Merry Christmas

Peonies

An old wagon

Bearded Iris

Maori kite

hanging in Toitu Museum,

Dunedin, NZ

Masked lapwing

aka masked plover

Bringing the bacon home -

- or in this case, the worms.

As the sun went down

July 2018

Mackay, Queensland

joining Debbie at friday foto friends

House finch

House finch

Mosgiel, New Zealand

It certainly blends into the background.

A beautiful wee bird I think.

White cockatoo

I believe this is also known as an umbrella cockatoo.

Very similar to a galah but the galah is pink.

Mackay, Australia.

Sulphur crested cockatoos

Cockatoos,

Mackay, Australia

Celtic cross

Queen's Gardens, Dunedin.

To read about the cross go here

ANZAC Day 2018

Lest we forget

Yellow Admiral

We were pleasantly surprised to see this battered,

tattered yellow admiral butterfly enjoying the sun

after an arctic storm had gone through the previous day.

An old wagon

Waterlily

Cheating a bit as my son took this

but I like it so thought I'd share it.

Corpse plant

or Amorphophallus titanum

Dunedin Botanic Garden, 05/02/2018

Iona church

Port Chalmers

Kelp on a log

and a tiny garden

Rock pool

Sea weed, possibly sea lettuce

Super moon

Taken 1/1/18