Category Archive: photography

Unicorns

Unicorns

I cannot imagine how anyone came up with the idea of a unicorn. The idea is not new, unicorns have been around for a least a couple of thousand years, and may even predate that.

 

Find your own light

Find your own light

Until today I hadn’t left the house since Christmas Eve. I have loved the simplicity of these precious days with my husband, daughter and son. …

 

Signposts

Signposts

While on a walk around the Tokaanu natural thermal area earlier this week, I noticed a plant I had never seen before. It was covered …

 

Usual suspects

Usual suspects

Today I parted with our old and faithful computers. Desktop mini-towers, heavy CRT monitors, UPS, RS-323 connectors, dial-up modems, and enough cable to stretch to …

 

Mia and Ruffian

Mia and Ruffian

Mia and Ruffian, Brangelina of the pigeon world, were last spotted yesterday morning, nonchalantly hanging out on the side of the Forest and Bird building. They …

 

Official portraits

Official portraits

The other evening a colleague of my husband’s came over for a meal after work. Our conversation moved to my studies and my plans for …

 

Autumn

Autumn

I like the way the autumn light seems to change colours. Sometimes colours become muted, maybe silvered or hazy. Alternatively, bright reds seem to leap …

 

Coffee mornings

Coffee mornings

Oh, Saturday morning. Isn’t today the big day? Big plans, plenty to do? Action packed places to go, people to see? After a very solid …

 

Zoom!

Zoom!

Do you ever have one of those days when a number of plans, ideas, blue sky thinking, and general staring into space finally starts to …

 

Pigeon Park

Pigeon Park

When I was a kid I used to be captivated by Wellington’s pigeons. I know, I know – rats with wings. I don’t care. I …