Tag Archives: nature

A shy “Hi” from Isra

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Winter light patterns

Posted on June 13, 2013 by

With the winter sun weakening and shining from lower angles in the sky there are patterns in the garden that only appear at this time of the year. And indoors there are winter light patterns too.

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Introducing Isra

Posted on June 13, 2013 by

Those of you reading along will remember my last two blog posts have been about the hedgehog who visited my garden needing to drink lots of water. It is winter here so hedgehogs should all be tucked up in a … Continue reading →

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Hedgehog Rescue

Posted on June 7, 2013 by

After advice from a local woman who rescues, treats, cares for and has a safe release plan for hedgehogs I set my “trap” in the hope that the hedgehog that visited yesterday to drink its fill would return. My “trap” … Continue reading →

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Fire and Rain

Posted on June 4, 2013 by

Our flowering Cherry Tree was a picture of “fire” this morning. The leaves have been turning quite quickly in the past week but it had reached flame toned proportions this morning. It is a breath catching picture directly out from … Continue reading →

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Wordless Wednesday: Choisya Ternata, Mexican Orange Blossom

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Two sides of the same tree

Posted on May 22, 2013 by

I am playing around with the point and shoot camera a lot at the moment and on this gloomy day earlier in the week I visited the stand of Flowering Cherry Trees which were in various stages of autumn decline. … Continue reading →

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Wordless Wednesday

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Magical Monday Afternoon

Posted on May 21, 2013 by

My suspicions were that we had a Bellbird back in the neighbourhood. The Bellbird or Korimako (such a beautiful Maori name for this bird) has the most delightful song but the clever Tuis can mimic it so a sighting is … Continue reading →

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Tui Tucker

Posted on May 19, 2013 by

Part of the successful resurgence in the Tui population can be attributed to their preparedness to eat food that is not part of the native smorgasbord on offer. At the moment a neighbour’s spreading Protea tree (Proteas are South African … Continue reading →

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