Capture: Someone, Somewhere, In Summertime
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Jos,
Eee that's no life Chris!
Nice catch Jac!
This is returning the dvd in Opotiki...
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Cecelia, in reply to
It looks like agapanthus. Beautiful pic.
From me, Orewa River an hour so so ago.
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Hebe, in reply to
A slice of heaven for you: Parapara where the river meets the sea two weeks ago (but there was a filthy wind). I have been home a week and am still so unwound I'm practically sleepwalking.
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Chris Waugh, in reply to
Eee that’s no life Chris!
You're right, Jos. I'm not enjoying waking up, opening Weibo, and seeing warnings from several government agencies to lock your kids and olds up at home and reading environment officials openly quoted in the newspapers as saying, "Shit's so bad it blew up our meter!", or words to that effect. I'm hoping my wife's visa comes through quickly and easily.
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Chris Waugh, in reply to
A slice of heaven for you:
Thanks, Hebe. I'd much rather be raising my wee one there than here. Just got to finish getting that visa stuff together and hope Immigration likes what they see.
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Heavy duty Fug Chris... never mind the young and the oldies, surely nobody would want to go out in that!
Jos, something strange has happened to colour in Opotoki.... and the sole of your foot (previous page) looks admirably clean, no wonder the mossie is going for it.
Challenge Hebe... to stay unwound the whole year.....
Jackson, was that your onion flower, or just some Random?
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Chris Waugh, in reply to
surely nobody would want to go out in that!
Some of us have to, unfortunately. But I'm ok with me breathing that muck, I've sat in a plane on the tarmac and smelt coal as soon as the door was opened. No matter how bad it gets here, I've seen worse. It's the effect on the wee one's lungs that worries me.
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Jos,
Hopefully all goes well with the visas then Chris!
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regarding the proposed PA picnic this Saturday at our place:
I have just posted a message on the FB Event notice, to the effect that because it is now Thursday and there has been no new activity, despite Ben’s generous offer of transportation, I have cancelled . A bit of a case of suppose they gave a war (sorry, picnic) and nobody came?
Another time, perhaps.
Many thanks to those who have been so helpful–especially Ben and Jackie
c’set la vie
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So, I went down to the Heathcote River. It hasn’t been dredged in a while and there is a lot of duckweed. Also, ducks.
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Further along, I found something else. A bagpiper! He posed for me obligingly.
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Hebe, in reply to
A bagpiper
Mystery solved! We heard the pipes -- driving on the other side of the river in Fifield Tce -- but couldn't see him. We wondered who and where it was coming from. Thanks Lilith. I will watch out for him -- Huia has just mastered "Scotland the Brave" on the chanter, so it won't be long until he is on the pipes too. Maybe a practice mate. There is, I believe, an old guy who pipes his way along the Mt Vernon/Rapaki tracks frequently. Better than practising at home!
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Hebe, in reply to
duckweed
Duckweed or willow leaves? I noticed that yesterday too!
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Lilith __, in reply to
A Bagpiper
I just loved that he was out walking the dog with his Mum, while piping.
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Lilith __, in reply to
Yeah, duckweed. Really choking the channel. Not sure if the council workers are too busy elsewhere to dredge, or whether the overgrowth is due to lots of extra...nutrients...of late.
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Geoff Lealand, in reply to
So green, or is that a colour filter? Meantime, the Waikato is turning brown and crisp.
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Joe Wylie, in reply to
Yeah, duckweed. Really choking the channel.
I believe that it's mostly elodea, an exotic that's been here for a long time. It seems to have become a problem soon after its introduction.
Nice bagpiper btw.
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Lilith __, in reply to
So green
Yeah, it's green by the river. The hills though are their summer colour - tawny-brown.
Thanks for the identification, Joe. :-)
I know when they do dredge the river they get absolute MASSES of the stuff, it's a wonder there's room for it all in the riverbed.
By watching the ducks feeding I gather it's home to a fair number of beasties they like to eat, though. When the weed is exposed near the surface (by the tide) they have no interest in bread. -
Hebe, in reply to
I just loved that he was out walking the dog with his Mum, while piping.
I'm told it's good to practice piping while marching. My teen plays his chanter while marching from one end of the section and back again. The river walks will be an asset when he gets his pipes.
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Hebe, in reply to
So green, or is that a colour filter?
It's green by the river in our stretch, but the Port Hills behind are shimmering gold and today the sky is a see-forever blue.
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On the green theme....
Summer is .... pesto
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Perfect night for stargazing, and practicing with the camera. First, a recognizable old favorite, pockmarked and proud. Highest aperture, the camera must have gone for high shutter speed, as the rest of the space behind is pitch black.
Next, Jupiter, below the horns of Taurus. The moons clearly visible at 24x. You'll have to blow the picture up to see these details though.
Last, Orion below, and Sirius above. I kind of like the light artefacts that came from the garage sensor light, despite the lost detail in the sky.
All taken from my front yard, tonight.
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JacksonP, in reply to
First, a recognizable old favorite, pockmarked and proud. Highest aperture, the camera must have gone for high shutter speed, as the rest of the space behind is pitch black.
That's the only way to get that kind of detail. I'm a bit amazed by what your camera can do. Generally you'd need a 300+ mm lens on a DSLR with a tripod to get that kind of shot. I'm assuming this is the same one I saw at the weekend? Nicely done.
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Greeted by this beauty on my return to Aux t’other night.Sunning itself on the Palm.
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Cecelia, in reply to
Very clear pics! We have a lot of those fellas but their progeny are being eaten by wasps.
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