I love the summer colours I managed to achieve in this planter:
and in this one too:
They cheer me up! Have a fantastic weekend, everyone.
The temple bell stops but I still hear the sound coming
out of the flowers.
~Basho
~Basho
Showing posts with label Friday Photo. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Friday Photo. Show all posts
Thursday, February 17, 2011
Thursday, January 13, 2011
The Friday Photo
A boy and his dog....
Today on the way back from a retail therapy trip to our nearest city, I stopped at a river-side area to eat my lunch. This fellow was having enormous fun fetching the stick which his young owner was throwing waaaay out into the river.
I was really impressed with the dog's obedience, too; (Juniper's Django would have approved).
The dog, of course, would have carried on retrieving for ever, but when told to, he sat down quietly to have his collar buckled back on and they headed off up the road towards home.
It was good to see them having such healthy fun and enjoying each other's company - it put a smile on my face, and made my sushi taste even more delicious!
Today on the way back from a retail therapy trip to our nearest city, I stopped at a river-side area to eat my lunch. This fellow was having enormous fun fetching the stick which his young owner was throwing waaaay out into the river.
The dog, of course, would have carried on retrieving for ever, but when told to, he sat down quietly to have his collar buckled back on and they headed off up the road towards home.
It was good to see them having such healthy fun and enjoying each other's company - it put a smile on my face, and made my sushi taste even more delicious!
Thursday, January 6, 2011
The Friday Photo
I don't eat chicken.
That's not because I don't like it - it's my paltry (ha!) protest at the way chickens are farmed for meat in this country, and in a great many other countries - pumped full of hormones and other chemicals, kept in tiny boxes... just thinking about it can bring me to tears.
Luckily we have an organic free-range egg farm 10 minutes' drive from town. This morning I stopped by to get the weekly supply of eggs. The hens live in large fenced grassy paddocks, and are keen to come up to the fence to chat:
Ok, they're still not free - but their life-style is several million times better than that of their caged counterparts.
Thursday, December 30, 2010
The Friday Photo
I took this about 18 months ago, on the shore of Lake Rotorua, so he's an inland gull, a member of one of the hundred or so gull species; these red-legged ones are the most common we see on our coasts, along with the bigger Pacific gull.
The sun was just starting to set, and there was a nice quality to the light which picked up the colour of the rust on the pole.
Happy Friday - and Happy New Year.
Thursday, December 23, 2010
The Friday Photo
I've decided to indulge myself and start a weekly Friday photo post. Just because.
I was going to post this one as part of Thematic Photographic's favourite shots of the year - until I realised that I took it last year....
Driftwood on the beach after an autumn storm, May 2009.
I was going to post this one as part of Thematic Photographic's favourite shots of the year - until I realised that I took it last year....
Driftwood on the beach after an autumn storm, May 2009.
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