Riding above the level of mediocrity

A "duffshot" is an improperly planted sapling, planted too shallow in scree and not deep enough to reach the life giving top soil. It is usually a sign of laziness and means having to replant an entire plot. It is a reminder to me of doing things with integrity.

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Wednesday, August 31, 2005

PERSPECTIVES

An 800 year old Kauri tree. It would take 7 or 8 people to encirle the trunk of this tree, hand in hand!











The most expensive house in Auckland, valued at $14,000,000.00 USD. Currently unoccupied, as it was purchased for investment purposes. A typical Habitat house will cost $30,000.00 USD. Therefore, this one mansion could help free 466 families from clutches of the poverty cycle.










A store was transformed into an art display of miniature beds and sofas (and nothing else). Found while walking along ecclectic Karanghape Road above the tourist traps in Auckland. Reminded me a lot of Queen Street: head shops, vintage clothing stores, hemp stores, Turkish delights!













If the entire world were reduced to a small community of 100 people:
http://www.luccaco.com/miniatureearth/miniature_earth.htm

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