Capture: Spring is Like a Perhaps Hand
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Lilith __, in reply to
They are fast growers if they have water
And they like their water from above . My Mum for many years nurtured one by emptying her (cold) hot-water bottle on it every morning. :-)
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Hebe, in reply to
Oh yes please. In the past in Christchurch I have found they mostly grow easily as long as they are sheltered from wind. In Wellington we had huge mamaku by the rubbish bins, but they tend to get frosted down here unless you can find a very sheltered spot; even then it's a shade too cold and they are not as lush. Ponga and wheki seem to go okay, silver ferns under tree cover.
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Sofie Bribiesca, in reply to
Cool, I'll see what pops up. It'll happen just not sure when.
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Nora Leggs, in reply to
Tried my hand at that video thing.
Me too.. made a little video of stills, even made my own soundtrack - then had to think about setting up a youtube account..... later.
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Nora Leggs, in reply to
that video thing
Ha! Done it now - rough and ready, It's Spring, man!
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JacksonP, in reply to
Ha! Done it now – rough and ready, It’s Spring, man!
I originally had some guitar noodling over mine, but decided to borrow the soundtrack in the end. Will have to go original next time.
Music Videos even, owl?
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Nora Leggs, in reply to
Will have to go original next time. Music Videos even
That's right - there's the challenge! Tho I feel it's an easy challenge to whip up a better track than my Music Cobble : )
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Jos,
Good fun!
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It's official!
Happy 1st of spring everyone.
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Lilith __, in reply to
It’s official!
Happy 1st of spring everyone.
That vase is surreal.
If you like it, put a bow on it
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Still spring I see…
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Joe Wylie, in reply to
Still spring I see…
Good to see, though not looking quite springlike here yet.
The little yachts of Chch on Hagley Park's post-quake refurbished Lake Victoria this afternoon. -
Full-size people, little boats. It's kind of a tradition.
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Lilith __, in reply to
Lake Victoria
Oh very good to see!
Even if a friend of mine refers to it as Victoria Puddle . As lakes go, it's a tiddler. ;-)
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Joe Wylie, in reply to
Even if a friend of mine refers to it as Victoria Puddle . As lakes go, it's a tiddler. ;-)
It looked pretty substantial when it was being relined a few months back. There were very large dump trucks depositing some kind of clay-like substance. Liquefaction from the Feb 2011 quake turned it into a wetland with a great central mudflat. Around mid-2011 it was a honking paradise for strutting waterfowl as they staked out their territories.
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Lilith __, in reply to
a wetland with a great central mudflat. Around mid-2011 it was a honking paradise for strutting waterfowl as they staked out their territories.
Perhaps more like it used to be?
Victoria Lake was formed in North Hagley Park in 1897 to celebrate the Diamond Jubilee of Queen Victoria's reign. It had been a swamp of over 1 acre in area, and was extended to over 4 acres, destroying numbers of native plants since lost to Christchurch.
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Nora Leggs, in reply to
Full-size people, little boats. It’s kind of a tradition.
Nice Joe, looks kind of calm and relaxing. This is one tiny (pink) boat under the Wind Tree sculpture last summer. Looking a little out of place.
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Jos, in reply to
I thought that vase looked familiar Jac!
We had a good day here as well, fish and chips from the Ohiwa Oyster Farm and hokey pokey ice cream from the Ohope diary! Yay!
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Jos,
and I liked this ageing monarch, holes in it's wings and all.
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Loving all the pinks and purples (and butterflies and birds and general loveliness) added since my last visit here.
We took a wander through the Botanic Gardens for day 1 of spring and I captured a few colours.
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I wasn’t just looking at the poppies though, I love the rock gardens with all their moss and lichen and pretty miniature flowers. Including oxalis!
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Nora Leggs, in reply to
pretty miniature flowers. Including oxalis!
Very pretty Venetia – especially that primula : )
Spring at Fort Takapuna…..
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JacksonP, in reply to
took a wander through the Botanic Gardens for day 1 of spring and I captured a few colours.
I was there today! But can't upload from here, so will share when I get home tomorrow. Turned quite sunny mid morning.
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Last night’s torrential rain, that slowly faded out over the course of this morning, was most welcome after three days of mid-summer style “sauna weather” (as the local press has come to call it) – oppressive heat, humidity, and PM2.5 shooting off the scale (a rather depressing headline of a couple of days ago said it had doubled the limit). And the result of that rain? Tonight’s sunset, first looking north, then looking southwest. This is a beautiful sight.
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Venetia King, in reply to
I hope you got something of the magnolias, they're glorious right now but my photos didn't do them justice.
Walking into town yesterday, I stopped to see the tuis in the kowhai at the Old Government Building and managed to get quite close to this one. All fluffed up because it was singing its little heart out for me.
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