Image: Su Leslie, 2017
Fiction is like a spider’s web, attached ever so slightly perhaps, but still attached to life at all four corners. Often the attachment is scarcely perceptible. — Virginia Woolf
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The Changing Seasons: June 2017
The last leaf. Image: Su Leslie, 2017
It’s mid-winter here; although some days you would be totally forgiven for believing it’s still summer.
Herald Island and the upper Waitemata Harbour, from Greenhithe Bridge. Image: Su Leslie, 2017
As the mist lifts, blue sky is revealed. Greenhithe, NZ. Image: Su Leslie, 2017
Rockpool, Langs Beach, Northland, NZ. Image: Su Leslie, 2017
Rockpool, Langs Beach, Northland, NZ. Image: Su Leslie, 2017
Late afternoon, Hamilton’s Gap, Awhitu Peninsula. Image: Su Leslie, 2017
Sunrise, Greenhithe Bridge, Auckland, NZ. Image: Su Leslie, 2017
Days that began in heavy mist have ended with us barefoot and t-shirt clad on a beach.
Wharf, Hobsonville Point, Auckland, NZ. Image: Su Leslie, 2017
Sunrise on a misty morning, Hobsonville Point, Auckland, NZ. Image: Su Leslie, 2017
Rowers, Hobsonville Point, Auckland, NZ. Image: Su Leslie, 2017
Greenhithe sunrise. From Hobsonville Point, Auckland, NZ. Image: Su Leslie, 2017
Bringing in the boats. Hobsonville Point, Auckland, NZ. Image: Su Leslie, 2017
Herald Island and the upper Waitemata Harbour, from Greenhithe Bridge. Image: Su Leslie, 2017
Late afternoon, Hamilton’s Gap, Awhitu Peninsula. Image: Su Leslie, 2017
Lone quad-biker, on the beach at Hamilton’s Gap, Awhitu Peninsula. Image: Su Leslie, 2017
Late afternoon, Hamilton’s Gap, Awhitu Peninsula. Image: Su Leslie, 2017
Late afternoon, Hamilton’s Gap, Awhitu Peninsula. Image: Su Leslie, 2017
If there is a theme (or perhaps an obsession) in this month’s photos, it is light. Harsh light, filtered light, reflected light — or just the focus on a single object in the dark.
Arum lily. Image: Su Leslie, 2017
The Changing Seasons is a blogging challenge hosted by Cardinal Guzman with two versions: the original (V1) which is purely photographic and the new version (V2) where you can allow yourself to be more artistic and post a painting, a recipe, a digital manipulation, or simply just one photo that you think represents the month.
These are the rules, but they’re not written in stone – you can always improvise, mix & match to suit your own liking:
The Changing Seasons V1:
Tag your posts with #MonthlyPhotoChallenge and #TheChangingSeasons
Each month, post 5-20 photos in a gallery.
Don’t use photos from your archive. Only new shots.
The Changing Seasons V2:
Tag your posts with #MonthlyPhotoChallenge and #TheChangingSeasons
Each month, post one photo (recipe, painting, drawing, whatever) that represents your interpretation of the month.
Don’t use archive stuff. Only new material!
Wordless Wednesday
Mid-winter morning. Image: Su Leslie, 2017
Misty morning wanderings
Stillness. Boats moored in the Upper Waitemata Harbour, seen from Greenhithe Bridge. Image: Su Leslie, 2017. Edited with Snapseed.
Although not good for travellers (creating havoc at the airport), the mists that have laid themselves upon Auckland this last week have created a wonderland for walkers, photographers and dreamers.
Greenhithe Bridge disappearing into the mist. Image: Su Leslie, 2017. Edited with Snapseed.
If only I could see the exit! Greenhithe Bridge, misty morning. Image: Su Leslie, 2017. Edited with Snapseed.
A contribution to Sally D’s Mobile Photography Challenge at Lens and Pens by Sally.
DP Photo Challenge: focus, take 3
When Nature determines focus. misty morning, Hobsonville Point, Auckland, NZ. Image: Su Leslie, 2017
Six Word Saturday: all quiet at the local station
Couldn’t help thinking of the London firefighters this morning as I passed the local fire station. Feeling enormous sadness, and huge respect, for those brave men and women of the emergency services. Image: Su Leslie, 2017
The Changing Seasons: August 2016
Early morning; Hobsonville Point, Auckland, NZ. Image: Su Leslie, 2016
I hope I can look back and say that August 2016 was the worst month of my recent life. Really. Because that will mean that things have got better.
Of course “worst” is relative, and compared to so many people, I’m incredibly fortunate.But internally, on a scale of one to smiling, I’m barely registering a lip twitch.
It’s been a month of sadness; watching the Big T’s mother slip away from us.
A month of worry. About the health of our remaining parents, work issues plaguing family members, our boy-child’s living arrangements.
Of frustration. Too many things are out of our control. Without input from others for whom our issues aren’t that important, we’re left in a holding pattern, circling, running out of fuel.
Add a cancelled holiday, on-going back pain and a wicked cold, and I really am a grumpy little unit.
So my image for the Cardinal’s Changing Seasons challenge pretty much sums up how I’m feeling. I know the means to travel onward is out there; I can see it through the mist. I’m just not quite sure how I’m going to get to it. Pity I’m not a better swimmer.
The Changing Seasons is a monthly challenge hosted by Cardinal Guzman. Please visit to see the Cardinal’s month, and find links to other participants.
There are two versions of the challenge:
Version 1 (The Changing Seasons V1):
Tag your posts with #MonthlyPhotoChallenge and #TheChangingSeasons
Each month, post 5-20 photos in a gallery.
Don’t use photos from your archive. Only new shots.
Version 2 (The Changing Seasons V2):
Tag your posts with #MonthlyPhotoChallenge and #TheChangingSeasons
Each month, post one photo (recipe, painting, drawing, whatever) that represents your interpretation of the month.
Don’t use archive stuff. Only new material!
