Yellow Man

Did a bit of street photography today – at the Auckland Buskers Festival. Now you would think that these buskers, from all over the world, performing an array of acrobatics, contortion and general street theatre would hold my attention. But no – most of what they did was yack, yack, yack and prance around doing

Huddled together

Huddled together to keep warm. It was a time of hope, when no matter how bad it was, the future was all ahead. And that was so so very long ago. There’s not much future left. Everyone survived. Some did well, some not so much. Huddling together just isn’t done anymore.  

A break in the clouds

It was perfectly grey, all shades of grey – grey clouds, grey water, grey breakers. No sunset at all. And then, just as we were packing up to go home the clouds parted just a bit. Just enough. Made my day.

By the Light of the Moon

  We had meant to get there earlier, but were not disappointed by what we found later.

Meerkat Days

Meerkat Days – we’ve all had ’em. The kind of days when all you can do is sit and watch. But nothing you can really do… I like watching meerkats watch.  

Lake Wainamu

I almost feel like I am doing a travel blog on behalf on New Zealand these days. There are worse things to be doing – and I am always discovering new, amazing places. Like Lake Wainamu. A small, freshwater lake (all lakes are freshwater, aren’t they? Or are they? I don’t know) slightly inland from

Polarising Day on the Beach

  Perfect day to go to the beach, to sit in the sand, to eat sandy sandwiches and drink warm soda or Kool-Aid and stay in the water until your lips turn blue or your mother makes you get out and get ready to go home. Actually… it occurs to me that while this photo

Windows 2013

  It’s been a funny start to the year, not the way I envisioned it at all. It’s just gone its own way. Hope I can get it back on track…

Office Bug

There’s a bug going round the office. Kinda big, kinda scary – with long front feelers and a rather long body.  Shot this with a macro lens, so it is probably 2-3 times life size here… Anyone know what it is??? There are a million bugs in the naked bush. And sooner or later, they

Yellow crested cockatoo

I think if someone who knew about such things were to analyse my current state of mind, they would probably suggest that I am yearning for some kind of freedom that eludes me. I can’t recall another time in my life when I was so obsessed with birds. I’m no ornithologist – but I am