Showing posts with label our world tuesday. Show all posts
Showing posts with label our world tuesday. Show all posts

2/19/21

skeletons

As many of you know, we moved into a rental home that was a family homestead
 for many years. The lady of the house loved her flowers, but the garden has been 
unattended for a couple of years.

As I was cleaning out yet another flower bed, trying to get rid of dead leaves,  
I ran across these awesome skeletal leaves!


I couldn't help but crop some just to see the designs that are left.






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12/25/20

roses and more roses

     







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12/14/20

random favorites















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11/2/20

paekakariki hill lookout, Wellington

On an overnight road trip we stopped here on the Kapiti Coast. That's Kapiti Island out there, a predator-free bird sanctuary. You have to wade in the water to visit to make sure it stays that way.

Always a bit of graffiti around.


The road is so close to the water that, sometimes, it has to be closed. There is a new road in the works.







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10/19/20

some recent images

  





Mt Ngauruhoe (aka 'Mt Doom') and Mt. Ruapehu from Mt Taranaki




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9/25/20

color, color everywhere

The garden is awakening and I get excited to see all the colors, even on the ground.


Kowhai (ko-fie) is the Maori word for 'yellow' and, thus, what we call the tree.



    
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9/21/20

a few more signs

We see signs like this on the backroads a lot.

It sounds Australian but....just say it out loud 'Didjabringabeeralong'.

It's hard to understand how visitors can come to such a beautiful place and leave a need for this sign.




Maybe it's prettier on the inside.


Shampoo directions.






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8/28/20

patea dam boat launch

The journey to the dam is always interesting with the wildlife and scenery 
along the winding dirt roads. I include this map so you can see how far
from the ocean it is among the hills of South Taranaki.

The thing I find most interesting is the parking lot/boat launch at the dam.

It is covered with seashells! When I google about the shells, the first entry is my 2015 
post on the same place, but no other discussion of them. I guess the volcanic activity 
on the north island has something to do with it. But it still boggles my mind!



patea dam, taranaki, nz



I imagine I will always be excited when we visit this place :)


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