Summer at the beach

Since we all seem to love boats so much… just a pretty picture of a picture perfect holiday village on the beach with a beautiful boat just waiting for the tide to come in and sweep it off for an adventure…

watermelon sunset

Nope – this one is not photoshopped at all. Straight out of the camera… Something I’ve learned about sunsets – the good stuff is just beginning once the sun disappears below the horizon… that’s when the reflected light on the clouds and dust particles in the air really work their magic. I bet it tastes

Beachwalkers

We’ve had a spate of dreary weather, wintry and wet, with blusters and blasts… this winter day at the beach in Raglan was so much kinder.

low tide

Does deceptively safe actually mean deceptively dangerous? I wonder… This footbridge is in Raglan… it had been a gloomy, rainy day and then, out of nowhere, literally – the sun burst through… wow! You didn’t think I was really going to stop, did you??? But Nanowrimo is coming… on the 1st, which arrives here a

Once Upon a Sunset

You would think I’d be out chasing sunsets every night…

Dance of the Trees

I recently received some feedback on this blog that went along the lines of I didn’t really say anything and it simply wasn’t engaging because it had no call to action. I did not take this well. I harrumphed – a lot. I felt compelled to defend myself, not to them because that is just

Filthy, filthy…

All right. I admit it. I am childish. Sue me. But I wasn’t the one who came up with this bit of floral whimsy, so I’m not taking responsibility…

Footprint in the sand

I love how footprints in the sand have an optical illusion quality – obviously they are imprints in the sand from someone walking – but I always do a double take because I am sure they are sculpted atop the sand. And of course footprints have so many magical, inspirational aspects – where we are

Surfers are crazy

This is not surfing on a glorious summer day. This is surfing in the dead of winter in Manu Bay, just outside of Raglan, New Zealand. The water temperature is about 13C (55F), which is too bloody cold to swim in. And why all surfers were wearing wetsuits. But most of them had their feet