Zard's Back Yard 2.0 RIP

[tjs282]

I am surprised you encourage Rhododendrons. They are a problem invasive species here.

Thing about invasive species is, there has to be somewhere they invaded from

Rhododendrons appear to have originated in S/E Asia, and spread outwards from there. It's not much more of a hop from PNG and Australia, to NZ...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhododendron#Distribution_and_habitat

 

[Zardnaar]

Video of a cafe in my city. Worked over the road and used to visit.

Record around 40 years out of date.

 

[Zardnaar]

Winter festivals a few months ago.

 

[Samson]

They make them hard over there:

New Zealand politician cycles to hospital in labor, gives birth

New Zealand Member of Parliament Julie Anne Genter got on her bicycle early on Sunday and headed to the hospital. She was already in labor, and she gave birth an hour later.

"My contractions weren't that bad when we left at 2am to go to the hospital -- though they were 2-3 min apart and picking up in intensity by the time we arrived 10 minutes later," Genter wrote.
Genter -- her party's spokesperson for transport issues and whose Facebook profile includes "I love my bicycle" -- also biked to the hospital in 2018 to give birth to her first-born, local media said.
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[Zardnaar]

She took a concrete pull and hardened up.