Posts by Lilith __
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Russell, congratulations. You are a gracious and thoughtful host to a boisterous and disputatious rabble of which I’m delighted to be a part.
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Capture: Christchurch: Last One Standing, in reply to Kebabette,
Ophelia road cones
Ah, the perfect description :-) And great pics, everybody.
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The basilica in happier times, pre-quake. Another wild Canterbury sky. :-)
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Feb 24th, the firefighters were not at home. Note the empty deckchair. We tried not to think about what they would be doing, in the CBD. Our neighbourhood was so quiet.
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Capture: Christchurch: Last One Standing, in reply to Sacha,
Woolston.
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There were many techniques for shovelling the silt. This was the cutest!
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In the days following, our hole became locally famous, and lots of people came and took pictures of it.
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My street, Feb 23rd, the morning after. The afternoon of the 22nd the street was full of water, but it had drained away overnight.
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Capture: Colour is the new black, in reply to Sofie Bribiesca,
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Capture: Colour is the new black, in reply to Joe Wylie,
There was the mysterious death of a peach tree and a big old wisteria after the September quake though, for which no-one has a good theory.
Joe: My Mum lost a peach tree and a robinia after the September quake, and I know several other people who had healthy trees suddenly die. I'm guessing there was some invisible damage to their root systems in the earthquake.
Also the violets in my garden flowered continuously this year from March until September. Normally they come out, like clockwork, in the middle of August. A friend who works in horticulture says some plants can be "forced" into bloom by vigorous shaking, so I'm guessing that's what's happened to the violets. I guess it's like how stressed grapevines put most of their energy into grapes not leaves - prioritising reproduction over feeding themselves.
