Deb Robertson's Blog 16/11/2013: Tidying up odds and ends...

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An entry from Deb Robertson's blog for 16 November 2013 entitled, "Tidying up odds and ends...".

Dallington 19

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A photograph captioned, "We get the young fellas to come in and do the upkeep on the government houses that have been sold. They cut down all the long grass and just tidy up all the fire risk sections. This one's easier cos the house is gone. If you keep it tidy it looks tidy from the road. There's people living here, and there's nothing worse than looking over your house and seeing grass this high".

BeckerFraserPhotos April 2011 photograph 278

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Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Cranmer Court, tidied up".

BeckerFraserPhotos May 2011 photograph 0832

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Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "City Council crew cleaning up on the Colombo - High Street intersection".

BeckerFraserPhotos May 2011 photograph 0831

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Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "City Council crew cleaning up on the Colombo - High Street intersection".

Crack'd for Christchurch Photograph 151

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A photograph of Jenny Cooper examining Crack'd for Christchurch's almost-completed armchair mosaic.Crack'd for Christchurch comments, "The best part of every mosaicking day was when we had tidied up and could enjoy our work."

All Right? Audiences: Parents and Whānau Image 7

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An image from the Let's Talk About Parenting project of the All Right? campaign. The caption reads, '"They love celebrating our culture. But as for tidying their rooms..." -Qaali, Avonside. Real families aren't picture perfect. They're messy, playful and so much better'.

All Right? Audiences: Parents and Whānau Image 1

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An image from the Let's Talk About Parenting project of the All Right? campaign. The caption reads, '"They love celebrating our culture. But as for tidying their rooms..." -Qaali, Avonside. Real families aren't picture perfect. They're messy, playful and so much better'.

Canterbury Earthquake September 2010 - Photograph 30

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Damage to a house in Richmond. A brick chimney has visibly twisted and there are gaps between the bricks. The photographer comments, "Damaged chimney. We'll have to get this taken down tidily, but our roofer friends are a bit busy... (It was taken down on the morning of Day 2, just as well)".

Spotted Amongst the Wreckage of the Ozone

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A black and white photograph of a sign reading "A tidy standard of dress is required." In the foreground is a pile of building rubble. The photographer comments, "I reversed this picture in the interests of my followers as it was harder to read the right way round. The wrecking crew did not wear ties, but they did look neat in their orange vests".