This morning we made time to go for a walk from home, around some of the local streets. The beautiful blue-sky autumn day was too lovely to be stuck inside! Tapanui, West Otago, New Zealand.
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Animals.
Friendly dog and art deco gate.
Small lifestyle property. Geese preferred the chopping block to me!
This collie dog bounded across a lawn to say hello and its tail was amazing, rotating fast in big circles, like the tail was on a swivel!
Up In The Air
Tractor and plough weather vane.
Weathercock.
Crabapples.
Trimming an enormous boundary hedge on a private property.
Our walk, a circular route, had an objective. I wanted Nigel to see a golden pine tree that we’re familiar with, in the morning light … we’ve usually gone by in afternoon / evening, or on a dull day, and I’d noticed earlier this week that it looks fabulous with a morning blue-sky background. My photo from this morning.
Other plants I photographed …
Rose hip / rosehip.
Honeysuckle, this one not much to look at but oh the perfume on the air!
Pink begonia.
Text and photos by Liz; Exploring Colour (2021)
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Exploring Colour 
Love a lovely walk, and what a great dog that is–I’d like to get to know him/her!
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Loving the weather vanes but what about that hedge- is he standing on top of it? Supporting his full weight? No!! 🏃🏻♂️👏👏
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We were nearly home when I saw him on top of this monstrous hedge – we often walk past it. He was standing on a sheet of plywood and working. In my shot he was finishing with the hedge trimmer and after I put my camera away I saw him take up a bright orange plastic leaf rake and he was still up on top the hedge, raking up the clippings from his trimming! Never seen anything like it 🙂
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Hi Liz – the man trimming the hedge – – is there a ladder on the other side, or this that hedge actually supporting his weight?! I like that tractor weathervane.
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There were 4 or 5 workers present. The hedge is monstrous. The bloke on top appeared to be standing on a sheet of plywood. There were 2 or 3 people with the trailer of equipment at the street-side, and a person on the other side of the hedge trimming from ground level. And a ladder on the other side too.
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A lovely walk, Liz, happy to join you for the highlights. That pine tree is a beauty, and the blue sky always lifts my spirits!
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Thanks for keeping me company Ellen!
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Lot of cool photos, Liz. I particularly enjoyed seeing the weather vanes and the dog at the gate was adorable.
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Thanks Mike! The dog was really endearing, very quiet and didn’t bark at all. Really sweet animal.
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Those blue skies do make a difference. We’ve had so much fog, mist, and generally gray skies here at the coast that even blooming wildflowers have a hard time shining as they can. I like your tree!
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Glad we got out yesterday because it’s come in really rainy overnight and Good Friday is going to be a wet, grey day by the looks!
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Looks like a lovely area to live in… 🙂
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Pretty nice place to be and central to many of the places we like to visit. LOVE blue sky days like today!
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