
‘A Reader In The Park’
There is something serene about someone reading in public, seemingly oblivious to those around them. And how enjoyable it is to have the sunshine light the pages as they turn!

‘A Reader In The Park’
There is something serene about someone reading in public, seemingly oblivious to those around them. And how enjoyable it is to have the sunshine light the pages as they turn!
‘Half Appeared Woman’
… this was what happened when a woman interrupted my attempted phone camera panorama shot. i kind of like the accidentally surreal effect anyway…
‘Before The Fashion Show’
…nervous anticipation!..
‘Standing In The Fog’
‘Seaside Scene VII’
…a ball in motion, caught mid-air flotation…
‘Seaside Scene VI’
…spring time in Auckland and beach frolics begin!..
‘a.m walkers’
‘Seaside Scene IV’
…sit, swim, sail…
‘Seaside Scene III’
…immerse yourself…
‘Seaside Scene II’
…bathers emerge from the water…
‘Beachcombers’
‘Lunchtime In The Plaza II’
…general relaxation…
‘Lunchtime In The Plaza’
‘Birds Used To Sit Here And Watch People Far Below’
Detail of the sculpture shown in the previous post Half Buried Memories .
The carved inscription gives the title to this entry.
Memories remain.
(for the record, birds still sit, and shit, on the sunken parapet)
‘Sitting By The Front Door’
‘Behind The Wall’
This shot found me peering over a stone wall in a quiet Scottish fishing town.
A lush lawn and garden is revealed, in contrast to the wall’s austerity.
Surprising!
Some people have hard, stony exteriors which don’t invite you in.
Maybe the facades hide softer, verdant souls…
‘Beach Polo, Parangahau Beach’
(#10 in a series of shots of small town New Zealand)
‘Antiques Dealer, Te Kuiti’
(#9 in a series of shots of small town New Zealand)
London October 2019
Here be summer.
Coming on, and growing by the shortening day. We’ve just passed the longest day but the weather will get hotter. That’s odd I think.
But maybe it’s all about intensity.
Quality, not quantity and all that.
The qualities of scorching heat and brilliant UV-blitzed light will inhabit our little part of the planet, and suffuse us with those same elements, as if by osmosis.
Languid days will create relaxed, kinder people.Doing just what they fancy, just because they can. Holidays at this time of year certainly help!
And we will be, temporarily at least, the best versions of ourselves, all flowers and blues skies.
So, the scene is set…let play begin!