Witch Hazel Blossom

Hamamelis x intermedia 'Arnold Promise'. Dunedin Botanic Garden, New Zealand. 05 September 2023

High Hopes

High Hopes! Dunedin Botanic Garden, New Zealand. 05 September.

Red and White Rhodos

In the last blog-post the white petals on the path were from the white Rhododendron in this post. Much later in the day Nigel and I were walking back to the carpark along a lane lined with trees and shrubs, and he spotted the red Rhodo and its fallen petals beautifully illuminated by the late...

Below the Blossom

Below the blossom in Queens Park, Invercargill, Southland, New Zealand ~20 September

Yellow Hoop Petticoat Daffodils

I photographed these beautiful golden yellow spring flowers at the rock garden in Dunedin Botanic Garden on 09 September 2023. New Zealand.

Marvellous Maple

Yesterday we were back in Dunedin again - but unplanned this time. As soon as we'd arrived back home from our last visit, earlier in the week, my laptop started making a racket of a noise that wouldn't go away. I've periodically had problems but this time it sounded pretty final! I got some stuff...

Play of Light

I took these photos early this year at the lovely public garden in Gore, 08 January. That's full-on summer in NZ. I enjoyed how the light was highlighting parts of the shady under-storey in this patch of the garden. It has some taller trees but well-lit otherwise - so the light has a habit of...

Playtime

Last night I made a start on tidying my Gmail account (it'll be a long process). In a folder of 'Keepsakes' I found a message Nigel sent me, 31 March 2010. Attached was a morning moon shot taken where we lived back then, in the alpine tourist resort of Queenstown. I found I still like...

Burning Birches

Birch trees next-door, lit up at sunset. Blazing in the fiery glow! Taken ~5.30pm by Nigel. Tapanui, West Otago, New Zealand.