‘Roots Of It All’
In a recent post,Spreading Out, I concentrated my view on the spreading branches of this magnificent tree.
Gazing downwards, here are shots of the visible parts of the roots system.
Posted as a reminder (to myself as much as anyone) that without solid roots, there is in fact no spreading of branches…
‘Here Comes The Summer’
Summer is coming to Aotearoa/New Zealand.
I know this not just because the weather is getting warmer,or that Labour Weekend has just passed.
But because the creamy flower buds are appearing on the pohutukawa trees.
Soon the trees will be awash with crimson bloom.
And summer will be here.
“Going Bush”
There is an expression saying in New Zealand ,”going bush”, which is used where someone is, or intends to, escape the rat race for awhile.
It could literally mean disappearing into dense bush like that in the photo but it could be escaping anywhere really, just to get away from it all for a time.
I feel the need to “go bush” myself after the strange and awful year the world has had to endure – just a bit jaded. Should start planning to do just that, but then again,”going bush” is not something that lends itself to a great degree of deliberation.
When you feel the need to go, just go!
‘New Greens’
‘Pine Sway’
‘Winterlaced’
‘In The Pines’
The below song ,an old favourite of mine from Western Australian group The Triffids, came to mind as I walked through some coastal pines the other day. A bit mournful, like the wind whistling through the pines…
‘Palmtop Crown’
…you wear it well..
‘Memorial Arboreal’
…carved memories, swathed in trees…
‘Life Lines’
…lines to infinity…
‘Three Bare Poplars’
‘I Looked Up’
‘Striped Palmery’
‘Sculpture & Palms’
‘Spiked Crown’
The symmetical beauty of a nikau palm gets a grey makeover, just for the hell of it. For another view, and words, relating to the world’s southernmost palm, see Nikau Palm .
‘Gothic Arboretum II’
More dark in the park; see also Gothic Arboretum
Fronds, boughs, leaves…and shadows.
Always shadows.
They don’t last forever though, and they serve to give perspective to light.
You can’t grow without them both.
‘Parklife’
‘Through The Trees’                                                 Hanmer Springs, NZ.  July 2013
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                                           wooden shafts
                                                       shafts of light and air
                                                                 run parallel
                                                                            then merge
                                                                                       in memories
