Sweet Spring

Pink spring blossom found in my home town of Gore recently. The first photo is one of three painted rocks placed in an out-of-the-way place near the Gore Gardens by a kindergarten. The pretty rocks had been donated by a local rest home. The words are in Maori and English “Stand tall with confidence”.

Gore, Southland, New Zealand. Taken by Liz 12 Sept 2018

#InThePink for Square in September hosted by BeckyB.

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Real blossom in a street not far from our home. Taken by Liz 11 Sept 2018

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As I photographed the blossom I was blissfully unaware I’d got into Nigel’s sights!

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The splendid cherry blossom above is on one of our walking routes into town from home. Taken by Nigel 11 Sept 2018

If we take a different route we walk down this street with a whole avenue of cherry blossom. Here I’ve turned to get the shot as we leave the street. The water tower is part of a processing facility for the town. Taken by Liz 15 Sept 2018

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Text by Liz, Photos by Liz and Nigel; Exploring Colour (2018)

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  3. Lovely cherry blossom – we have one here and every year I hope it doesn’t get windy, or it’ll be gone all too quickly. The rock is a sweet idea!

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    1. I remember decades ago seeing beautiful cherry blossom in the UK, both in pinks and whites. There I saw squirrels playing about as well, not something we get here! At that time I wasn’t aware that in NZ we also get lovely shows of cherry blossom – down here in the south of the South Island!

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