photo : Spring, in Nelson, and my new lens
We would talk a little from the eyes and the words would have the courage to tell our travel wishes. There would be silences that would be light and then we would say goodbye, for the last time? we didn’t know
A Cable Bay, un signe de printemps, malgré le temps incertain/ In Cable Bay, a sign of spring, despite the uncertain weather.
photo : kereru perfectly camoufled in a tree, in Cable Bay, a nice reward after a swim. And, yes, it is time, once again, to vote for the bird of the year in this part of the world. There is high hope that the election will not be infiltrated by foreign interests, as it was last year.
Many people suffer from feeling invisible and there are undoubtedly many occasions when the circumstances of invisibility can trigger sadness or discomfort. As for me, I am like the kereru, I actively seek camouflage and, like him, I feel protected in it.
*always inspired by Edouard Leve
photo : quel joli nom qui donne envie de danser, juste à côté de pu pu spring et de Takaka/ what a name! makes you want to dance, just next to pu pu spring and Takaka
I tend to prefer autumn to spring, but this year spring has brought me more joy than usual. I notice the explosion of colours in the trees, the gardens and the soft green of the new leaves. What I look forward to, however, every year is the arrival of the ducklings at the botanical garden and in the Matai River. A few weeks before they arrive, you know that something is going on when you see the ducks perched in the trees making a lot of noise in what looks like domestic disputes. Then I finally see them, most of the time with a babysitter, there were at least a dozen of them this year, each one cuter than the last. I keep a close eye on their progress by going to the botanical garden. But they grow too fast and I’ve found with dismay a few days ago that the cute little ducklings were already on the verge of clumsy adolescence, losing their pretty fluffy feathers and looking more and more like adults. Upon closer inspection, I however realized that there was actually a wide variety in the ducklings’ growth, from the cutest (photo) to almost adult, so I will be able to enjoy the little fluffy balls a little longer.
