photo: Otago peninsula, one is never very far from the sea.
I love water in every shape or forms : streams, rivers, lakes
ponds (and water lilies), the sea, the shore, the beach, the rocks by the water, the sound of running water, having a bath (when there is a bath), showers, I like to go to the pool, the spa. I wish I could surf, but I will never go in a submarine, nor will I scuba dive.
*posted in 2021, edited in 2026 (photo and text)
photo : Matai river, at 8 am. bliss
After a shaky start to the summer, the fine weather has settled in since the beginning of February. With climate change and La Niña contributing, the sea temperature of twenty degrees and above is still too high for me, and even though the children are back at school and the beach is quieter, I do not feel like going there. I go to the Matai River, at a place called « Dennes Hole, » where the water temperature is between fourteen and sixteen degrees in the morning. I go there first thing to enjoy the cooler water, which depends on the night’s temperature and warms up quickly. This is the view I have while dipping into the water in the silence of the morning, as the sun filters through the leaves.
photo : Matai River, morning sounds
Photo: Swimming with the ducks in the crystal clear water of the Takaka River, diamonds like on the surface
too many images going through my head/
behind the eyes/
the door of sleep hard to open/
after the heaviness of the sun/
Sunday night on earth/
but the cool air comes through/
the window
