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Continue reading →: Abberley Park
A few shots from Abberley Park which is located in St Albans. The fruit on the tree is apparently a Quince.
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Continue reading →: Monarchs at Woodham ParkMonarch butterflies ‘clustering’ in the trees at Woodham Park in Linwood. The over winter here every year. It’s quite an amazing thing to see and I highly recommend you look up in your local park as you just don’t know what could be hiding in the trees. This monarch was…
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Continue reading →: The Mountains this Morning
The mountains this morning. If the weather forecasters are correct, there could be a lot more snow on them by Monday!
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Continue reading →: Cyprus Garden Reserve
I went looking for more Monarchs – this time by the Ruru Cemetery – specifically in the Cyprus Garden Reserve which I’d never walked through before. The Monarchs are there, but they are really high up in the trees.
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Continue reading →: Pink Sky in the Morning
We had a pretty pink sky about 7am this morning. I can never see a pink sky without thinking of the rhyme “red sky in the morning, shepherds’ warning… red sky at night… shepherds’ delight”.
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Continue reading →: Edmonds Factory Garden and Butterflies
I went to the Edmonds Factory Garden this morning with my photo club and while the objective was to take garden photos we discovered that there were monarch butterflies in the large willow tree. It was quite breathtaking watching them.
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Continue reading →: Early Morning by the Heathcote River
Early Morning by the Heathcote River on Richardson Terrace.
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Continue reading →: A southerly change about to hit
I snapped this with my cellphone today while walking back from a meeting. When I’d left to go to the meeting it was about 16 degrees and very pleasant. An hour later and things were looking very menacing! I fortunately got back home before the storm hit.
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Continue reading →: White Heron on Linwood AvenueA white-faced heron and a white heron at the top of Linwood Avenue by Charlesworth Reserve. The white heron is very rare in New Zealand, so seeing one within the city is quite remarkable. The white heron is not there all year round though – it’s only here for the…
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Continue reading →: Heathcote River Clean UpBruce and I helped with the Heathcote River clean up today – doing the Forest & Bird section by Ferrymead. It was quite an education seeing what ends up in our river. The river was cleaned up in three other sections as well and next year they are going to…
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Continue reading →: Ferrymead ParkThis path goes from Bridle Path road into Ferrymead Park. I went for a short walk there this afternoon to enjoy the last of what has been a beautiful day with amazing weather for May.
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