Tag Archives: Winter

Webnesday (68): More Foggy, Foggy Dew

Posted on July 7, 2021 by krikitarts

And now for something completely different. It has been my custom to present images in my Webnesday posts of the spiders whose acquaintance I happen to make, but this time I’m featuring the results of the work of many. We … Continue reading →

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Serenity Sunday: Wakatipu in Winter

Posted on July 4, 2021 by krikitarts

We’ve just returned from a 10-day family excursion to the South Island. This has become a tradition for us, and the main goal—for the younger members of our family—is snow sports. But the weather gods did not grant us their … Continue reading →

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Monday Menagerie: Feathery Flashback

Posted on February 8, 2021 by krikitarts

As high summer has us in its grip here in the Southern Hemisphere, with near-drought conditions again threatening us with brown grass and the start of cracks in the soil, I’ve gone back in my archives to six years ago, … Continue reading →

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Family Flashbacks (18)

Posted on January 4, 2021 by krikitarts

With this new year still in its diapers/nappies, I find myself reflecting back on this date in previous years, and this one, sixteen years ago, came to mind. We were happily ensconced in Omaha, Nebraska, and we had had a … Continue reading →

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Family Flashbacks (17): Nice Ice

Posted on December 28, 2020 by krikitarts

As we hunker down between Christmas and the start of the New Year here in New Zealand in the mild clutches of an unseasonably cold spell for this early summer, my thoughts drift back to when this date found us … Continue reading →

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Play Day!

Posted on August 29, 2020 by krikitarts

Just in case you hadn’t heard, today is international Play Music on the Porch Day. And we did just that, for a while, and then we all moved out closer to the street to continue. To introduce the family band, … Continue reading →

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A Pretty Pair of Poppies

Posted on August 9, 2020 by krikitarts

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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A New Cardoon Character

Posted on August 6, 2020 by krikitarts

It was a beautiful day here yesterday. There was a show of botanical drawings that CD was eager to see, as she’s enjoy8ing taking a class and some of the work of her teacher was included. It’s a drive of … Continue reading →

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Isolation Antidotes (44): High Fliers and High Hopes

Posted on August 1, 2020 by krikitarts

Eleven years ago on this date I was in Chile on a work assignment and, with a colleague, stopped at a restaurant in the city of Concón in Valparaíso Province. When we had ordered our meals, I wandered to a … Continue reading →

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Webnesday (59): Junior Jumper

Posted on July 21, 2020 by krikitarts

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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