‘Moonlit Waters’
Auckland’s Waitemata Harbour by the light of the most recent full moon.
Moonlit Waters
Tag: Nature
Flock In Flight
‘Flock In Flight’
Serenity Scene
‘Serenity Scene’
…i am reminded, in the calmness of this vista, of the first part of ‘the serenity prayer’ – “ god, grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change” – there is nothing harder to do in our own strength i think…
Garden Arches
‘Garden Arches’
Enjoined
‘Enjoined’
…together, like lovers…
Rainbow & Lemons
‘ Rainbow & Lemons’
…if life gives you lemons, dream of rainbows…
Orange In The Hedge
‘Orange In The Hedge’
Like A Star
‘Like A Star’
…even if you are not one, be like a star…
Succulent Swirls
‘Succulent Swirls’
Sun Falls On The Bay Of Plenty
‘Sun Falls On The Bay Of Plenty’
…and it was plenty to take in…
Dangled
‘Dangled’
Last Of The Dying Leaves
‘Last Of The Dying Leaves’
Took this one looking up through the tangled branches of a tree to the clear, pale winter sky, with a few reddish leaves just hanging on.
The tree in question is next to an Auckland hospital.There for a follow-up appointment yesterday with the surgeon who handled my cancer treatment last year and who performed life saving surgery. All going well despite a fair amount of ongoing pain – the surgeon was happy with progress, but confessed that he had no certainty at all that I would make it through.
In this picture I am reminded by nature of the bleak time when I was tangled up and literally just hanging on… but there was always the expanse of a sky above to reach up to. Hope is everything in such a situation, so very powerful…
Cactus Ovoid
‘Cactus Ovoid’
Fine Feathered Friend II
‘Fine Feathered Friend II’
‘Fly away Peter, fly away Paul – or don’t – just sit there, on the seawall…’
Fine Feathered Friend
‘Fine Feathered Friend’
…espied atop the seawall, calm as you like…
Big Leaf
‘Big Leaf’
Palms & Clouds
‘Palms & Clouds’
Prickly
‘Prickly’
…ouch!…
Strata/Ripple
‘Strata/Ripple’
Cracked
‘Cracked’
…fractured tales, etched in bark…
Ebb Then Flood 