Matilde the She Boar

 

Came upon this beautiful she-boar the other day. Very friendly, and would have been friendlier had I offered her a snack – though I have a policy of not feeding other people’s animals without their consent. Though disappointed, she was happy to pose for photos and didn’t seem to mind that I struggled with getting such a magnificently enormous creature into the frame. I think we both agreed a head shot would be the right thing.

Love the long snout… bear-like, a bit dangerous. Lotta grunting. But really, a rather nice girl. If she had a name, I think it would be Matilde…

Some nice pipes there

Had the opportunity to photograph the Auckland Town Hall organ this past weekent. This was my favourite bit.

 

Full frontal view!

Two sides

Coupla squirrel monkeys playing in a palm tree. I suppose Peanut the Monkey might have been more tolerable if he could have played in the trees year-round. But half the year he was stuck indoors… I wonder if I would like him more today if I ran into him again.

The Gift

 

…. that keeps on giving.

Elegant horse

You don’t have to be a horse lovely to see the beauty in this mare… What elegance.

Ponying around

 

Went to the KareKare Beach Races on Saturday – horse racing on the beach. A refreshing change from the usual street fair and I got to meet some interesting characters. Loved these two ponies…

Bumper car

Rather like this shot of the bumper cars from the other night.

Not quite as fond of this one, but strangely, quite a few people loved it – so I thought I’d share it here… see if anyone else likes it. Hmmm… sorry for sounding grumpy… just didn’t get what I was expecting. And like pretty much everyone in the world – I find it hard to be dazzled by Brussels when I was expecting Paris…