Category Archive: winter

19 Jun

292 – The thin edge

292 – The thin edge

Spring winds      Hoping the flowers burst Out in laughter — Basho I’m trying to not get excited or perhaps even to be interested in the bursting …

 
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11 Jun

284 – Friday fades

284 – Friday fades

Friday. Friday! TGIF. Casual Friday. Mine: Full colour Friday – an opportunity to wear brighter colours. But not today. Friday fades. I head back to …

 
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10 Jun

283 – Pearl Dawn

283 – Pearl Dawn

The sun finally peers though this watercolour landscape. The rain feels like its done the fullest effort for the moment and the rinsed world starts …

 
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09 Jun

282 – Droplets

282 – Droplets

This afternoon I ventured out of bed between the torrents of rain to see how much, if any, of our world was still there after …

 
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06 Jun

279 – Lyall Bay

279 – Lyall Bay

Beloved of surfers, swimmers, wind surfers, kite surfers, dog-stick-throwers, little-kids-sand-castle-builders, sea fishers, lifesavers, Maranui coffee drinkers, Nana icecream eaters, curse the wind bless the wind …

 
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01 Jun

274 – Feeling the blues

274 – Feeling the blues

Not too far off the shortest day now – when I head out after work it’s getting darker and darker. No wonder my ancestors felt …

 
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29 May

271 – Rain, oh rain

271 – Rain, oh rain

Ok, enough already. We have had enough rain. I have been out and moved sodden leaves to move the puddles somewhere else. I have listened …

 
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25 May

267 – Live in simple faith

267 – Live in simple faith

Live in simple faith . . .       Just as this trusting cherry Flowers, fades, and falls — Kobayashi Issa (1763-1828) Winter seems thoroughly upon us …

 
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19 May

261 – Hump Day

261 – Hump Day

Winter did a bit of a test drive today – a cold southerly, something of a beginner to ease us in to the next few …

 
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07 May

249 – Do not stand in the middle, go to the right or to the left.

249 – Do not stand in the middle, go to the right or to the left.

Undermine their pompous authority, reject their moral standards, make anarchy and disorder your trademarks. Cause as much chaos and disruption as possible but don’t let …

 
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