walls of flowers

The morning temperature was 5 degrees. It's nice to see bursts of colour from flowers defying the winter chills.  

golden hour

 

Today the golden hour snuck up so quickly, that by 5pm these trees were aglow with warm, golden light. Then just as quickly the sky darkened and the air felt colder. 

 

Point England Road reserve

 

This afternoon Miss7 and I took a detour from our usual drive home from school to take a look around Point England Road reserve. We hadn't been there in a while and I'd promised Miss7 we would go to a park this week. Although it was very sunny, the air was cool and brisk. This reserve is part of the Point to Point Walkway which takes a good 3-4 hours from start to finish. You'll probably see more photos of this walkway as I want to have a really good look around over the next few weeks. I'm considering hosting a photography meetup for a local group and this could be an ok site.

NZ dotterel

a retrospective photo of a NZ dotterel (or tuturiwhatu) found only in New Zealand. It was once quite common but with the destruction of its habitat and the introduction of predators, its numbers have dwindled to around 1700 making it an endangered species. There's a number of them living in the sand dunes in Kennedy Bay and can often be seen scurrying about when the tide is out.

australasian magpie

this magpie took it upon itself to check me out when I was taking photos on the weekend. It flew low criss-crossing in front of me before landing on a concrete berm. I managed to capture this shot of the magpie before it took flight.

sunrise

This morning the sun rose in Kennedy Bay through a blanket of long white cloud. In the distance the sea was bathed in a warm golden glow. Simply breathtaking.
ps: I underexposed the 3rd photo for effect.

fungi

In a damp spot by a pine tree stump at the back of our bach lurks this interesting fungi. This sprouted up within a matter of days after the heavy rains at Easter time. I don't know much about fungi so I won't even begin trying to identify what type it is. Interesting though.

rainbow

Of all the rainbow mythology that exists in this world, I prefer the Christian view that a rainbow serves as a reminder to mankind of Gods covenant not to destroy the world by flood waters. A rainbow seems to deliver a promise of new beginnings...

super bright sunset

Had to capture a super bright sunset at Kennedy Bay after a day of very changeable weather...