This morning I suggested that we check out a park in Gore that we haven’t visited since we moved here in February, called Hamilton Park. We crossed a large green open space and found a walking track on the other side. To our delight we found lots of hawthorn trees in blossom, mostly in varying shades of pink. We walked along the track and took lots of blossom photos before reaching a fast-running stream (we’ve had a lot of rain lately so all the rivers are high). On our way back to the car I took a shot looking back across the green space toward the distant hawthorn blossom and another of a daisy-covered lawn (appeared to be an ex croquet or bowls lawn). I love daisies!
Photos taken by Liz Sun 11 Nov 2018. Gore, Southland, New Zealand
Text and Photos by Liz; Exploring Colour (2018)
Exploring Colour 
Lovely, Liz. It snowed in Colorado today-not blossoms, but real snowflakes! 😊
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First snow for this season? How lovely 🙂
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Actually not the first, Liz. We have had light snow a couple of times already, but it melted quickly. Where we live, it usually does not stick around for very long. But while it lasts, it looks very pretty. 😊
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Beautiful trees and a lovely place for a walk!
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Wonderland!
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Lovely to see the hawthorn trees – we used to have a row of the white-flowered ones at the bottom of our previous garden. 🙂
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The last place we rented in Dunedin had a row of white-flowered ones down one side of the property. Some country areas in our region use hawthorn hedges – always good for a visit in spring!
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I think that the hawthorn trees at the back of our old garden had started off as a hedge many years ago. They’re very good for wildlife.
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Yes, I remember blackbirds in the hawthorn trees constantly when there were berries! 🙂
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Some gorgeous Hawthorns – love the pink ones. Our neighbour has got a big one, with a magpie nest on top.
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We love the pink ones too.. it was such a surprise to find these variations so close to home!
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