastings, New Zealand

This is such a fun challenge by Cee for this series.

This week it is two verses from the song This Land is My Land:

As I was walking that ribbon of highway, 
I saw above me that endless skyway: 
I saw below me that golden valley: 
This land was made for you and me.
 I’ve roamed and rambled and I followed my footsteps, 
To the sparkling sands of her diamond deserts; 
And all around me a voice was sounding: 
This land was made for you and me.

I remember singing this at school, but we changed it to suit New Zealand.  So here are some photos around where I live – taken last autumn.

First up is the orchards – Hastings is known as the fruit bowl of New Zealand.

At once stage our economy was based on lamb and wool.  Now it is dairy but the sheep are still used to keep the grass low around the orchards in autumn.

One of our native birds, the Fantail.

Our native flax plants.

Pakowhai Park and our native bush.

Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge: This Land Is My Land, 2 verses

Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge: This Land is My Land (two verses)

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One Word Photo: Beige – A fight over some bread.

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Good morning from a sort of sunny Hastings.

I was disappointed when I moved into this house that there was no garden.  But there is an abundance of bird life and cats.  I was entertained yesterday after I threw out some bread for the birds. (The beige) and it was very noisy.  Some mynah birds were fighting with the sparrows for the bread.  Then this black cat saw an opportunity to have an extra feast.  But he left empty handed or should I say empty pawed.

The quality isn’t so good as I used my cell phone. But I thought a slideshow would be fun with this.  A bit of action so to speak.

Another piece of useless information.  In the 80’s, after one day international cricket was introduced the New Zealand cricket team had beige uniforms.  With their long hair and moustaches they had quite a following.  This following has continued and the fans still wear their beige supporters shirts and even have their own website:

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One Word Photo Challenge: Beige

One Word Photo Challenge: Beige

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