Friday, April 6, 2012

A Medical Imbalance...

Those of you who may have thought that I was an unbalanced, yes even Libran's have off days, even a dysfunctional individual, you may well have had your suspicions confirmed over the last couple of days.
For some reason yet unknown to medical science, I contracted something called Vestibular Neuronitis or Labryninitis, both of which are forms of vestibular dysfunction that cause severe vertigo.
There I was one minute having dinner and a glass of Merlot when TFT's interior started spinning like a top and as fast.
You don't need to know the details of what happened next but it wasn't a pretty sight.
The next morning, I couldn't stand up so called an ambulance to take me to the wonderful Thames Hospital where the lovely folk there have been looking after me.
Some time was spent in ICU as my heart which has a mind of it's own and has long given up on Sinus rhythm, is beating to the rhythm of it's own drum, sometimes missing up to four seconds worth of beats at a time.
It's an interesting life...
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Thursday, April 5, 2012

Monday, April 2, 2012

A Spyder Invasion...

More than twenty Spyders from the Auckland area shook off the cobwebs and meandered down to Miranda on Saturday...
They stopped by en route to a lunch stop at Kaiaua's World Famous Fish and Chip Shop.
Not all spyders have lots of legs though.
Trish has only one but she spins a good yarn as she tells how she lost a leg in a motorcycle accident in 2008.
Now she straps her prosthesis and wheelchair on the pillion seat and she's off for another enjoyable day with her friends.
I took one of these beasties for a test drive.
It was great fun.
It would be easy to be bitten by this bug.
Imagine towing a little Tear-Drop style Caravan behind...




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Sunday, April 1, 2012

Sand Artist Extraordinaire...

Life's a beach for San Franciso artist Andres Amador who creates extraordinary art on the sand only to see it washed away
with the next tide.
His paintings, patterns really, derive from natures organic circuitous, geometric patterns and too from spiritual symbols such as the Triquetra or the Celtic Knot.
Arriving at the beach of his choice before the ocean has fully receeded, he begins his magic, often under a full moon.
His canvases can be up to 30,000 square feet. He works fast and needs to be focused.
Time and tide wait for no man.
Have a look here and here at more of his wonderful works of art.
Your going to the beach experiences
will never be the same again...








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