Rose With Pretty Petals

I loved this rose! Dunedin Botanic Garden, New Zealand. Taken by Nigel, 05 Mar 2021.

Factory In The Fields

My remaining photos from when we followed the Pomahaka River to Clydevale, where the Pomahaka flows out into the Clutha River. Nearby and closer to Clydevale, when you look across to the other side of the Clutha River you see this dairy factory. It was bought some time ago by the Paris-based company Danone Nutricia....

Downriver

The main river that's near to us is the Pomahaka River and recently I realised I wasn't too familiar with its course so one afternoon I suggested we drive downriver from our nearest contact point with the Pomahaka. West Otago and Clydevale, Clutha District, New Zealand. I took these photos 19 Feb 2021. Click on...

Wild and Weedy

These bright yellow flowers bloom along roadsides everywhere around here. Have been for weeks. This is by the Pomahaka River at Conical Hill, West Otago. New Zealand. I assume they're hieracium (hawkweed). Photos taken 19 Feb 2021. Click on any photo to enlarge. Text and photos by Liz; Exploring Colour (2021)

Wild In Lawrence

Saturday evening I saw our PM was to do a Covid announcement at 9pm. That had to be bad so I watched. Auckland immediately into alert Level 3, the rest of NZ into Level 2 ('immediately' is my word but the new alerts took effect from 6am Sunday). Level 2 limits gatherings to 100 people...