Six Word Saturday — hosted by Debbie at Travel with Intent
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nature
As I get older, I appreciate the natural world more and more and this is reflected in my photography and writing.
On the bright side …
Raindrop on manuka flower. Image: Su Leslie 2019
The first six months of 2019 were the driest on record in Auckland, and now August is looking like being the wettest — with rain on 19 of 23 days, and more to come.
I’ve stopped worrying about parched soil and the water level in our tank, but I think I might need some taller gumboots (wellies, rain boots, Regenstiefel, botas de lluvia; whatever they’re called in your part of the world).
And of course raindrops on flower petals are rather pretty.
Manuka flower. Image: Su Leslie 2019
Manuka flower. Image: Su Leslie 2019
Friday Flowers
When you see a chance
Kereru (native NZ pigeon) in a cabbage tree (tī kōuka, Cordyline australis). Image: Su Leslie 2019
Photography often relies on chance — being in the right place at the right time (with the right lens).
I’ve been trying unsuccessfully for years to capture a good shot of the tui and kereru that inhabit our manuka (tea tree), kowhai and tī kōuka trees. I only captured this shot because the tī kōuka berries offer such a feast that the kereru was in no hurry to fly away.
Ragtag Daily Prompt | fortuitous
Unfolding
It hasn’t taken long for the closely folded petals of my cheer-me-up tulips to relax and turn their faces to the sun. Image: Su Leslie 2019
Monday Macro
Friday flowers
Struggling to find many flowers that have survived the last week’s rain and wind. Image: Su Leslie 2019
On the snow line — take 2
Close up, alpine flora; Mt Ruapehu, New Zealand. Image: Su Leslie 2019
Close-up, alpine flora. Mt Ruapehu, New Zealand. Image: Su Leslie 2019
Monday Macro
Wild violets
Monday Macro
More complex than a star
Common green bottle flies. Images: Su Leslie
“Our everyday world presents intellectual challenges just as daunting as those of the cosmos and the quantum, and that is where 99 per cent of scientists focus their efforts. Even the smallest insect, with its intricate structure, is far more complex than either an atom or a star.” — Martin Rees, Cosmologist and Astrophysicist
Posted to One Word Sunday | fly
An overnight sensation in the garden
Posted to Six Word Saturday hosted by Debbie at Travel with Intent
Right in front of me
Morning walk; Hobsonville Point, Auckland, NZ. Image: Su Leslie 2019
“I don’t have to chase extraordinary moments to find happiness – it’s right in front of me if I’m paying attention and practicing gratitude.“ — Brene Brown
Posted to the Ragtag Daily Prompt | gratitude
