fringe festival extras

Every year at this time, we visit the annual Taranaki Fringe Festival gardens.

Needless to say, most of the gardens are quite breath-taking and we take lots of photos, but I thought I'd show you a few of the 'extras' that make the festival more fun. Click here for last year's post.

And, in case you missed the post last year, Missy won the overall best photo and best in the children's division (age 14)!! She, of course, has to defend her title again this year, but we are all competing again, so I will keep you posted!

This is a whale bone that was dragged up from the beach.

Garden pages

I take a lot of pictures of the flowers in my garden. A lot. No, really, lots and lots. I guess that is because I never had a proper flower garden before and the details of each bloom enthrall me. You wouldn't believe the amount of macro shots I have, but I understand that not everybody is as interested in my garden as I am so... I put together some quick pages for your perusal. I hope you enjoy them. They were all taken on our rented quarter-acre of space.