Photo Friday didn't last long (although I may have warned you that I'm terrible at sticking with things) but it's a new month and a new weekend so let's try a weekend challenge instead.

Snapshot Saturday is more about taking candid shots of everyday things, rather than hunting out the perfect shot for a particular prompt. So feel free to share a photo of something from your weekend - before and after shots of gardening progress, the shiny finish on your freshly cleaned vehicle (haha) or a good sunset.

Rules: No NSFW, no shots you didn't take yourself.

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[–] 10 points 2 years ago (11 children)

Had a little bit of rain last weekend. That's our tourist rail under the water there...

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago (7 children)

    Wow does that happen often?

    And is the rail just an old railway line or do you use it for something?

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  • [–] 3 points 2 years ago (6 children)

    Over the rails maybe once every 2-3 years. There's a dual 1.2m diameter culvert there on the left (where that white water is) for what is usually a tiny stream. But sometimes they just can't cope.

    Yes, it's a functional narrow gauge rail that we use to carry passengers to/from the caves and also just as a standalone tourist railway.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago (5 children)

    That's really cool, I bet it makes for an awesome experience. I'm keen to come try one day, as soon as I work out what else there is to do in Westport 😀

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago (4 children)

    Haha, there's some fantastic mountain biking, lots of amazing walks (day and multi-day), some good self-drive history tours (old coal and gold mines etc), horse treks, white water rafting, surf schools and more.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago (3 children)

    How does someone get from Wellington to Westport without an 8 hour drive? 🫤

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    3h on the ferry then 4h on the road ;) (technically only a 4h drive!) Or fly with SoundsAir

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  • [–] [S] 6 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    Last night was my work do. I don't normally drink but had a few cocktails. This is a midori sour, which came in a glass so big it dwarfed the pints next to it.

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  • [–] 6 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Here's a shot of a kererū I saw in a tree a couple of months back. The photo isn't the best but I thought it was a neat encounter.

    kererū bird in tree in full bloom with white flowers

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  • [–] [S] 3 points 2 years ago

    The photo isn’t the best but

    But that's the whole point of a snapshot challenge - sharing the moment without worrying about technical bits and pieces. I like this, it looks like they're deliberately posing for you.

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  • [–] 4 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Nice! What kind of sauce?

    I'm also having trouble with the scale. Is it a giant wooden spoon or a tiny pot?

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  • [–] 3 points 2 years ago*

    Tee hee, now I can't unsee it as a tiny sauce in that picture, but the wooden spoon is a little bigger than the width of my hand. It's a pasta sauce with celery in it.

    Cooking is kind of a big accomplishment for me these days, but it's nice to get back to a sense of eating like "me". I don't think most of us notice in everyday life but food is part of identity.

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  • [–] 4 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    Is there some way to mesh this with pixelfed?

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  • [–] 4 points 2 years ago

    My pictures for here are on pixelfed but I just use ! To embed them.

    Pohutukawa I posted the other day ended up getting shared by a few strangers on mastodon, I was pretty chuffed.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago*

    You can hotlink pixelfed images, but I don't think there's any fancy embedding. Some apps may do it but I'm not sure which if any.

    Feel free to link to photos on pixelfed, though, I don't see any harm in that.

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  • [–] 3 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    We went to the Auckland botanic gardens for a few hours on Saturday. There was an ultra marathon going in the forest trail in the back. Lots of nice flowers out.

    pohutukawa flowers

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

    This was of a hydrangea

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