Tuesday morning sunrise at Wainoni Park, Greenhithe, NZ. Image: Su Leslie, 2016
Most days for the last week or so, my part of Greenhithe has been enveloped in morning mists, giving even the most suburban landscapes a serene, other-worldly quality.
Behind the mist, people are getting ready for whatever their day holds. In a way, we all live behind the mist; our lives seen only in outline by those who pass by.
Ti Kouka (cabbage tree) silhouette. Wainoni Park, Greenhithe, NZ. Image: Su Leslie, 2016
“I’d wait alone here for that rendezvous …” (Forever Tuesday Morning, The Mockers, 1984). Image: Su Leslie, 2016
Today’s New Zealand Music Month link-up song is Forever Tuesday Morning, a 1984 hit for The Mockers. It’s a song about lost love, with the line “without you my life’s gonna be forever Tuesday morning” repeated over and over.
It’s an incredibly catchy song; the tempo kind of at odds with the melancholy lyrics. It’s a song I find myself singing over and over in the car. I do wonder sometimes what other drivers think.
Zimmerbitch 
Lovely shots … ethereal.
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Amazing photos! Thanks Su, have a happy day my friend! 🙂
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Thanks Terry. I hope all is well with you too.
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Just gorgeous. So evocative.
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Thank you Amy 🙂
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A very interesting observation – “we all live behind the mist; our lives seen only in outline by those who pass by”. I think I’m going to be holding on to that thought for a while.
I really like the first photo with that fuzzy tree. What kind of tree is that? It looks like something out of a Dr Seuss story 🙂
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It’s a cabbage tree (Ti Kouka in Maori) — and it does look very Seussian! Apparently parts of it are edible, so perhaps that why European settlers gave it that name.
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haha! That is a very unusual name for a tree that doesn’t appear to look like a cabbage at all! 🙂
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Perhaps it’s a taste thing? Or maybe it smells like boiled cabbage. I must admit I’d find the prospect of eating it more appealing if it had been called a broccoli tree — or a Swiss Chard tree perhaps
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I love all 3 so it’s all good to me … although admittedly the smell of cabbage or broccoli cooking isn’t quite so pleasant 😉
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Su, mist/fog makes for not only beautiful photos, but a sort of insular, alone feel which is very enjoyable, at least for a time.
janet
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I agree. Walking on these mornings has been a real pleasure. And when I do meet someone else, there is a little moment of uncertainty as they appear from the gloom.
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Amazing skies, Su!
Leslie
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🙂
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Su, your photos are so beautiful! What kind of tree is that in the first shot? The cluster of trees close to the center. The song is cracking me up. I was doing about three things when I hit play and didn’t notice the heading with the date and I thought “This sounds like about 1985.” I was so close. There really is an unmistakable quality to music from that time period. 🙂
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You are SO right about 80s music! The tree is called a cabbage tree — Ti Koura in Maori. Apparently parts of it are edible, and since it doesn’t look much like cabbage, I assume that the name came from the taste or textural similarities? Happy Weekend!
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It is a lovely tree. I’ve never seen anything like it. Thanks for the info!
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This photos are fantatic.
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