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Autumn, Easter, War and ANZAC
As a landscape photography subject I find autumn very challenging, so this year instead of the obvious photos I’ve made in the past, I’ve been learning to “see” things a little differently. Easter has...
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The hidden things in life
Writing here raises some questions, like who reads this and since I only know a fraction of the answer of this, then who do I write for? It can be self, and even the manifest ego of same, but it could...
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Contrasts – Dunedin
I’m just back from a mini vacation break in Dunedin. There was Rugby World Cup fever everywhere, and that was an interesting energy. But springtime… I have a habit of heading directly to the Botanical...
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Back to winter, back to inner seeing
Apart from a recent posting of favourite images my last post was about the onset of spring. Well New Zealand’s climate is ever changing and we’ve had a dramatic change back to winter… Conditions were...
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A little bit of Search and Rescue training and some wandering in the bush
We [Wanaka Search and Rescue] had our annual helicopter familiarisation and training last night in readiness for the summer season. I always hope it’ll be quiet, but it seldom is in these days of...
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Five years ago today my inspirational friend and mentor Rika passed away…
RIP Hendrika Josephine Couwenbergh 22.10.1935 – 18.12.2007 I posted this after her Wanaka farewell ceremony on 1/2/2008, and here I do it again as she left me with inspiration and much personal work...
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Predator research in the West Matukituki Valley Mt Aspiring National Park
I’m just back from some more delightful NZ Dept. of Conservation volunteer work near Mt Aspiring. You may recall a recent posting about setting out tracking tunnels. Well this time we used them to find...
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The enigmatic Mt Cook lily is for starters really a buttercup
The famed Mount Cook lily, Ranunculus lyalli, is the largest buttercup in the world, and ever since seeing my first many years ago, I’ve been quite fascinated by them. Like I’d think how can something...
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A significant 21st and a trip to a church in the back of beyond
Twenty one years of being a dad, and what a privilege! There are many versions of the story – here is one: Redford [aka Dougal - he legally changed his name a couple of years ago] had a sense of style...
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My new summer job in Mt Aspiring National Park
It’s all been a bit serendipitous how after lightening my journey of baggage and possessions, how I was “ready” [for what some asked, and I had no answer], that I now find myself being the new summer...
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