tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7179578738149165660.post111629215486554787..comments2024-03-25T08:34:45.269+13:00Comments on Two Go Tiki Touring: Hitchin' A RideFlyingKiwiGirlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03596848732189181045noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7179578738149165660.post-51966741295408472422018-01-28T16:59:24.793+13:002018-01-28T16:59:24.793+13:00Pleased you enjoyed the blog offstone, sadly the l...Pleased you enjoyed the blog offstone, sadly the last butterfly to hatch also died. It's wings didn't dry out fully enough and it dropped to the ground. I guess we did our best and managed to save quite a few.FlyingKiwiGirlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03596848732189181045noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7179578738149165660.post-27228804254619379192018-01-28T16:58:02.931+13:002018-01-28T16:58:02.931+13:00Glad you enjoyed the butterfly blog Jimu and no, n...Glad you enjoyed the butterfly blog Jimu and no, no photo. It was a little too flat! FlyingKiwiGirlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03596848732189181045noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7179578738149165660.post-15677675821391846522018-01-28T16:56:43.379+13:002018-01-28T16:56:43.379+13:00Hi Olywn, I like Samuel, he is a very wise man!
G...Hi Olywn, I like Samuel, he is a very wise man! <br />Glad your eagle eye spotted the DOC blog header, they actually use my photos quite a bit for their blog, brochures and other web links. They used one of my pohutukawa photos for their Christmas blog which I was rather pleased about. At the moment DOC are pushing day walks to try and steer people away from the Great Walks which are getting over crowded.<br />I'm thrilled my blogs have helped you get off the beaten track and opened up other fantastic areas for you to visit. That would have been an awesome road trip over all the Passes, not too many people would have done that trip. <br />Thanks for your comments & say hello to your sister for me too- thanks to both of you for following my blogs too.<br />Best regards<br />ShellieFlyingKiwiGirlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03596848732189181045noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7179578738149165660.post-40920449851568645622018-01-28T16:48:27.488+13:002018-01-28T16:48:27.488+13:00Thanks Kathy, I hope your weather has improved som...Thanks Kathy, I hope your weather has improved somewhat. Here on the other side of the world we are in the middle of a heatwave with some record temperatures happening. It's just lucky we're not in Central Otago at the moment, they're having 35-38c temperatures! Unheard of.FlyingKiwiGirlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03596848732189181045noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7179578738149165660.post-3526258680138074652018-01-28T16:45:55.892+13:002018-01-28T16:45:55.892+13:00Yes Gill, we've always wiped eggs off as they ...Yes Gill, we've always wiped eggs off as they appear on any of our plants. It all ends badly if you don't. Although it was a bit harder to wipe them off from this plant. You had to get down on your hands and knees! :)FlyingKiwiGirlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03596848732189181045noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7179578738149165660.post-12587864285675108132018-01-28T16:43:40.336+13:002018-01-28T16:43:40.336+13:00They'll have fun watching and learning, and I ...They'll have fun watching and learning, and I bet you'll still have to remove eggs and caterpillars to give some a fighting chance.FlyingKiwiGirlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03596848732189181045noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7179578738149165660.post-9101881477506092232018-01-22T05:27:00.107+13:002018-01-22T05:27:00.107+13:00Interesting and amusing, though I do feel sorry fo...Interesting and amusing, though I do feel sorry for the casualty. Wonderful post! offstonenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7179578738149165660.post-65737549363448458982018-01-21T07:29:01.710+13:002018-01-21T07:29:01.710+13:00What ever next Shellie. The variety of your posts ...What ever next Shellie. The variety of your posts are astounding and captivating.....dedication to bloggerville reporting...go to the top of the class. I can imagine you scrambling under your rig with camera and bung leg for each butterfly..., wot no photo of the squashed butterfly caterpillar...missed opportunity there, tho you probably did take a shot, good taste prevailed. Following your trail in Dunedin at the moment! <br />Enjoy<br />J&CJimuthesaxmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13527315789167919288noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7179578738149165660.post-19500287985918764402018-01-21T07:07:31.843+13:002018-01-21T07:07:31.843+13:00Hello Shellie,
I see one of your photograghs have ...Hello Shellie,<br />I see one of your photograghs have appeared in the DOC blog this month. The ultimate two-week South Island, New Zealand itinerary. <br />https://blog.doc.govt.nz/2018/01/12/the-ultimate-two-week-south-island-new-zealand-itinerary/<br /><br />I would like to see you do one for the South Island and another for the North Island for a two week period.<br /><br />I have been following your via email for a few years before I realised my sister also follows your blog and we were inspired by your blog to take the Braemar Rd and the Rangitata Gorge Rd and go up a creek. Many thanks for writing about such interesting journeys.<br /><br />Cheers,<br />Olwyn<br />Kiwi in Sugar Land, Texas, USA. Warming up.<br />P.S. Also drove from Millers Flat, in Otago, pass Lake Onslow, over the Dansby Pass, over the Hakataramea Pass and over the Mackenzie Pass to Albury and only passed eight veichles and that was around Kurow.<br /><br />Samuel Butler said "Scenery is not Scenery - it is "Country" - if it is good for sheep, it is beautiful, magnificent and all the rest of it; if not, it is not worth looking at."Olwynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04410579070593631862noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7179578738149165660.post-44814769587690786152018-01-21T03:50:50.211+13:002018-01-21T03:50:50.211+13:00I am so glad that these amazing things happen to y...I am so glad that these amazing things happen to you so that we get to share in them. Here in North West England it has been snow/sleet/raining for the past week. Your blog post feels like a blast of sunshine. What amazing photographs!Kathy Whalenhttp://www.inclinepress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7179578738149165660.post-91033223895965529342018-01-20T19:23:27.552+13:002018-01-20T19:23:27.552+13:00I have had them at work and yes it is hard to remo...I have had them at work and yes it is hard to remove the little caterpillars so i try and get in a bit earlier than that and take off the tiny eggs, usually on the underside of the leaf. I don't feel so bad then, but am giving the rest a better chance of survival. It is an amazing thing to watch as they come out of the chrysalis you have to be there just at the right time. Gillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17074338515989639538noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7179578738149165660.post-59086145404746095502018-01-20T16:44:28.209+13:002018-01-20T16:44:28.209+13:00Wow! I have two new swan plants growing in my kitc...Wow! I have two new swan plants growing in my kitchen now as they were outside when I noticed the tiny caterpillars,I felt terrible removing them but knew the plants were too small to even sustain one caterpillar. I got the plants for the grandchildren to watch their cycle so hopefully next year they'll be nice big plants.Christine Williamsnoreply@blogger.com