Tag: wind

01 Jul

Your inner jungle

Your inner jungle

Although we are heading into Spring, the southerly wind made it harder for me to believe. It’s not that I didn’t want to believe. I …

 
By Lynsey
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10 Jul

313 – Turning from the path

313 – Turning from the path

In the middle of the road of my life I awoke in the dark wood with no path I could see anywhere. — Dante La Commedia Divina Red …

 
By Lynsey
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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 …

 
By Lynsey
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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 …

 
By Lynsey
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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 …

 
By Lynsey
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20 May

262 – Holding our breath

262 – Holding our breath

With what kind of voice         would the spider cry in the autumn wind? — Basho For the moment, not even a breeze – while …

 
By Lynsey
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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 …

 
By Lynsey
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29 Dec

120 – Defiance in the face of adversity

120 – Defiance in the face of adversity

I like the punga – the tree fern – that lives on the no-man’s land between us and our neighbour. It could be growing on …

 
By Lynsey
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05 Nov

066 – Blowing in the wind

066 – Blowing in the wind

Our passions are the winds that propel our vessel. Our reason is the pilot that steers her. Without winds the vessel would not move and …

 
By Marica
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