Tag Archives: Flowers

Fleeting Beauty: The Tiny and the Giant

Posted on October 24, 2020 by

Squiddy found this tiny nymph yesterday; we thought it was a wētā, but it’s likely to have been a katydid. I coaxed it onto some dandelions and was able to make just this one photo before it jumped away. Unfortunately, … Continue reading →

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Webnesday (63)

Posted on October 13, 2020 by

Last Saturday I hosted a garden party for the whole family. We brought the tablecloth and napkins back to wash them and set them on the dining room table. On Sunday morning I heard a startled yelp from CD and … Continue reading →

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Webnesday (62)

Posted on October 8, 2020 by

Early yesterday (Wednesday) afternoon, as I went  out to my tool shed in the back garden, I was happy to find one of my favorite spiders on the door, just waiting for me to invite it  to a photo session … Continue reading →

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SpringScapes (3)

Posted on September 17, 2020 by

To continue this new category, allowing for a brief arachnid aside yesterday, here are two more views from my adventure up into the coolth of the high country above Cardrona last week, this time looking the other way and upward … Continue reading →

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Webnesday (60)

Posted on September 16, 2020 by

It felt a bit like spring here this morning, for the first time. At 8 am the sun was shining and the temperature was 17°C (almost 63°F). I noticed a tiny spider in the kitchen that had  very probably only … Continue reading →

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Isolation Antidotes (53): Sneaking into Spring

Posted on September 4, 2020 by

Spring officially began here in New Zealand on the first day of September, which was three days ago, so I’m a bit slow off the mark, but life gets in the way. As this has been the mildest winter in … Continue reading →

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A Pretty Pair of Poppies

Posted on August 9, 2020 by

It had been raining lightly for various periods before and during our visit to the Auckland Botanic Gardens, four days ago now and of the overcast skies, of course, provided an ideal softbox effect for the myriad flora that grow … Continue reading →

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Webnesday (59): Junior Jumper

Posted on July 21, 2020 by

It has been quite some time—twelve weeks in fact—since my last Webnesday post featuring a new encounter and I, for one, have missed them. I have posted several from my archives during the isolation and now I’m happy to bring … Continue reading →

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Isolation Antidotes (41): Chilly Chile

Posted on July 18, 2020 by

Eleven years ago I had the opportunity to visit Chile. It was mid-winter and accordingly brisk, but in the relatively-sheltered area of the capital city, Santiago, the surrounding elevated terrain provided a basin of relative climate moderation but, unfortunately, also … Continue reading →

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Isolation Antidotes (36): Avast, Admiral!

Posted on June 29, 2020 by

While going back through my archives for today’s date in past years, I came across this photo that I made only two years ago in northern Minnesota, which somehow never quite made it into a post. It’s a red admiral … Continue reading →

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