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Mary Livingston

Hey Everyone! I live downunder in the Western Pacific in this photogenic place called Aotearoa. I work full time as a marine scientist. After my kids left home, my number one hobby became photograp...
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Day 19
Words
I passed by a giant metallic statue of a woman today with words neatly cut-out all over her (Statue of Katherine Mansfield). This is a section o...
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Day 178
Blossoms and Birds
Here come the little wax-eyes feeding on the sweet nectar of spring downunder! #morning #outdoors #nature #apple #tuesday #color #t...
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Day 192
The Beauty of Youth
Schools were rehearsing their choral skills today in the Town Hall for an evening concert. They were so charming and shining with...
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Day 10
Somewhere...over the rainbow
So much colour over Wellington this evening as the sun went down, literally from my window again!! #evening #landscape #l...
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Day 30
Flax plant
These leaves used by Maori for weaving are strong and fibrous with gorgeous red trim and fine detail on them #afternoon #monday #leaf #plan...
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Day 107
Beauty and Therapy
I am on the third day of one of those awful winter viruses..shivers and aches, the lot. But it was time to venture a short distance...
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Day 112
One more cup of coffee
Just before going to a memorial service to farewell a dear friend. A beautiful tribute was held. RIP my friend. #indoors #after...
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Day 5
First hint of Autumn from my living room window
I woke up to a perfect morning today. Still, cool air and across the valley, a haze of smoke and mist....
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Day 22
At the window
Weird what grabs your attention! This window had newspaper stuck on the inside, with some sort of blackening on it and footprints too......
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Day 25
Faking it
The weather has been so miserable but being in this hotel lobby for a few moments was bizarrely uplifting! #afternoon #wednesday #furniture...
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Day 133
Winter is still with us
The home fires were burning as I tried to get a shot of the wintry sunset and rough seas that hit Wellington over the weekend...
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Day 148
Abandoned
All that remains of the Flamingo Club (jazz haunt) from Wellington #fall #afternoon #wood #sunday #color #tree #winter #desktop #decoration...
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Day 174
Orange Day on Lambton Quay
Celebrating years of school patrols and safety on road crossings for kids, this colourful group braved the wet and the cold...
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Day 199
Wires in Auckland
#morning #outdoors #tuesday #sky #steel #electricity #power #technology #wire #tower #line #energy #industry #danger #high #poles #t...
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Day 82
Autumn again
I cant stop gawking at the colours in Wellington this year. The city is mostly evergreen trees but this year there seem to be so many mor...
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Day 92
Shooting for the Moon
Sunrise/moonset at Somes Island-double exposure image #morning #evening #landscape #sunday #light #sky #sunset #tower #travel #s...
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Day 136
Slowly Does It
On a whim I decided to go up to the city lookout point at the end of the day and spotted this family carefully making their way back do...
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Day 143
Spring Cleaning or Photography?
I spent a significant amount of time cleaning my poor neglected house on the weekend, only to end up with a ruptured d...
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Day 206
Blooming
#october #outdoors #nature #afternoon #tuesday #color #garden #leaf #flower #bright #field #summer #floral #petal #beautiful #vibrant #season...
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Day 34
Cyclonic stupidity!
Came across these 2 tourists who managed to bed themselves into the mud up near Mt Ruapehu on Good Friday! #friday #afternoon #lan...
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Day 184
Stormy Start Today
#morning #nature #landscape #light #monday #dark #sun #sky #weather #electricity #dramatic #power #cloud #sunset #tower #energy #in...
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Day 196
Plant Texture
Highly textured succulents doing well in the spring rain and sun down-under #outdoors #nature #afternoon #saturday #color #tree #garden...
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Day 227
Texture
#october #afternoon #retro #tuesday #steel #empty #dirty #simplicity #paper #wallpaper #vertical #rough #graphic-design #stripe #contemporary...
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Day 7
Squiddly diddly
I walked past the fish shop today and saw these squid lying there gazing vacantly. I hope they didnt die in vain #afternoon #saturday...