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Image: Su Leslie 2021

One Word Sunday

Small

… but full of goodies; an atlas, Eco’s Foucault’s Pendulum and a collection of Jane Austin novels.

One Word Sunday | Small

Whatchamacallit

So you attach the thingamy to the dohicky and press out some whatchamacallits. Image: Su Leslie 2020

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One Word Sunday: whatchamacallit

Two

One Word Sunday | two

Luck

Pea, mint and feta fritters with roasted asparagus. Image: Su Leslie

If I seem even more food-obsessed than usual this weekend, it’s partly because I had some sort of gastric bug earlier in the week and couldn’t eat for a couple of days; but mostly because I am feeling incredibly lucky and grateful to actually have food.

The more I read about the climate catastrophe engulfing the planet, the collapse of eco-systems and the horrendous loss of species after species, the more I wonder how much longer I can take for granted the means to produce even simple, vegetarian meals like these fritters and asparagus.

The generation I was born into the tail-end of has often been called “the lucky generation”, but I fear if we don’t all make radical changes very soon, our luck will run out.

One Word Sunday | luck

And yes, it’s not a one-word post, but the prompt for a rant on something about which I feel very strongly.

Volume

Enjoying the late afternoon sunshine with a cup of tea and a good book.

Perhaps I’m just looking for an excuse, but when I hear the word “volume” I think first of books.

It’s a shame the phrase “a slim volume” so often has negative connotations of insubstantial work by little-known authors, because it’s really perfect for Alan Bennett’s wonderful, short but very substantial, novel in praise of libraries and reading.

Volume is Debbie’s choice for this week’s One Word Sunday. So tear yourself away from whatever you’re reading and visit her post.

Window into the owner’s mind

Seen recently.

I wish I’d been brave enough to say this to clients this; it’s spot-on.

One-Word Sunday

All-weather crossing

Footbridge at Whananaki Inlet, Northland, New Zealand. Image: Su Leslie 2019

The 400 metre bridge across the Whananaki Inlet was built by the local community so that children living on the south side of the river could attend school, which is on the north side.

Prior to the bridge, children were rowed across the inlet by one of the teachers — not much fun in bad weather. The alternative is a 12 kilometre each way road-trip.

One Word Sunday | cross

In profile

Bronze sculpture. Artist: Terry Stringer. Wallace Arts Trust, Auckland. Image: Su Leslie

“Sculpture occupies real space like we do… you walk around it and relate to it almost as another person or another object.” — Chuck Close, artist.

Detail,Bomber Command Memorial, Auckland Museum. Made by Richard Taylor, Weta Workshop. Image: Su Leslie

Detail; Lemnos Gallipoli Memorial, Melbourne. Artist: Peter Corlett. Image: Su Leslie

Detail; Lemnos Gallipoli Memorial, Melbourne. Artist: Peter Corlett. Image: Su Leslie

Frieze detail; ‘The Meeting Place’, St Pancras Station, London. Artist: Paul Day. Image: Su Leslie

Detail; Quotidanity “the brothers”.Artist: Fabio Pietrantonio. Seen at Sculpture by the Sea, Bondi, 2015. Image: Su Leslie

Seen at Sculpture by the Sea 2018. Visitor engagement with “Slovakia” Artist: Viktor Freso. Image: Su Leslie

Detail, marble statue, Auckland Wintergardens. Image: Su Leslie

One Word Sunday | profile

Pink

Between the showers. Impatiens bud bringing a hint of colour to a grey day. Image: Su Leslie 2019

One Word Sunday | pink