Double double dare

I just sent in my Sir Julius Vogel Award nominations. Finally. So its time for a final knee-jerk nag.

Remember anybody can nominate. Yes that means you.

Final ballot positions are determined by the number of nominations for a work so even if you think a work has been nominated already, it is important that you put your nomination in too.

The nominee can be any New Zealand resident or citizen for work done in the 2008 calendar year. You must know at least one Kiwi who did something last year.

Go on nominate - I dare you.

Watch the Skies

Y'know people do go on a bit about the natural beauty of this country - mountain stuff, lake stuff, volcanic/geothermal stuff, tree stuff and so on. But they never talk about the clouds. We have great clouds here - the orientation of the main mountain ranges relative to the prevailing winds mean lots of turbulent cloud formations. I like watching clouds - I always have. That probably explains a lot about me really.

But anyway, here is a picture taken from my front door looking east at dawn on Monday. This is why I like clouds.