photo: Tahunanui, the day before the cyclone Vayuna is about to strike New Zealand, from The Boat House, the best seaview in town.

An old colleague of mine told me some time ago that she didn’t like retirement because she lacked structure in her daily life to the point where, to avoid the feeling of chaos she experienced, she started working again. I don’t know if I am naturally “structured” or not. Life, my studies, my work, my personal circumstances, have forced me to be structured, and since I no longer have to be in a place at a certain time, my life is still “structured”, although differently. The opposition sun/no sun/sun with wind/sun without wind/hot with no sun/cold with no sun has become important. The sun with wind to dry clothes outside, the sun without wind for swimming (especially in winter), no sun for exercise in general (in summer), cold sun for vigorous exercise. All these decisions are made according to the temperature, and the rest organizes itself accordingly. There are also decisions made based on their photo potential. A few days ago (today’s photo), it seemed very important to make time to go to the Boat House to have a glass of wine at sunset to capture the sky the passage of Cyclone Viyuna.