‘Boy & Dolphin’
Statue in Opononi, of Opo the dolphin, and a nameless child.
(Opo was a New Zealand version of Flipper – a super friendly dolphin who played with humans in the mid-1950s in the waters of the small Northland town,and became a local legend).
‘Black-backed Gull’
‘Column (Bastion Point)’
‘Obelisk (One Tree Hill)’
‘The Tide Is Rising’
Tides are king at Ebb Then Flood (if you haven’t noticed!) but this marker pole at Auckland’s Okahu Bay gives a sobering indication of past, current, and future mean average tides at that locale.
The tide is rising, and not in a twice daily, good way…
‘Steps Down To The Sea II’
…soon to be immersed…
‘Swish Swish’
‘Northern Wairoa Hotel’
‘Waipoua Canopy’
‘Spearmint Curls’
‘Stand Tall’
On my recent road trip up north, I passed through the magnificent Waipoua Forest.
Kauri trees are the great trees of Aotearoa/New Zealand, and the forest contains the largest specimens of them.
To look up the straight trunks into the leafy canopy is to be simply awe struck.
Truly inspirational!
I often find myself “crouching down”, in a metaphysical sense at least, rather than “standing tall”. Lacking self-confidence; doubting myself; the sort of shit that plagues many of us, I suspect.
If I have any resolution for the New Year it is to be like the kauri trees pictured – tall in spirit, standing proud.
‘Country Church In Morning Light’
‘Country Creek II’
‘Country Creek’
…time drifts slowly here…
‘Openness’
…when darkness closes in and threatens to engulf, it is an openness of spirit that will transcend that darkness…
‘Octagonal’
‘Natural Curtain’
‘R.I.P x 2’
...a sweet elegy in dual tones…
‘Surf Song II’
‘At Year’s End’
2020 has been a rocky path for the world alright.
But the end is in sight!
We hope for better times in 2021, as we do with every New Year. That is the optimism of the human spirit.
I wish those who have stopped by Ebb Then Flood this year every happiness and success (however you may define those things) in 2021. I am hugely grateful for those who viewed, liked and commented on my images and musings, and who also inspired me with their creativity.
Peace, Andy L.
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