Thursday, 9 April 2015

Doctor... Who

Deja vu. It's a strange experience, no? If memory serves (which is rather unreliable these days), the term is French for "previously seen or experienced". The feeling one experiences when in a situation which seems to be a re-enactment of an identical situation in the past.
I had this feeling of deja vu down Worcester Boulevard in Christchurch on 10 March 2015, when Jeanette turned to me.
"Please go stand over there and do your best impression of Doctor Who while I take your photo," she asked, pointing at the red phone booth on the pavement opposite.

Outside the Tardis, 10:32 on 10 March 2015























Standing awkwardly trying to smile and look like a Doctor Who, my mind went back to our previous visit.
"The view from here looks awfully familiar. Did I not stand here last time?" I queried.

Back in Reikorangi, I search through the old photo files, rescued from the old computer. 
Here we go, 2011. Good.   January....  February....  Good.   Auckland... Wellington....  Taupo...  Christchurch....  Good.   Botanic Gardens...  Chateau... Art Gallery...  Street Scenes... Yes, good.

There I found it in this sub-folder: Picture 1066:
Picture 1066,time-stamped 14:26 on 21 February 2011
























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